How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #408?

On March 29, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 230,186 candidates. 38,632 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 477 cut-off. A further 16,153 sat in the 471-480 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 477 is not knowable from the data.

Trade occupations · 2 April 2026

Express Entry draw #408

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #408?

The cut-off for round #408, held on 2 April 2026, was 477. It was a Trade occupations round and it issued 3,000 invitations to apply, 28 points below the previous Trade occupations round 28 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 477 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at February 14, 2026 at 20:53:54 UTC.

On 2 April 2026, IRCC issued 3,000 invitations to apply in the Trade occupations category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 477 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 28 points below the previous Trade occupations round 28 weeks earlier.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #408 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

477

Trade occupations

Previous Trade occupations round: #368 on 18 Sept 2025 at 505 (-28)

3,000
Invitations issued: #408
Round: 02 Apr 2026
Date: February 14, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 477 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at February 14, 2026 at 20:53:54 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 477 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On March 29, 2026 it held 230,186 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on March 29, 2026, against the 477 cut-off of round #408
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	351	0.2%	All invited
501–600	11,648	5.1%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 477
451–500	73,445	31.9%	Split by the cut-off
401–450	64,782	28.1%	Below the cut-off
351–400	52,655	22.9%	Below the cut-off
301–350	19,007	8.3%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,298	3.6%	Below the cut-off

38,632 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 477 — 16.8% of the pool.

A further 16,153 sat in the 471–480 band, which 477 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 477 is not knowable from the data.

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #408 was held on 2 April 2026. IRCC has run 30 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 477.

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The table above says where 477 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 #408, 2 April 2026; pool as published on March 29, 2026.

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