Express Entry draw #356: Provincial Nominee Program
On July 21, 2025, IRCC invited 202 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 788.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #356 |
| Date | July 21, 2025 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 202 |
| CRS cutoff | 788 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 788 submitted before June 05, 2025 at 23:50:45 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #354 on July 7, 2025, cut off at 750 with 356 invitations. This round was 38 points higher, 14 days later.
The round before it overall was #355 (Canadian Experience Class, Jul 8, 2025), with a cutoff of 518.
Of the 32 Provincial Nominee Program rounds since 2023 up to that date, 25 had a lower cutoff.
It was round 26th of 2025. By then IRCC had issued 45,403 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on July 20, 2025: 256,914 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 200 |
| 501–600 | 21,348 |
| 451–500 | 78,339 |
| 401–450 | 73,409 |
| 351–400 | 54,165 |
| 301–350 | 21,122 |
| 0–300 | 8,331 |
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.