How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #426?

On July 5, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 235,127 candidates. 158,645 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 392 cut-off. A further 51,096 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 392 is not knowable from the data.

Senior managers · 10 July 2026

Express Entry draw #426

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #426?

The cut-off for round #426, held on 10 July 2026, was 392. It was a Senior managers round and it issued 500 invitations to apply, 37 points below the previous Senior managers round 18 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 392 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at March 15, 2026 at 01:46:05 UTC.

On 10 July 2026, IRCC issued 500 invitations to apply in the Senior managers category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 392 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 37 points below the previous Senior managers 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 #426 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

392

Senior managers

Previous Senior managers round: #402 on 05 Mar 2026 at 429 (-37)

500
Invitations issued: #426
Round: 10 Jul 2026
Date: March 15, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 392 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at March 15, 2026 at 01:46:05 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 392 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 392 cut-off of round #426
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
401–450	65,818	28.0%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 392
351–400	51,096	21.7%	Split by the cut-off
301–350	17,513	7.4%	Below the cut-off
0–300	7,873	3.3%	Below the cut-off

158,645 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 392 — 67.5% of the pool.

A further 51,096 sat in the 351–400 band, which 392 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 392 is not knowable from the data.

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #426 was held on 10 July 2026. IRCC has run 12 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 392.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 392 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 #426, 10 July 2026; pool as published on July 5, 2026.

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