October 2024: State of the Express Entry pool

Asheesh Moosapeta
Published: October 3, 2024

After a busy August and July, September saw Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) slow down Express Entry draws.

In September, the immigration department held three Express Entry draws, continuing to prioritize domestic and francophone candidates to be invited to apply for permanent residence (PR).

Let’s look at Express Entry draws over the last month, and the composition of the federal Express Entry candidate pool at the start of October.

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The current state of the Express Entry pool

What draws occurred in September?

September saw three Express Entry draws, in which IRCC issued nearly 6,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs):

Draw NumberDateRound TypeITAs IssuedComprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off score
313September 9th, 2024Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)911732
314September 13th, 2024French language proficiency1,000446
315September 19th, 2024Canadian Experience Class (CEC)4,000509

We can observe several trends in IRCC’s draw types. The last three months of draws (September, August, and July) have all included draws for PNP, CEC, and French-language proficiency candidates—with both August and July featuring multiple PNP and CEC draws.

These draws align with statements made by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, regarding the prioritization of “domestic” immigration candidates (those already in the country), and Canada’s continued commitment to supporting Francophone immigration outside of Quebec.

Lastly, IRCC issued fewer ITAs in September:

MonthITAs issued
July25,125
Aug10,384
Sep5,911

What is the current distribution of scores in the pool?

As of September 19th (the date of the most recent Express Entry draw at the time of writing), the breakdown of scores within the Express Entry pool is as follows:

CRS score rangeNumber of candidates
0-3005,457
301-35023,613
351-40051,137
401-41010,387
411-42010,598
421-43010,102
431-44011,528
441-45010,655
451-46011,035
461-47012,690
471-48014,582
481-49012,110
491-50011,352
501-60011,752
601-1200764

The distribution of CRS scores in the Express Entry pool, October 2024

How do scores in the pool rank in the overall distribution of candidates?

The following table utilizes percentile scores to give a better idea of how certain CRS-scores rank in the overall distribution of CRS-scores within the Express Entry candidate pool.

We’ve taken the top boundary of each CRS-score range and calculated a percentile score, based on the number of candidates at or below that score, in relation to the total number of candidates in the pool.

Because IRCC’s data only provides ranges, we were only able to calculate the percentile for the top CRS score of each range.

Here are the ranges between the percentiles between the tops of each range reported on by IRCC, along with the percentage candidates who score in each percentile range:

CRS score rangePercentile ranking range (%)Percentage of the overall pool (%)
0-3000-2.632.63
300-3502.63-13.9911.37
350-40013.99-38.6124.61
400-41038.61-43.605.00
410-42043.60-48.715.10
420-43048.71-53.574.86
430-44053.57-59.125.55
440-45059.12-64.255.13
450-46064.25-69.565.31
460-47069.56-75.666.11
470-48075.66-82.687.02
480-49082.68-88.515.83
490-50088.51-93.985.46
500-60093.98-99.635.66
600-120099.63-1000.37

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