The latest Express Entry of Canada draw held on November 18. This the largest draw of all time. A total of 5000 candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score threshold of 472 have received the invitations in this draw.
This is the biggest draw ever in almost 5 years since the inception of the Express Entry system in 2015 and in 167 draws. Express Entry is aligned with the Government of Canada. It is designed to manage permanent resident applications through 3 economic classes.
Canada aims to admit over 4,00,000 candidates each year from 2021 to 2023. As per the 2021-2023 immigration level plans, Canada’s target set to welcome more than 12, 00,000 new permanent residents in these years.
Summary of the recent Express Entry draw
Draw date: November 18, 2020.
Program: All Program draw
Draw Number: 167
The Number of FSWP candidates invited in this draw: 5000
Minimum CRS score required: 472
The total number of Applicants received ITA’s so far this year: 92,350
Tie-break rule applied for this draw: October 27, 2020, at 06:18:11 UTC i.e. the candidates who have 472 CRS score and have submitted their profile before this date and time have received the ITA.
| S.No | Draw date (dd/mm/yyyy) | Draw No | Number of ITAs | Min CRS required | Program Specified | Tie Breaking rule |
| 1 | 18-11-2020 | 167 | 5000 | 472 | All program | October 27, 2020 at 06:18:11 UTC |
| 2 | 05-11-2020 | 166 | 4500 | 478 | All program | October 26, 2020 at 22:44:19 UTC |
| 3 | 14-10-2020 | 165 | 4500 | 471 | All program | September 1, 2020 at 12:11:23 UTC |
| 4 | 30-10-2020 | 164 | 4200 | 471 | All program | March 2, 2020 at 12:47:08 UTC |
| 5 | 16-09-2020 | 163 | 4200 | 472 | All program | March 09, 2020 at 13:03:40 UTC |
| 6 | 02-09-2020 | 162 | 4200 | 475 | All program | August 16, 2020 at 01:22:18 UTC |
| 7 | 20-08-2020 | 161 | 3300 | 454 | CEC | July 27, 2020 at 17:05:11 UTC |
| 8 | 19-08-2020 | 160 | 600 | 771 | PNP | July 24, 2020 at 11:39:23 UTC |
| 9 | 06-08-2020 | 159 | 250 | 415 | FSTP | June 2, 2020 at 09:35:31 UTC |
| 10 | 05-08-2020 | 158 | 3900 | 476 | All program | July 27, 2020 at 01:02:47 UTC |
In the last 10 draws 34,650 candidates received ITAs. It is the 34th draw of 2020 and takes this year’s cumulative number of ITAs to 92,350 a new high for this date.
