How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #413?

On April 26, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 234,452 candidates. 472 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 514 cut-off. A further 13,860 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 514 is not knowable from the data.

Canadian Experience Class · 28 April 2026

Express Entry draw #413

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #413?

The cut-off for round #413, held on 28 April 2026, was 514. It was a Canadian Experience Class round and it issued 2,000 invitations to apply, 1 point below the previous Canadian Experience Class round 2 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 514 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at September 24, 2025 at 14:18:43 UTC.

On 28 April 2026, IRCC issued 2,000 invitations to apply in the Canadian Experience Class category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 514 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 1 point below the previous Canadian Experience Class round 2 weeks earlier. That was the 7th lowest of the 20 Canadian Experience Class rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 60,750 invitations at cut-offs between 507 and 547.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #413 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

514

Canadian Experience Class

Previous Canadian Experience Class round: #410 on 14 Apr 2026 at 515 (-1)

2,000
Invitations issued: #413
Round: 28 Apr 2026
Date: September 24, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

Canadian Experience Class

Candidates tied on 514 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at September 24, 2025 at 14:18:43 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 514 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On April 26, 2026 it held 234,452 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on April 26, 2026, against the 514 cut-off of round #413
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	472	0.2%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 514
501–600	13,860	5.9%	Split by the cut-off
451–500	73,659	31.4%	Below the cut-off
401–450	66,515	28.4%	Below the cut-off
351–400	52,874	22.6%	Below the cut-off
301–350	18,733	8.0%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,339	3.6%	Below the cut-off

472 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 514 — 0.2% of the pool.

A further 13,860 sat in the 501–600 band, which 514 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 514 is not knowable from the data.

In context

Canadian Experience Class rounds in the year to 28 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 20.

514

507
Lowest cut-off: 547
Highest cut-off: 20
Rounds: 60,750
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #413 was held on 28 April 2026. IRCC has run 25 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 514.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 514 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 #413, 28 April 2026; pool as published on April 26, 2026.

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