Express Entry draw #248: Provincial Nominee Program
On May 10, 2023, IRCC invited 589 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 691.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #248 |
| Date | May 10, 2023 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 589 |
| CRS cutoff | 691 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 691 submitted before March 08, 2023 at 16:42:17 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #242 on March 1, 2023, cut off at 748 with 667 invitations. This round was 57 points lower, 70 days later.
The round before it overall was #247 (No Program Specified, Apr 26, 2023), with a cutoff of 483.
It was the lowest Provincial Nominee Program cutoff of the 4 such rounds since 2023 up to that date.
It was round 12th of 2023. By then IRCC had issued 45,148 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on May 10, 2023: 225,388 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 535 |
| 501–600 | 992 |
| 451–500 | 55,439 |
| 401–450 | 59,827 |
| 351–400 | 67,883 |
| 301–350 | 35,242 |
| 0–300 | 5,470 |
What a Provincial Nominee Program round means
Provincial Nominee Program rounds invite candidates who already hold a provincial or territorial nomination. Their scores include the 600 nomination points, so these cutoffs look high; without the nomination they are usually low. See Express Entry draw types for how the round types differ.
Where does your score stand?
The CRS calculator works out your score from your test results and profile, and shows how far it is from the last Canadian Experience Class cutoff.