Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued invitations to apply (ITAs) in the latest Express Entry draw.
The department issued 4,000 ITAs in a category-based draw for candidates in the Canadian Experience Class (CEC)-only.
Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 509 to be considered.
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Today’s draw was the third of the month and follows two last week in which 911 candidates were invited from the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and 1,000 candidates were invited in a category-based selection draw for French-language proficiency.
This was the largest CEC draw since 5,000 candidates were issued ITAs in a draw on July 31.
Summary of Express Entry draw results in 2024
DateDraw TypeNumber of ITAsMinimum CRS
September 13 French language proficiency1,000446
September 9Provincial Nominee Program911732
August 27Canadian Experience Class3,300507
August 26Provincial Nominee Program1,121694
August 15French language proficiency2,000394
August 14Canadian Experience Class3,200509
August 13Provincial Nominee Program763690
July 31Canadian Experience Class5,000510
July 30Provincial Nominee Program964686
July 18French language proficiency1,800400
July 17Canadian Experience Class6,300515
July 16Provincial Nominee Program1,391670
July 8French proficiency3,200420
July 5Healthcare occupations3,750445
July 4Trade occupations1,800436
July 2Provincial Nominee Program920739
June 19Provincial Nominee Program1,499663
May 31Canadian Experience Class3,000522
May 30Provincial Nominee Program2,985676
April 24French proficiency1,400410
April 23General2,095529
April 11STEM occupations4,500491
April 10General1,280549
March 26French language proficiency1,500388
March 25General1,980524
March 13Transport occupations975430
March 12General2,850525
February 29French language proficiency2,500336
February 28General1,470534
February 16Agriculture and agri-food occupations150437
February 14Healthcare occupations3,500422
February 13General1,490535
February 1French language proficiency7,000365
January 31General730541
January 23General1,040543
January 10General1,510546
What is Express Entry?
Express Entry is an application management system that was launched in 2015. It oversees three of Canada’s most prominent economic immigration programs; the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class.
These programs all use the Comprehensive Ranking System to assign a point value to several in-demand human capital factors such as language ability, education, work experience, age and occupation. Candidates may also get points for having a sibling in Canada, immigrating with a spouse or partner or having a high Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score in both English and French.
Taken together, the scores for these factors add up to a candidate’s overall CRS score. Those who have the highest scores are the most likely to recieve an ITA in an upcoming Express Entry draw.
Once a candidate recieves their ITA, they have 60 days to submit their final application to IRCC. The department has a service standard of six months for processing a finalized Express Entry application.
IRCC issues 4,000 ITAs to Canadian Experience Class candidates in latest Express Entry draw
