🔔 First CEC Draw of 2025: 1,350 Candidates Invited to Apply!

Express Entry Canadian Experience Class Draw Details:

Draw date: January 8, 2025

👉️Number of invitations issued: 1,350
👉️CRS Cutoff: 542
👉️Date and time of round: January 08, 2025 at 16:02:18 UTC
👉️Tie-breaking rule: December 07, 2024 at 01:10:06 UTC

“The CRS cut-off is as high as the sky."

All CEC Draws of 2024

In 2024, several CEC Express Entry draws took place, with varying numbers of invitations issued and CRS cut-off scores. The largest draw occurred on July 17, 2024, issuing 6,300 invitations with a CRS cut-off of 515, while the smallest draws occurred on November 19, November 13, and October 22, each issuing 400 invitations with a CRS cut-off of 539, 547 and 539 respectively. The CRS scores ranged from 509 to 522 across the year’s draws. Notably, all CRS scores were well above 500, which is exceptionally high for candidates without a master's degree or significant experience in Canada or abroad.

Expectations for 2025 CEC Draws

Early 2025 CEC draws are likely to maintain high CRS cut-off scores if only 2,000 to 3,000 invitations are issued per draw. With around 23,000 candidates in the 501-600 CRS range, competition will remain fierce, and scores are expected to stay above 500. Given the total pool of 227,000 candidates, CRS cut-offs will likely stay competitive in the early months of 2025.

CRS score distribution of candidates in the pool as of January 8, 2025

Previous EE Draw 2024

Here is the complete breakdown of Express Entry draws in 2024.