How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #417?

On May 24, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 238,847 candidates. 332 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 518 cut-off. A further 17,945 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 518 is not knowable from the data.

Canadian Experience Class · 27 May 2026

Express Entry draw #417

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #417?

The cut-off for round #417, held on 27 May 2026, was 518. It was a Canadian Experience Class round and it issued 3,000 invitations to apply, 4 points above the previous Canadian Experience Class round 4 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 518 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at April 30, 2026 at 03:16:01 UTC.

On 27 May 2026, IRCC issued 3,000 invitations to apply in the Canadian Experience Class category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 518 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 4 points above the previous Canadian Experience Class round 4 weeks earlier. That was the 10th lowest of the 20 Canadian Experience Class rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 63,250 invitations at cut-offs between 507 and 534.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #417 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

518

Canadian Experience Class

Previous Canadian Experience Class round: #413 on 28 Apr 2026 at 514 (+4)

3,000
Invitations issued: #417
Round: 27 May 2026
Date: April 30, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

Canadian Experience Class

Candidates tied on 518 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at April 30, 2026 at 03:16:01 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 518 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On May 24, 2026 it held 238,847 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on May 24, 2026, against the 518 cut-off of round #417
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	332	0.1%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 518
501–600	17,945	7.5%	Split by the cut-off
451–500	75,348	31.5%	Below the cut-off
401–450	65,963	27.6%	Below the cut-off
351–400	52,581	22.0%	Below the cut-off
301–350	18,375	7.7%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,303	3.5%	Below the cut-off

332 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 518 — 0.1% of the pool.

A further 17,945 sat in the 501–600 band, which 518 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 518 is not knowable from the data.

In context

Canadian Experience Class rounds in the year to 27 May 2026

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 10th lowest of 20.

518

507
Lowest cut-off: 534
Highest cut-off: 20
Rounds: 63,250
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #417 was held on 27 May 2026. IRCC has run 21 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 518.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 518 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 #417, 27 May 2026; pool as published on May 24, 2026.

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