Express Entry draw #343: Provincial Nominee Program
On April 28, 2025, IRCC invited 421 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 727.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #343 |
| Date | April 28, 2025 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 421 |
| CRS cutoff | 727 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 727 submitted before September 09, 2024 at 17:11:19 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #342 on April 14, 2025, cut off at 764 with 825 invitations. This round was 37 points lower, 14 days later.
Of the 26 Provincial Nominee Program rounds since 2023 up to that date, 9 had a lower cutoff.
It was round 13th of 2025. By then IRCC had issued 31,929 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on April 27, 2025: 246,673 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 416 |
| 501–600 | 20,708 |
| 451–500 | 72,523 |
| 401–450 | 68,267 |
| 351–400 | 53,640 |
| 301–350 | 22,553 |
| 0–300 | 8,566 |
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.