Express Entry draw #386: Provincial Nominee Program
On December 15, 2025, IRCC invited 399 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 731.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #386 |
| Date | December 15, 2025 |
| Round type | Provincial Nominee Program |
| Invitations | 399 |
| CRS cutoff | 731 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 731 submitted before October 18, 2025 at 7:18:52 UTC |
| Programs | Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous Provincial Nominee Program round, #383 on December 8, 2025, cut off at 729 with 1,123 invitations. This round was 2 points higher, 7 days later.
The round before it overall was #385 (Healthcare and social services occupations (Version 2), Dec 11, 2025), with a cutoff of 476.
Of the 43 Provincial Nominee Program rounds since 2023 up to that date, 15 had a lower cutoff.
It was round 56th of 2025. By then IRCC had issued 102,998 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on December 15, 2025: 237,302 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 390 |
| 501–600 | 21,792 |
| 451–500 | 68,700 |
| 401–450 | 66,948 |
| 351–400 | 52,574 |
| 301–350 | 18,829 |
| 0–300 | 8,069 |
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.