New Express Entry Draw Issues 3,725 Invitations

The new Express Entry draw today, October 10, sent out 3,725 invitations to apply in a no-program-specified round of invitations.

The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for the draw was 500, which was four points less than the last all-program draw on September 26.

Summary of Express Entry Draw Today | October 10

No Program Specified
Number of invitations issued: 3,725
Rank required to be invited to apply: 3,725 or above
Date and time of round: October 10, 2023 at 15:49:55 UTC
CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 500
Tie-breaking rule: October 02, 2023 at 15:25:30 UTC

Latest CRS Score Distribution in the Express Entry Pool – October 10

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	1,210
501-600	2,237
451-500	59,674
491-500	4,508
481-490	9,121
471-480	18,794
461-470	15,016
451-460	12,235
401-450	54,162
441-450	11,163
431-440	11,580
421-430	9,844
411-420	10,484
401-410	11,091
351-400	60,078
301-350	30,996
0-300	5,235
Total	213,592

All The Express Entry Draws in 2023

Canada has now conducted the following draws this year:

17 all-program draws
Four PNP draws
Four draws targeted at French speakers
Two draws targeted at healthcare occupations
One draw targeted at STEM occupations
One draw targeted at skilled trades
One draw targeted at Federal Skilled Worker candidates
One draw targeted at transport jobs
One draw targeted at agriculture and agri-food occupations

IRCC has now issued 89,773 ITAs in 2023 after inviting 45,115 candidates in 2022.

#	Date	Round type	Invitations issued	CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited
268	October 10, 2023	No Program Specified	3,725	500
267	September 28, 2023	Agriculture and agri-food occupations (2023-1)	600	354
266	September 27, 2023	French language proficiency (2023-1)	500	472
265	September 26, 2023	No Program Specified	3,000	504
264	September 20, 2023	Transport occupations (2023-1)	1,000	435
263	September 19, 2023	No Program Specified	3,200	531
262	August 15, 2023	No Program Specified	4,300	496
261	August 3, 2023	Trade occupations (2023-1)	1,500	388
260	August 2, 2023	French language proficiency (2023-1)	800	435
259	August 1, 2023	No Program Specified	2,000	517
258	July 12, 2023	French language proficiency (2023-1)	3,800	375
257	July 11, 2023	No Program Specified	800	505
256	July 7, 2023	French language proficiency (2023-1)	2,300	439
255	July 6, 2023	Healthcare occupations (2023-1)	1,500	463
254	July 5, 2023	STEM occupations (2023-1)	500	486
253	July 4, 2023	No Program Specified	700	511
252	June 28, 2023	Healthcare occupations (2023-1)	500	476
251	June 27, 2023	No Program Specified	4,300	486
250	June 8, 2023	No Program Specified	4,800	486
249	May 24, 2023	No Program Specified	4,800	488
248	May 10, 2023	Provincial Nominee Program	589	691
247	April 26, 2023	No Program Specified	3,500	483
246	April 12, 2023	No Program Specified	3,500	486
245	March 29, 2023	No Program Specified	7,000	481
244	March 23, 2023	No Program Specified	7,000	484
243	March 15, 2023	No Program Specified	7,000	490
242	March 1, 2023	Provincial Nominee Program	667	748
241	February 15, 2023	Provincial Nominee Program	699	791
240	February 2, 2023	Federal Skilled Worker	3,300	489
239	February 1, 2023	Provincial Nominee Program	893	733
238	January 18, 2023	No Program Specified	5,500	490
237	January 11, 2023	No Program Specified	5,500	507

express entry draw — Express Entry draw 2023

What is Express Entry?

The Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program, and the Canadian Experience Class are all managed via the application management system Express Entry.

Candidates must have a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score based on a number of human capital factors, including work experience, language proficiency, vocation, age, and education, in order to be eligible for Express Entry.

Every attribute has a fixed-point value. The highest scorers have the best chance of being invited to apply (ITA) in an Express Entry drawing.

The next step for a candidate who has been found eligible for an Express Entry managed program is to upload their profile to the IRCC website and wait to be notified with an ITA.

After receiving an ITA via Express Entry, candidates can submit an application for permanent residence. In six months, the IRCC wants to process 80% of all applications for Express Entry.