How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #414?

On April 26, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 234,452 candidates. 154,506 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 400 cut-off. A further 52,874 sat in the 351-400 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 400 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 29 April 2026

Express Entry draw #414

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #414?

The cut-off for round #414, held on 29 April 2026, was 400. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 4,000 invitations to apply, 19 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 2 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 400 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at April 07, 2026 at 20:13:59 UTC.

On 29 April 2026, IRCC issued 4,000 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 400 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 19 points below the previous French-language proficiency round 2 weeks earlier. That was the 4th lowest of the 11 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 55,500 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 #414 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

400

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #411 on 15 Apr 2026 at 419 (-19)

4,000
Invitations issued: #414
Round: 29 Apr 2026
Date: April 07, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 400 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at April 07, 2026 at 20:13:59 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 400 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 400 cut-off of round #414
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	472	0.2%	All invited
501–600	13,860	5.9%	All invited
451–500	73,659	31.4%	All invited
401–450	66,515	28.4%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 400
351–400	52,874	22.6%	Split by the cut-off
301–350	18,733	8.0%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,339	3.6%	Below the cut-off

154,506 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 400 — 65.9% of the pool.

A further 52,874 sat in the 351–400 band, which 400 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 400 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 29 Apr 2026

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 4th lowest of 11.

400

393
Lowest cut-off: 481
Highest cut-off: 11
Rounds: 55,500
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #414 was held on 29 April 2026. IRCC has run 24 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 400.

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 400 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 #414, 29 April 2026; pool as published on April 26, 2026.

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