How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #341?

On March 16, 2025, the Express Entry pool held 236,909 candidates. 157,757 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 379 cut-off. A further 51,802 sat in the 351-400 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 379 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 21 March 2025

Express Entry draw #341

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #341?

The cut-off for round #341, held on 21 March 2025, was 379. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 7,500 invitations to apply, 31 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 2 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 379 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at March 06, 2025 at 02:53:27 UTC.

On 21 March 2025, IRCC issued 7,500 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 379 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 31 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 2 weeks earlier. That was the lowest of the 12 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 32,000 invitations at cut-offs between 379 and 478.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #341 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

379

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #339 on 06 Mar 2025 at 410 (-31)

7,500
Invitations issued: #341
Round: 21 Mar 2025
Date: March 06, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 379 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at March 06, 2025 at 02:53:27 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 379 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On March 16, 2025 it held 236,909 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on March 16, 2025, against the 379 cut-off of round #341
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	693	0.3%	All invited
501–600	25,522	10.8%	All invited
451–500	70,055	29.6%	All invited
401–450	61,487	26.0%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 379
351–400	51,802	21.9%	Split by the cut-off
301–350	21,303	9.0%	Below the cut-off
0–300	6,047	2.6%	Below the cut-off

157,757 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 379 — 66.6% of the pool.

A further 51,802 sat in the 351–400 band, which 379 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 379 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 21 Mar 2025

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the lowest of 12.

379

379
Lowest cut-off: 478
Highest cut-off: 12
Rounds: 32,000
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #341 was held on 21 March 2025. IRCC has run 97 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 379.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 379 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 #341, 21 March 2025; pool as published on March 16, 2025.

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