How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #339?

On March 3, 2025, the Express Entry pool held 227,822 candidates. 140,011 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 410 cut-off. A further 12,046 sat in the 401-410 band, which the cut-off runs through — IRCC does not publish scores at a finer resolution than these bands, so how many of that group cleared 410 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 6 March 2025

Express Entry draw #339

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #339?

The cut-off for round #339, held on 6 March 2025, was 410. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 4,500 invitations to apply, 18 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 2 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 410 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at February 11, 2025 at 07:47:29 UTC.

On 6 March 2025, IRCC issued 4,500 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 410 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 18 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 2 weeks earlier. That was the 4th lowest of the 11 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 24,500 invitations at cut-offs between 388 and 478.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #339 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

410

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #337 on 19 Feb 2025 at 428 (-18)

4,500
Invitations issued: #339
Round: 06 Mar 2025
Date: February 11, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Program

Candidates tied on 410 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at February 11, 2025 at 07:47:29 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 410 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On March 3, 2025 it held 227,822 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on March 3, 2025, against the 410 cut-off of round #339
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	807	0.4%	All invited
501–600	23,075	10.1%	All invited
451–500	66,792	29.3%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 410
401–450	61,383	26.9%	Split by the cut-off
351–400	49,555	21.8%	Below the cut-off
301–350	20,573	9.0%	Below the cut-off
0–300	5,637	2.5%	Below the cut-off

140,011 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 410 — 61.5% of the pool.

A further 12,046 sat in the 401–410 band, which 410 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 410 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 06 Mar 2025

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 4th lowest of 11.

410

388
Lowest cut-off: 478
Highest cut-off: 11
Rounds: 24,500
Invitations

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This is a record, not the current bar

Round #339 was held on 6 March 2025. IRCC has run 99 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 410.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 410 fell through the pool. Whether your own score reaches a category, and what would move it — a language retake, a provincial nomination, a spouse’s credentials — is a different question, and it is the one worth answering.

Data: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Round #339, 6 March 2025; pool as published on March 3, 2025.

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