Canada holds the largest Express Entry draw ever

In Express Entry Draw #167 held on November 18, 2020, Canada has invited a record 5,000 immigration candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

 

As per Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC], the date and time of the round was November 18, 2020 at 15:27:32 UTC.

 

This is the highest number of invitations to apply [ITAs] issued in any of the Express Entry draws held in 2020 so far.

 

As no program had been specified for the draw, candidates under any of following programs were eligible for receiving invitations –

 

Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP] Federal Skilled Trades People [FSTP] Canadian Experience Class [CEC] Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] Express Entry linked streams only

 

The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS] score required was 472.

 

As a tie-breaking rule – of October 27, 2020 at 06:18:11 UTC – was applied, if more than one candidate had the lowest score required, that is CRS 472, the cut-off in that situation would be “based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles”.

 

Put simply, Express Entry profiles that had been created at a comparatively earlier date gain precedence over those submitted at a later date. The tie-breaking rule is only applicable to profiles with the specific CRS requirement as per the individual draw.

 

As per official IRCC data, as on November 16, 2020, there were a total of 146,965 profiles in the Express Entry pool. Of these, 27,172 Express Entry profiles were in the CRS 451-500 range. While another 348 profiles were in CRS 601-1200 range, there were 345 profiles with their CRS score range as 501-600.

 

On October 30, 2020, Canada announced one of the highest levels of immigration in Canadian history. As per the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada plans on welcoming over 4 lakh newcomers a year.

 

With the latest Express Entry draw – the 34th Express Entry draw in 2020 – a total of 92,350 ITAs have been issued so far this year.

 

Sl. No.	Draw No.	Date of Draw	Minimum CRS	ITAs issued
1	#134	January 8, 2020	473	3,400
2	#135	January 22, 2020	471	3,400
3	#136	February 5, 2020	472	3,500
4	#137	February 19, 2020	470	4,500
5	#138	March 4, 2020	471	3,900
6	#139 [PNP]	March 18, 2020	720	668
7	#140 [CEC]	March 23, 2020	467	3,232
8	#141 [PNP]	April 9, 2020	698	606
9	#142 [CEC]	April 9, 2020	464	3,294
10	#143 [PNP]	April 15, 2020	808	118
11	#144 [CEC]	April 16, 2020	455	3,782
12	#145 [PNP]	April 29, 2020	692	589
13	#146 [CEC]	May 1, 2020	452	3,311
14	#147 [PNP]	May 13, 2020	718	529
15	#148 [CEC]	May 15, 2020	447	3,371
16	#149 [PNP]	May 27, 2020	757	385
17	#150 [CEC]	May 28, 2020	440	3,515
18	#151 [PNP]	June 10, 2020	743	341
19	#152 [CEC]	June 11, 2020	437	3,559
20	#153 [PNP]	June 24, 2020	696	392
21	#154 [CEC]	June 25, 2020	431	3,508
22	#155	July 8, 2020	478	3,900
23	#156 [PNP]	July 22, 2020	687	557
24	#157 [CEC]	July 23, 2020	445	3,343
25	#158	August 5, 2020	476	3,900
26	#159 [FSTP]	August 6, 2020	415	250
27	#160 [PNP]	August 19, 2020	771	600
28	#161 [CEC]	August 20, 2020	454	3,300
29	#162	September 2, 2020	475	4,200
30	#163	September 16, 2020	472	4,200
31	#164	September 30, 2020	471	4,200
32	#165	October 14, 2020	471	4,500
33	#166	November 5, 2020	478	4,500
34	#167	November 18, 2020	472	5,000
Total ITAs issued in 2020 so far – 92,350.

 

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