How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #425?

On July 5, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 235,127 candidates. 134,118 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 420 cut-off. A further 12,383 sat in the 411-420 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 420 is not knowable from the data.

French-language proficiency · 9 July 2026

Express Entry draw #425

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #425?

The cut-off for round #425, held on 9 July 2026, was 420. It was a French-language proficiency round and it issued 5,000 invitations to apply, 11 points above the previous French-language proficiency round 6 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 420 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at May 15, 2026 at 08:04:00 UTC.

On 9 July 2026, IRCC issued 5,000 invitations to apply in the French-language proficiency category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 420 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 11 points above the previous French-language proficiency round 6 weeks earlier. That was the 10th lowest of the 13 French-language proficiency rounds held in the year to that date, which together issued 65,000 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 #425 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

420

French-language proficiency

Previous French-language proficiency round: #418 on 28 May 2026 at 409 (+11)

5,000
Invitations issued: #425
Round: 09 Jul 2026
Date: May 15, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 420 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at May 15, 2026 at 08:04:00 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 420 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On July 5, 2026 it held 235,127 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on July 5, 2026, against the 420 cut-off of round #425
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	525	0.2%	All invited
501–600	18,611	7.9%	All invited
451–500	73,691	31.3%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 420
401–450	65,818	28.0%	Split by the cut-off
351–400	51,096	21.7%	Below the cut-off
301–350	17,513	7.4%	Below the cut-off
0–300	7,873	3.3%	Below the cut-off

134,118 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 420 — 57.0% of the pool.

A further 12,383 sat in the 411–420 band, which 420 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 420 is not knowable from the data.

In context

French-language proficiency rounds in the year to 09 Jul 2026

A cut-off means little on its own. Against its own category’s previous twelve months, this one was the 10th lowest of 13.

420

393
Lowest cut-off: 481
Highest cut-off: 13
Rounds: 65,000
Invitations

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #425 was held on 9 July 2026. IRCC has run 13 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 420.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 420 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 #425, 9 July 2026; pool as published on July 5, 2026.

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