Canada invites 1,800 Express Entry candidates in category-based draw for trade occupations

Edana Robitaille, Asheesh Moosapeta
Updated: Oct, 22, 2024
  • Published: October 21, 2024

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued invitations to apply (ITAs) in the most recent Express Entry draw.

The department issued 1,800 ITAs in a category-based selection draw for candidates in trade occupations.

Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 433 to be considered.

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This is the first trade-occupation category-based draw since July 4, when IRCC also invited 1,800 candidates with a minimum score of 436. It is also the first non-French proficiency category-based draw since July 5.

Today’s draw was also the third Express Entry draw of the week. The last one occurred on October 22 and invited 400 candidates from the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) with a minimum CRS score of at least 539. A draw for Express Entry candidates with a Provincincial Nominee Program (PNP) nomination took place on October 21 and invited 648 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 791.

In recent months IRCC has developed a pattern of holding multiple Express Entry draws every second week, usually including PNP and CEC-specific draws.

This highlights IRCC’s ongoing commitment to increasing the number of domestic draws for Express Entry candidates already living and working in Canada as temporary residents. This strategy was implemented to help the department meet both its target for reducing the number of temporary residents in Canada, while also meeting the targeted number of new permanent residents that Canada will admit each year as outlined in the Immigration Levels Plan.

The next Plan is expected to be released by November 1 this year with targets for 2025-2027. The 2024 planned to welcome 110,770 in 2024. So far, details have not been released if IRCC met that target.

Those who receive an ITA in draws throughout the second half of the year are more likely to be admitted in 2025 due to IRCC’s service standard of six months for processing Express Entry applications.

What is Express Entry?

Express Entry is an application management system that oversees three of Canada’s most prominent economic immigration programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP).

These programs use the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) to single out the candidates who are most likely to fill urgent gaps in Canada’s labour force and contribute to the national economy,

It does this by examining a candidate’s human capital factors such as age, occupation, education, language ability and work experience. Each factor receives a score and is added together to get an overall CRS score.

CRS scores are often higher in PNP draws because Express Entry candidates who are nominated by a province automatically receive an additional 600 points.

Candidates may also receive points for having family in Canada or immigrating with a spouse or partner.

Those with the highest scores are the most likely to receive an ITA in an upcoming Express Entry draw.

Summary of Express Entry draw results in 2024

DateDraw TypeNumber of ITAsMinimum CRS
December 16Provincial Nominee Program 1,085727
December 3French language proficiency800466
December 2Provincial Nominee Program 676705
November 20Healthcare occupations3,000463
November 19Canadian Experience Class400539
November 18Provincial Nominee Program 174816
November 15French language proficiency800478
November 13Canadian Experience Class400547
November 12Provincial Nominee Program 733812
October 23Trade occupations1,800433
October 22Canadian Experience Class400539
October 21Provincial Nominee Program648791
October 10French language proficiency1,000444
October 9Canadian Experience Class500539
October 7Provincial Nominee Program1,613743
September 19Canadian Experience Class4,000509
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

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