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.
• 10 of 30 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.
• 5 active 2026 categories have not yet held a round this year (STEM occupations, Education occupations, Researchers, Transport occupations, Skilled military recruits) — 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 33 tracked rounds, how each draw type has behaved: rounds held, invitations issued, and the CRS range.

The 2026 category roster

The category-based selection line-up IRCC set for the 2026 program year. All 2026 categories require 12 months of qualifying experience (up from 6 in 2025). Agriculture and agri-food occupations was dropped for 2026.

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 2026-05-28 (round 418).
• 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 1 June 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.