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Posted on November 19 2020

Canada holds the largest Express Entry draw ever

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By  Editor
Updated January 12 2024

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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