How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #360?

On August 5, 2025, the Express Entry pool held 256,585 candidates. 50,258 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 481 cut-off. A further 0 sat in the undefined 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 481 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 8 August 2025

Express Entry draw #360

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #360?

The cut-off for round #360, held on 8 August 2025, was 481. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 2,500 invitations to apply, 102 points above the previous French-language proficiency round 20 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 481 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at July 18, 2025 at 05:16:06 UTC.

On 8 August 2025, IRCC issued 2,500 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 481 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 102 points above the previous French-language proficiency round 20 weeks earlier. That was the highest of the 9 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 26,600 invitations at cut-offs between 379 and 481.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #360 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

481

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #341 on 21 Mar 2025 at 379 (+102)

2,500
Invitations issued: #360
Round: 08 Aug 2025
Date: July 18, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 481 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at July 18, 2025 at 05:16:06 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 481 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On August 5, 2025 it held 256,585 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on August 5, 2025, against the 481 cut-off of round #360
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	228	0.1%	All invited
501–600	24,165	9.4%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 481
451–500	76,004	29.6%	Split by the cut-off
401–450	73,839	28.8%	Below the cut-off
351–400	53,590	20.9%	Below the cut-off
301–350	20,534	8.0%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,225	3.2%	Below the cut-off

50,258 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 481 — 19.6% of the pool.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 08 Aug 2025

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the highest of 9.

481

379
Lowest cut-off: 481
Highest cut-off: 9
Rounds: 26,600
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #360 was held on 8 August 2025. IRCC has run 78 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 481.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 481 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 #360, 8 August 2025; pool as published on August 5, 2025.

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