How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #411?

On April 12, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 233,555 candidates. 129,852 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 419 cut-off. A further 12,753 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 419 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 15 April 2026

Express Entry draw #411

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #411?

The cut-off for round #411, held on 15 April 2026, was 419. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 4,000 invitations to apply, 26 points above the previous French-language proficiency round 4 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 419 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at November 14, 2025 at 07:14:25 UTC.

On 15 April 2026, IRCC issued 4,000 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 419 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 26 points above the previous French-language proficiency round 4 weeks earlier. That was the 7th lowest of the 10 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 51,500 invitations at cut-offs between 393 and 481.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #411 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

419

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #405 on 18 Mar 2026 at 393 (+26)

4,000
Invitations issued: #411
Round: 15 Apr 2026
Date: November 14, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 419 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at November 14, 2025 at 07:14:25 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 419 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On April 12, 2026 it held 233,555 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on April 12, 2026, against the 419 cut-off of round #411
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	325	0.1%	All invited
501–600	13,610	5.8%	All invited
451–500	73,563	31.5%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 419
401–450	66,952	28.7%	Split by the cut-off
351–400	52,309	22.4%	Below the cut-off
301–350	18,543	7.9%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,253	3.5%	Below the cut-off

129,852 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 419 — 55.6% of the pool.

A further 12,753 sat in the 411–420 band, which 419 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 419 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 15 Apr 2026

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 7th lowest of 10.

419

393
Lowest cut-off: 481
Highest cut-off: 10
Rounds: 51,500
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #411 was held on 15 April 2026. IRCC has run 27 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 419.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 419 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 #411, 15 April 2026; pool as published on April 12, 2026.

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