Express Entry draw #346: Provincial Nominee Program
On May 12, 2025, IRCC invited 511 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 706.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #346 |
| Date | May 12, 2025 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 511 |
| CRS cutoff | 706 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 706 submitted before March 04, 2025 at 22:35:42 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #343 on April 28, 2025, cut off at 727 with 421 invitations. This round was 21 points lower, 14 days later.
The round before it overall was #345 (Healthcare and social services occupations (Version 2), May 2, 2025), with a cutoff of 510.
Of the 27 Provincial Nominee Program rounds since 2023 up to that date, 9 had a lower cutoff.
It was round 16th of 2025. By then IRCC had issued 33,940 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on May 12, 2025: 249,969 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 513 |
| 501–600 | 22,316 |
| 451–500 | 73,582 |
| 401–450 | 69,467 |
| 351–400 | 53,598 |
| 301–350 | 22,051 |
| 0–300 | 8,442 |
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.