Canada Express Entry Draw Tracker, 2026

Key findings

• The lowest 2026 cut-off was 169 (Physicians, 19 February 2026); the highest was 805 (Provincial Nominee Program, 25 May 2026). Category and program draws are not comparable on score — read each line within its own category.
• 21 of 55 rounds this year were category-based selection rather than all-program draws — Canada is steering invitations toward targeted occupations, not the open pool.
• Provincial Nominee Program rounds carry the highest cut-offs (a nomination adds 600 points), which is why PNP scores sit near 805 while a targeted category round can land in the 169s.
• 3 active 2026 categories have not yet held a round this year (STEM occupations, Education occupations, Researchers) — eligibility in a category is no guarantee of an invitation.

Every 2026 round

Newest first. The three December 2025 rounds are included for continuity. CRS is the cut-off score the lowest-ranked invited candidate held.

By category — the whole tracked window

Across all 58 tracked rounds, how each draw type has behaved: rounds held, invitations issued, and the CRS range.

The 2026 category roster

The current category-based selection line-up IRCC publishes for Express Entry. Occupation categories generally use recent qualifying work experience, while French-language proficiency and skilled military recruits have separate criteria; confirm the exact instruction on IRCC's category-based selection page. Agriculture and agri-food occupations was dropped for 2026.

For a category-only view of which categories have drawn this year and which have not, use the Canada Express Entry category tracker. Want to know where you'd land? Work out your score on our Canada CRS calculator and compare it against the cut-offs above — but remember the cut-off is set per round, after the fact, by who actually got invited.

Methodology & sourcing

• Source of record: IRCC's Express Entry rounds of invitations. Every row is checked directly against the official data feed that page is built from, so the numbers here are IRCC's own — we re-check it for new rounds and any change.
• Coverage: every round from 2025-12-15 (round 386) to 2026-09-15 (round 443).
• Aggregates are computed directly from the rows shown — no smoothing, no projection. A category's “latest CRS” is its most recent round in the tracked window.
• As of 16 September 2026. New rounds are added as IRCC publishes them.

Limitations

• A CRS cut-off is a result, not a target you can plan to. It is whatever score the lowest-ranked invited candidate held in that round — it moves with pool size and category.
• Category and program draws are not comparable on score. A physicians or senior-managers round can post a far lower cut-off than an all-program round because the eligible pool is small — that is not a sign the bar “dropped” for everyone.
• Figures here match IRCC's official feed, but a brand-new round may take until our next refresh to appear. This is data journalism, not legal advice — confirm anything decision-critical on the linked official source.