Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has announced the most recent Express Entry draw results under the Provincial Nominee Program. For the first time, the invitations to apply for permanent residency have been sent under the newly created Education Occupations category this year.
1,000 Express Entry invitations were issued to eligible foreign nationals on May 1, 2025. The lowest-ranked candidate received a CRS score of 479. Date and time of the round was May 01, 2025 at 16:02:30 UTC, while the Tie-breaking rule date was August 10, 2024 at 10:35:55 UTC. This means the minimum Rank required to be invited to apply will be 1,000 or above. One may check the CRS score distribution below.
If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.
On April 28, 2024, 421 Express Entry invitations were issued to eligible foreign nationals, with the lowest-ranked candidate receiving a CRS score of 727. Date and time of round was April 28, 2025, at 14:18:27 UTC, while the Tie-breaking rule date was September 09, 202,4 at 17:11:19 UTC. This means the minimum Rank required to be invited to apply will be 421 or above.
Canada’s Express Entry program, a popular immigration pathway for foreigners seeking employment and permanent residence in the country, was modified in February 2025.
A new ‘education occupation category’ was introduced and Canadian Experience Class stream candidates with working experience in Canada were given priority.
An eligible foreign national is a member of the category if they meet the following requirements:
- At least six months of full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work, in one of the occupations referred to in the table below. The experience has to be gained within the three years preceding the day on which the category was established, over a continuous period.
- During that period of work experience, they performed the actions described in the lead statement for the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification; and
- During that period of work experience,e they performed a substantial number of the main duties of the occupation as set out in the occupational descriptions of the National Occupational Classification, including all of the essential duties.
List of Occupations Eligible For the Education Category under by National Occupational Classification
On March 25, 2025, Canada withdrew ‘job offer points’ from the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) in the Express Entry pool. This will apply to both current and future candidates. The removal of ‘job offer points’ from the Comprehensive Ranking System will not apply to all categories, but only to those that are classified under Major Group 00 of the National Occupation Classification (for example, senior management positions) (200 points) and in any other skilled occupation (50 points).
Candidates with qualifying job offers in their Express Entry profiles will lose their previously associated CRS points. In contrast, those with a current job offer will no longer have the opportunity to earn extra points after March 25, 2025.
CRS score distribution of candidates in the pool as of April 27, 2025
