What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #430?

The cut-off for round #430, held on 23 July 2026, was 368. It was a Skilled military recruits round and it issued 4 invitations to apply. Candidates who tied at 368 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at June 02, 2026 at 20:11:26 UTC.

How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #430?

On July 19, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 231,533 candidates. 155,100 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 368 cut-off. A further 51,107 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 368 is not knowable from the data.

Skilled military recruits · 23 July 2026

Express Entry draw #430

On 23 July 2026, IRCC issued 4 invitations to apply in the Skilled military recruits category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 368 on the Comprehensive Ranking System.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #430 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

368

Skilled military recruits

4
Invitations issued: #430
Round: 23 Jul 2026
Date: June 02, 2026
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 368 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at June 02, 2026 at 20:11:26 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 368 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On July 19, 2026 it held 231,533 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on July 19, 2026, against the 368 cut-off of round #430
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	511	0.2%	All invited
501–600	18,133	7.8%	All invited
451–500	72,579	31.3%	All invited
401–450	63,877	27.6%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 368
351–400	51,107	22.1%	Split by the cut-off
301–350	17,490	7.6%	Below the cut-off
0–300	7,836	3.4%	Below the cut-off

155,100 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 368 — 67.0% of the pool.

A further 51,107 sat in the 351–400 band, which 368 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 368 is not knowable from the data.

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #430 was held on 23 July 2026. IRCC has run 8 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 368.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 368 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 #430, 23 July 2026; pool as published on July 19, 2026.

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