How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #368?

On September 14, 2025, the Express Entry pool held 251,630 candidates. 220 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 505 cut-off. A further 24,870 sat in the 501-600 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 505 is not knowable from the data.

Trade occupations · 18 September 2025

Express Entry draw #368

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #368?

The cut-off for round #368, held on 18 September 2025, was 505. It was a Trade occupations round and it issued 1,250 invitations to apply, 72 points above the previous Trade occupations round 47 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 505 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at November 05, 2024 at 22:36:09 UTC.

On 18 September 2025, IRCC issued 1,250 invitations to apply in the Trade occupations category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 505 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 72 points above the previous Trade occupations round 47 weeks earlier.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #368 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

505

Trade occupations

Previous Trade occupations round: #321 on 23 Oct 2024 at 433 (+72)

1,250
Invitations issued: #368
Round: 18 Sept 2025
Date: November 05, 2024
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 505 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at November 05, 2024 at 22:36:09 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 505 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On September 14, 2025 it held 251,630 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on September 14, 2025, against the 505 cut-off of round #368
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	220	0.1%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 505
501–600	24,870	9.9%	Split by the cut-off
451–500	71,427	28.4%	Below the cut-off
401–450	74,178	29.5%	Below the cut-off
351–400	52,883	21.0%	Below the cut-off
301–350	19,978	7.9%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,074	3.2%	Below the cut-off

220 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 505 — 0.1% of the pool.

A further 24,870 sat in the 501–600 band, which 505 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 505 is not knowable from the data.

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This is a record, not the current bar

Round #368 was held on 18 September 2025. IRCC has run 70 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 505.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 505 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 #368, 18 September 2025; pool as published on September 14, 2025.

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