Express Entry 2024

The Canadian government is set to make the biggest reform to Express Entry since it introduced the application management system in January 2015.

IRCC has issued 345 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) in the latest Express Entry draw held on October 14, 2025. The CRS cut-off score was 778, and only those who submitted their Express Entry profile before July 17, 2025 were considered.

Canada has invited 7,257 PNP candidates so far in 2022.

On April 13, Canada invited 787 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence.

ITAs issued to candidates with a minimum CRS score of 533.

Why you should submit your Express Entry profile early

Starting on Wednesday FSWP and CEC candidates will be invited again. We answer some of the most common questions about Express Entry and how it works.

This article aims to answer some of the questions that you may have about Canada’s Express Entry application management system.

On October 1, 2025, 1,000 Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates were invited to apply for permanent residence. The CRS cutoff remained at 534, the same as in the CEC draws of August and September.

3,000 candidates have been invited in the healthcare category through the latest Express Entry draw. A minimum CRS score of 463 was required for selection.

Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa all made the list due to large immigrant populations.

Canada’s Express Entry system manages the applications for the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC). You can be eligible for both at the same time, but you cannot choose which one you get invited to apply for.

ESDC has expanded the Global Talent Stream to a variety of eligible engineering positions.

The PNP is a popular option for skilled workers to immigrate to Canada.

In a bid to improve client service, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is completely digitizing the application submission process for Canada’s inland and outland spousal and common-law partner sponsorship programs.

What you need to know ahead of November 16, when IRCC switches to NOC 2021.

Candidates who have scores below 500 CRS scores can benefit from category base selection.

There are a number of pathways for nurses to immigrate to Canada.

Canada was experiencing nursing shortages even before the pandemic. Ontario, for example, is planning to invest $342 million over the next five years to hire more than 13,000 healthcare workers to the province. BC has promised to provide up to $16,000 to about 1,500 internationally educated nurses to cover application fees, English language tests, and educational upgrading. Also, Quebec is investing $65 million to recruit and train nearly 1,000 nurses from francophone countries.

The CRS starts by assessing what the Canadian government refers to as “core human capital factors”, which include the following characteristics: age, education, first language ability (English or French), second language ability (English or French) and Canadian work experience.

Express Entry is also Canada’s main method for bringing international skilled workers to this country through permanent residence.

As of mid-March, IRCC reports a backlog of 1,844,424 persons across all lines of business.
IRCC reports there are 1.84 million people waiting on decisions in its inventory as of mid-March.

The backlog has progressed as follows since summer 2021:

• March 15 and 17, 2022: 1,844,424 persons
• February 1, 2022: 1,815,628 persons
• December 15, 2021: 1,813,144 persons
• October 27, 2021: 1,792,404 persons
• July 6, 2021: 1,447,474 persons

The data represents the number of persons currently awaiting processing by IRCC.
Permanent residence inventory data is from March 15 and temporary residence inventory data is from March 17. The reason for the difference is when IRCC provided the March 15 temporary residence data initially, the “visitor record” data was missing. On March 17 temporary residence data was provided when requested.

Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser believes meaningful steps are being taken to get the immigration system back on track.