Express Entry draw #444: Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience
On September 16, 2026, IRCC invited 250 candidates in a Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 389.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #444 |
| Date | September 16, 2026 |
| Round type | Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience |
| Invitations | 250 |
| CRS cutoff | 389 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 389 submitted before September 01, 2026 at 23:05:13 UTC |
| Programs | Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Program |
How it compares
The previous senior manager round, #426 on July 10, 2026, cut off at 392 with 500 invitations. This round was 3 points lower, 68 days later.
The round before it overall was #443 (Canadian Experience Class, Sep 15, 2026), with a cutoff of 519.
It was the lowest senior manager cutoff of the 3 such rounds since 2023 up to that date.
It was round 56th of 2026. By then IRCC had issued 128,982 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on September 13, 2026: 226,793 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 574 |
| 501–600 | 20,784 |
| 451–500 | 72,107 |
| 401–450 | 61,560 |
| 351–400 | 46,782 |
| 301–350 | 17,240 |
| 0–300 | 7,746 |
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.