Is a CRS score of 470 good enough for Express Entry?

A score of 470 would have been invited in 25 of the 51 category and general rounds IRCC held in the twelve months to 19 Aug 2026, across 7 different categories — rounds that issued 91,716 invitations in total. Cut-offs in that period ranged from 169 to 534, so no single score is a pass mark: which category you qualify for matters more than the number itself.

What CRS score do I need for Express Entry?

There is no fixed score. Over the last twelve months the lowest cut-off in a non-provincial round was 169 and the highest was 534. Category-based rounds — for healthcare, trades, French-language ability and others — routinely draw well below the general cut-off, so a candidate who qualifies for a category needs a far lower score than one who does not.

Why are Provincial Nominee rounds not included?

A provincial nomination adds 600 points to a CRS score, so PNP cut-offs sit in the 700s and 800s and are not on the same scale as any other round. Including them would tell a candidate scoring 470 that they failed 25 rounds that were never open to them on score at all. Those 25 rounds are excluded from this comparison; if you hold a nomination, you clear them regardless of your base score.

Checked against real rounds

Would you have been invited?

A CRS calculator tells you your score. This tells you what it would have done. Enter it below and every one of the 51 rounds IRCC held in the last twelve months is marked cleared or missed — with the nearest one you fell short of.

Your CRS score

Out of 1,200. Don’t know it? Work it out on the main page.

Against the last 12 months

25 of 51 rounds

A score of 470 would have cleared 25 rounds across 7 categories, together issuing 91,716 invitations.

91,716
Invitations: 7
Categories: 2 short
Nearest miss

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants. Every round below is reproduced from IRCC's official feed without editing.

Round by round

Which rounds would have taken you

Every category and general round IRCC held between 19 Aug 2025 and 19 Aug 2026, newest first. Each links to that round’s own page, where you can see where its cut-off fell through the pool that week.

The 51 comparable Express Entry rounds of the last 12 months, marked against a CRS score
Round	Date	Category	Cut-off	Result
#437	19 Aug 2026	French-language proficiency	382	Invited +88
#436	18 Aug 2026	Canadian Experience Class	523	53 short
#434	07 Aug 2026	Transport occupations	470	Invited +0
#433	06 Aug 2026	French-language proficiency	391	Invited +79
#432	05 Aug 2026	Canadian Experience Class	516	46 short
#430	23 Jul 2026	Skilled military recruits	368	Invited +102
#429	22 Jul 2026	French-language proficiency	399	Invited +71
#428	21 Jul 2026	Canadian Experience Class	516	46 short
#426	10 Jul 2026	Senior managers	392	Invited +78
#425	09 Jul 2026	French-language proficiency	420	Invited +50
#424	07 Jul 2026	Canadian Experience Class	517	47 short
#422	25 Jun 2026	Healthcare and social services	475	5 short
#421	24 Jun 2026	Physicians	223	Invited +247
#420	23 Jun 2026	Canadian Experience Class	516	46 short
#418	28 May 2026	French-language proficiency	409	Invited +61
#417	27 May 2026	Canadian Experience Class	518	48 short
#414	29 Apr 2026	French-language proficiency	400	Invited +70
#413	28 Apr 2026	Canadian Experience Class	514	44 short
#411	15 Apr 2026	French-language proficiency	419	Invited +51
#410	14 Apr 2026	Canadian Experience Class	515	45 short
#408	02 Apr 2026	Trade occupations	477	7 short
#407	31 Mar 2026	Canadian Experience Class	509	39 short
#405	18 Mar 2026	French-language proficiency	393	Invited +77
#404	17 Mar 2026	Canadian Experience Class	507	37 short
#402	05 Mar 2026	Senior managers	429	Invited +41
#401	04 Mar 2026	French-language proficiency	397	Invited +73
#400	03 Mar 2026	Canadian Experience Class	508	38 short
#398	20 Feb 2026	Healthcare and social services	467	Invited +3
#397	19 Feb 2026	Physicians	169	Invited +301
#396	17 Feb 2026	Canadian Experience Class	508	38 short
#394	06 Feb 2026	French-language proficiency	400	Invited +70
#392	21 Jan 2026	Canadian Experience Class	509	39 short
#390	07 Jan 2026	Canadian Experience Class	511	41 short
#388	17 Dec 2025	French-language proficiency	399	Invited +71
#387	16 Dec 2025	Canadian Experience Class	515	45 short
#385	11 Dec 2025	Healthcare and social services	476	6 short
#384	10 Dec 2025	Canadian Experience Class	520	50 short
#382	28 Nov 2025	French-language proficiency	408	Invited +62
#381	26 Nov 2025	Canadian Experience Class	531	61 short
#379	14 Nov 2025	Healthcare and social services	462	Invited +8
#378	12 Nov 2025	Canadian Experience Class	533	63 short
#376	29 Oct 2025	French-language proficiency	416	Invited +54
#375	28 Oct 2025	Canadian Experience Class	533	63 short
#373	15 Oct 2025	Healthcare and social services	472	2 short
#371	06 Oct 2025	French-language proficiency	432	Invited +38
#370	01 Oct 2025	Canadian Experience Class	534	64 short
#368	18 Sept 2025	Trade occupations	505	35 short
#367	17 Sept 2025	Education occupations	462	Invited +8
#365	04 Sept 2025	French-language proficiency	446	Invited +24
#364	03 Sept 2025	Canadian Experience Class	534	64 short
#362	19 Aug 2025	Healthcare and social services	470	Invited +0

Cleared a round in this list? It does not mean you would have been invited on the day — it means your score was above that round’s cut-off. Candidates tied on the cut-off are separated by how long they have been in the pool, and a profile submitted after the tie-break timestamp is not invited even at the same score.

By category

Which doors your score reaches

The same rounds grouped by category, lowest cut-off first. This is the more useful view: which category you qualify for moves your odds far more than a few points does.

Express Entry categories over the last 12 months, by lowest cut-off
Category	Rounds	Lowest cut-off	Invitations	Result
Physicians	2	169	662	Reached at least once
Skilled military recruits	1	368	4	Reached at least once
French-language proficiency	15	382	77,500	Reached at least once
Senior managers	2	392	750	Reached at least once
Healthcare and social services	6	462	17,500	Reached at least once
Education occupations	1	462	2,500	Reached at least once
Transport occupations	1	470	300	Reached at least once
Trade occupations	2	477	4,250	7 short of its lowest
Canadian Experience Class	21	507	65,250	37 short of its lowest

Provincial Nominee rounds are not in this list, and that is deliberate. A provincial nomination adds 600 points, so PNP cut-offs sit in the 700s and 800s — not the same scale as anything above. Including the 25 PNP rounds held in this period would tell you that you missed 25 rounds that were never open to you on score at all.

If you hold a nomination you clear those rounds whatever your base score. If you do not, no amount of points gets you into one. It is a different route, not a higher bar — and it is often the fastest one for a score that is short here.

Free CRS assessment

Now the question worth asking.

The table says where your score stood against rounds that have already happened. What it cannot tell you is which category you might actually qualify for, or what would move your score — a language retake, a provincial nomination, a spouse’s credentials, a job offer.

Send us your score and we will come back with the routes genuinely open to you and what each would take. No charge, and we will say so if the honest answer is to wait.

Read and checked by Jay Sharma, Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant R710507, licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants.

Data: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, under the Open Government Licence – Canada. 51 rounds between 19 Aug 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.

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