How many candidates ranked above the cut-off in draw #434?

On August 3, 2026, the Express Entry pool held 229,100 candidates. 62,402 of them sat in score bands entirely at or above the 470 cut-off. A further 16,057 sat in the 461-470 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 470 is not knowable from the data.

Transport occupations · 7 August 2026

Express Entry draw #434

Q: What was the CRS cut-off for Express Entry draw #434?

The cut-off for round #434, held on 7 August 2026, was 470. It was a Transport occupations round and it issued 300 invitations to apply, 40 points above the previous Transport occupations round 125 weeks earlier. Candidates who tied at 470 were ranked by the date they entered the pool, with the cut-off timestamp set at October 11, 2025 at 14:55:49 UTC.

On 7 August 2026, IRCC issued 300 invitations to apply in the Transport occupations category. The lowest-ranked candidate invited scored 470 on the Comprehensive Ranking System, 40 points above the previous Transport occupations round 125 weeks earlier.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Round #434 is reproduced from IRCC's official rounds feed and has not been edited.

Minimum CRS score

470

Transport occupations

Previous Transport occupations round: #289 on 13 Mar 2024 at 430 (+40)

300
Invitations issued: #434
Round: 07 Aug 2026
Date: October 11, 2025
Tie-break

Programs eligible

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

Candidates tied on 470 were separated by how long they had been in the pool. The tie-break was set at October 11, 2025 at 14:55:49 UTC — a profile submitted before that moment was invited, one submitted after it was not.

The pool that week

Where 470 fell through the pool

IRCC published the Express Entry pool’s shape alongside this round. On August 3, 2026 it held 229,100 candidates, and the cut-off ran through them here.

Express Entry candidates by CRS range on August 3, 2026, against the 470 cut-off of round #434
CRS range	Candidates	Share of pool	Against the cut-off
601–1200	500	0.2%	All invited
501–600	19,705	8.6%	All invited
Cut-off — CRS 470
451–500	73,099	31.9%	Split by the cut-off
401–450	60,905	26.6%	Below the cut-off
351–400	50,107	21.9%	Below the cut-off
301–350	17,101	7.5%	Below the cut-off
0–300	7,683	3.4%	Below the cut-off

62,402 candidates sat in bands entirely at or above 470 — 27.2% of the pool.

A further 16,057 sat in the 461–470 band, which 470 falls inside. IRCC does not publish scores more finely than this, so how many of them cleared 470 is not knowable from the data.

Reading this today

This is a record, not the current bar

Round #434 was held on 7 August 2026. IRCC has run 4 rounds since, and the current cut-off for this category is not 470.

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Would this round have taken you?

The table above says where 470 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 #434, 7 August 2026; pool as published on August 3, 2026.

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