How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #382?

On November 24, 2025, the Express Entry pool held 246,656 candidates. 152,002 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 408 cut-off. A further 14,197 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 408 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 28 November 2025

Express Entry draw #382

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #382?

The cut-off for round #382, held on 28 November 2025, was 408. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 6,000 invitations to apply, 8 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 4 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 408 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at May 26 2025 at 12:28:38 UTC.

On 28 November 2025, IRCC issued 6,000 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 408 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 8 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 4 weeks earlier. That was the second lowest of the 9 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 42,800 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 #382 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

408

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #376 on 29 Oct 2025 at 416 (-8)

6,000
Invitations issued: #382
Round: 28 Nov 2025
Date: May 26 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 408 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at May 26 2025 at 12:28:38 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 408 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On November 24, 2025 it held 246,656 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on November 24, 2025, against the 408 cut-off of round #382
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	779	0.3%	All invited
501–600	26,351	10.7%	All invited
451–500	68,875	27.9%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 408
401–450	70,194	28.5%	Split by the cut-off
351–400	53,004	21.5%	Below the cut-off
301–350	19,321	7.8%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,132	3.3%	Below the cut-off

152,002 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 408 — 61.6% of the pool.

A further 14,197 sat in the 401–410 band, which 408 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 408 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 28 Nov 2025

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

408

379
Lowest cut-off: 481
Highest cut-off: 9
Rounds: 42,800
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #382 was held on 28 November 2025. IRCC has run 56 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 408.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 408 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 #382, 28 November 2025; pool as published on November 24, 2025.

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