Express Entry draw #296: Provincial Nominee Program
On May 30, 2024, IRCC invited 2,985 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 676.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #296 |
| Date | May 30, 2024 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 2,985 |
| CRS cutoff | 676 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 676 submitted before January 19, 2024 at 18:32:21 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #269 on October 24, 2023, cut off at 776 with 1,548 invitations. This round was 100 points lower, 219 days later.
The round before it overall was #295 (French language proficiency (Version 1), Apr 24, 2024), with a cutoff of 410.
It was the lowest Provincial Nominee Program cutoff of the 6 such rounds since 2023 up to that date.
It was round 18th of 2024. By then IRCC had issued 38,955 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on May 29, 2024: 224,404 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 2,918 |
| 501–600 | 14,211 |
| 451–500 | 63,353 |
| 401–450 | 54,078 |
| 351–400 | 57,028 |
| 301–350 | 27,210 |
| 0–300 | 5,606 |
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.