Express Entry draw #402: Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience
On March 5, 2026, IRCC invited 250 candidates in a Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 429.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #402 |
| Date | March 5, 2026 |
| Round type | Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience |
| Invitations | 250 |
| CRS cutoff | 429 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 429 submitted before August 19, 2025 at 15:10:18 UTC |
| Programs | Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Program |
How it compares
This was the first senior manager round in IRCC's published history.
The round before it overall was #401 (French-Language proficiency, Mar 4, 2026), with a cutoff of 397.
It was round 14th of 2026. By then IRCC had issued 44,862 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on March 1, 2026: 232,534 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 258 |
| 501–600 | 14,031 |
| 451–500 | 71,680 |
| 401–450 | 65,868 |
| 351–400 | 53,727 |
| 301–350 | 18,694 |
| 0–300 | 8,276 |
What a senior manager round means
Senior manager rounds invite candidates with recent Canadian work experience as a senior manager. 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.