Express Entry draw #358: Provincial Nominee Program
On August 6, 2025, IRCC invited 225 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 739.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #358 |
| Date | August 6, 2025 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 225 |
| CRS cutoff | 739 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 739 submitted before April 23, 2025 at 06:35:51 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #356 on July 21, 2025, cut off at 788 with 202 invitations. This round was 49 points lower, 16 days later.
The round before it overall was #357 (Healthcare and social services occupations (Version 2), Jul 22, 2025), with a cutoff of 475.
Of the 33 Provincial Nominee Program rounds since 2023 up to that date, 16 had a lower cutoff.
It was round 28th of 2025. By then IRCC had issued 49,628 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on August 5, 2025: 256,585 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 228 |
| 501–600 | 24,165 |
| 451–500 | 76,004 |
| 401–450 | 73,839 |
| 351–400 | 53,590 |
| 301–350 | 20,534 |
| 0–300 | 8,225 |
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.