How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #421?

On June 21, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 239,645 candidates. 231,541 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 223 cut-off. A further 8,104 sat in the 0-300 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 223 is not knowable from the data.

Physicians · 24 June 2026

Express Entry draw #421

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #421?

The cut-off for round #421, held on 24 June 2026, was 223. It was a Physicians round and it issued 271 invitations to apply, 54 points above the previous Physicians round 18 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 223 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at May 31, 2026 at 18:13:49 UTC.

On 24 June 2026, IRCC issued 271 invitations to apply in the Physicians category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 223 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 54 points above the previous Physicians round 18 weeks earlier.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #421 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

223

Physicians

Previous Physicians round: #397 on 19 Feb 2026 at 169 (+54)

271
Invitations issued: #421
Round: 24 Jun 2026
Date: May 31, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 223 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at May 31, 2026 at 18:13:49 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 223 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On June 21, 2026 it held 239,645 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on June 21, 2026, against the 223 cut-off of round #421
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	941	0.4%	All invited
501–600	20,012	8.4%	All invited
451–500	75,938	31.7%	All invited
401–450	64,807	27.0%	All invited
351–400	51,897	21.7%	All invited
301–350	17,946	7.5%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 223
0–300	8,104	3.4%	Split by the cut-off

231,541 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 223 — 96.6% of the pool.

A further 8,104 sat in the 0–300 band, which 223 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 223 is not knowable from the data.

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #421 was held on 24 June 2026. IRCC has run 17 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 223.

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The table above says where 223 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 #421, 24 June 2026; pool as published on June 21, 2026.

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