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Draw437
Held19 August 2026
CategoryFrench-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2
Tie breaker1 March 2026 at 18:34:05 UTC
382
CRS cut off score
5,000
Invitations issued
437
Draw number
Latest Express Entry Data
Real-time insights based on the most recent invitation rounds.
Real-time insights based on the most recent invitation rounds.
The table below carries every official round of invitations, not just the recent ones. It opens on the last ten draws. Change the filters to look at one category, one year, or the whole record, and click any column heading to sort by it. The days column tells you how long passed between that round and the one before it, which is often more revealing than the cut off score itself.
How to use this table
Click a category or a year to filter. Click more than one and they combine, so CEC plus 2024, 2025 and 2026 shows only Canadian Experience Class rounds across those three years. Click a selected one again to switch it off, or press Reset to clear everything. Click any column heading to sort by it.
Category or program
Year
| Draw | Date | Category or program | Invitations | CRS cut off | Days since previous draw |
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These are averages across whole categories. Your file is not an average. Book a consultation with us.
Your Interactive Express Entry Dashboard
No other page gives you this depth of Express Entry analysis. This is a live tracker of every official round since 2015, every category and every CRS cut-off in one place. Explore invitations, cut-offs, category shifts and draw timing by year or by quarter, open any chart to see every individual round, and search the full record of every draw ever held.
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Draws in 2026
Invitations in 2026
vs all of 2025
French + CEC share
The big picture · 2015-2026
Express Entry by the numbers
Every year at a glance: how many draws were held, how many invitations were issued, and how the CRS cut-off moved (average, lowest and highest of the year).
CRS vs volume
Cut-off vs invitations
Each bar is one round’s invitations, the red line is its CRS cut-off, dot colour marks the category. Defaults to the last 15 rounds. Use Full history for every draw, or Expand to filter by year.
Click a draw to see its category and exact numbers.
FRENCH VS CEC
French vs Canadian Experience Class
The French category launched in 2023, then surged in 2024. Bars are invitations issued, lines are the CRS cut-off. One lane runs on sheer volume, the other holds a far higher bar.
THE SHIFTING MIX
Category mix, year by year
Every year shown as 100 percent of its invitations, split by category. Watch how the mix has tilted since category based rounds began.
THE PACE OF 2026
Invitations pace, year over year
Running total of invitations through each calendar year, one line per year. 2026 and the old record year are highlighted, so you can see exactly when the record falls.
Year over year · by quarter
Invitations by quarter, year over year
Each line is a calendar year, the rolling last four. Pick a category to see how its quarterly invitation volume compares year over year. Q1 to Q4 across the bottom, invitations up the side.
Volume · 2015-2026
Invitations issued
Hover a bar to highlight its period in the table.
Cadence · 2015-2026
Average invitations per draw
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Book a consultationSelectivity · by category
Average CRS cut-off by category
Hover a line to focus it and highlight its table row. Click legend items to show or hide categories.
Composition · by category
Share of invitations by category
Hover a segment to highlight that category's row.
Frequency · by category
Draws held by category
Rounds per category.
This year · 2026
Category breakdown, 2026
Switch the metric; hover a bar to highlight its row.
Average CRS
Draws held
Total invitations
Avg per draw
Timing · 2015-2026
Average weeks between draw rounds
A draw round is a cluster of draws in the same week; IRCC often runs several categories on consecutive days. This shows the weeks between rounds, which reflects the real cadence far better than counting every single draw.
Cut-off vs invitations
By year / quarter
Every single draw
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How often are Express Entry draws held?
There is no fixed schedule, but the pattern in 2026 has been category-based and program-specific draws roughly weekly, with Canadian Experience Class draws about every two weeks and French language draws regularly.
What are the 2026 categories?
Ten, announced 18 February 2026: French language proficiency, healthcare and social services, STEM, trades, education, transport, physicians with Canadian experience, senior managers with Canadian experience, researchers with Canadian experience, and skilled military recruits. Agriculture and agri-food was dropped.
How much experience do I need for a category draw?
Twelve months within the past three years, increased from six months for 2026. For physicians, senior managers and researchers the experience must be Canadian.
Do job offer points still exist?
No. IRCC removed arranged employment points from the Comprehensive Ranking System on 25 March 2025 for existing and new profiles alike. The former 50 and 200 point awards no longer exist.
Why are provincial nominee draw scores so high?
Because the 600 point nomination bonus is included in the reported cut-off. PNP draws in 2026 have been in the 700s, which reflects candidates scoring roughly 100 to 150 before the bonus.
Are there still general, all-program draws?
No. General draws stopped after the January to April 2024 window, and there have been no Federal Skilled Worker or Federal Skilled Trades specific draws in 2024, 2025 or 2026 to date.
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