How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #376?

On October 26, 2025, the Express Entry pool held 248,253 candidates. 139,659 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 416 cut-off. A further 14,820 sat in the 411-420 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 416 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 29 October 2025

Express Entry draw #376

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #376?

The cut-off for round #376, held on 29 October 2025, was 416. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 6,000 invitations to apply, 16 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 3 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 416 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at September 8, 2025 at 15:27:09 UTC.

On 29 October 2025, IRCC issued 6,000 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 416 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 16 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 3 weeks earlier. That was the 3rd lowest of the 9 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 37,600 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 #376 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

416

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #371 on 06 Oct 2025 at 432 (-16)

6,000
Invitations issued: #376
Round: 29 Oct 2025
Date: September 8, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 416 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at September 8, 2025 at 15:27:09 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 416 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On October 26, 2025 it held 248,253 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on October 26, 2025, against the 416 cut-off of round #376
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	306	0.1%	All invited
501–600	25,997	10.5%	All invited
451–500	69,503	28.0%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 416
401–450	72,542	29.2%	Split by the cut-off
351–400	52,468	21.1%	Below the cut-off
301–350	19,410	7.8%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,027	3.2%	Below the cut-off

139,659 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 416 — 56.3% of the pool.

A further 14,820 sat in the 411–420 band, which 416 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 416 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 29 Oct 2025

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 3rd lowest of 9.

416

379
Lowest cut-off: 481
Highest cut-off: 9
Rounds: 37,600
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #376 was held on 29 October 2025. IRCC has run 62 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 416.

The latest draw and the current pool All 438 rounds

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 416 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 #376, 29 October 2025; pool as published on October 26, 2025.

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