Express Entry draw #397: Physicians with Canadian Work Experience
On February 19, 2026, IRCC invited 391 candidates in a Physicians with Canadian Work Experience round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 169.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #397 |
| Date | February 19, 2026 |
| Round type | Physicians with Canadian Work Experience |
| Invitations | 391 |
| CRS cutoff | 169 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 169 submitted before January 03, 2026 at 03:25:14 UTC |
| Programs | Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Program |
How it compares
The previous healthcare round, #385 on December 11, 2025, cut off at 476 with 1,000 invitations. This round was 307 points lower, 70 days later.
The round before it overall was #396 (Canadian Experience Class, Feb 17, 2026), with a cutoff of 508.
It was the lowest healthcare cutoff of the 14 such rounds since 2023 up to that date.
It was round 9th of 2026. By then IRCC had issued 30,848 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on February 15, 2026: 235,695 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 280 |
| 501–600 | 16,559 |
| 451–500 | 73,609 |
| 401–450 | 64,305 |
| 351–400 | 53,650 |
| 301–350 | 19,009 |
| 0–300 | 8,283 |
What a healthcare round means
Healthcare rounds invite candidates with recent work experience in an eligible healthcare or social services occupation (including the physician rounds). IRCC lists the occupations on its category-based selection page. 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.