How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #422?

On June 21, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 239,645 candidates. 48,088 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 475 cut-off. A further 17,318 sat in the 471-480 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 475 is not knowable from the data.

Healthcare and social services · 25 June 2026

Express Entry draw #422

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #422?

The cut-off for round #422, held on 25 June 2026, was 475. It was a Healthcare and social services round and it issued 4,000 invitations to apply, 8 points above the previous Healthcare and social services round 18 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 475 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at May 21, 2026 at 12:14:09 UTC.

On 25 June 2026, IRCC issued 4,000 invitations to apply in the Healthcare and social services category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 475 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 8 points above the previous Healthcare and social services round 18 weeks earlier. That was the 5th lowest of the 7 Healthcare and social services rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 21,500 invitations at cut-offs between 462 and 476.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #422 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

475

Healthcare and social services

Previous Healthcare and social services round: #398 on 20 Feb 2026 at 467 (+8)

4,000
Invitations issued: #422
Round: 25 Jun 2026
Date: May 21, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 475 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at May 21, 2026 at 12:14:09 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 475 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 475 cut-off of round #422
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
Cut-off — CRS 475
451–500	75,938	31.7%	Split by the cut-off
401–450	64,807	27.0%	Below the cut-off
351–400	51,897	21.7%	Below the cut-off
301–350	17,946	7.5%	Below the cut-off
0–300	8,104	3.4%	Below the cut-off

48,088 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 475 — 20.1% of the pool.

A further 17,318 sat in the 471–480 band, which 475 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 475 is not knowable from the data.

In context

Healthcare and social services rounds in the year to 25 Jun 2026

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 5th lowest of 7.

475

462
Lowest cut-off: 476
Highest cut-off: 7
Rounds: 21,500
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #422 was held on 25 June 2026. IRCC has run 16 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 475.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 475 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 #422, 25 June 2026; pool as published on June 21, 2026.

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