December 08, 2023

Express Entry Draw Updates December 08, 2023

Results: Rounds of invitations


Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #274– December 8, 2023

STEM occupations (2023-1)

Number of invitations issued: 5,900

Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,900 or above

Date and time of round: December 08, 2023 at 03:02:52 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 481

Tie-breaking rule: November 25, 2023 at 09:48:36 UTC

If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.

Find out how category-based rounds of invitations work: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations/category-based-selection.html

For more details please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations.html

CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of December 5, 2023

CRS score range Number of candidates
601-1200 4,525
501-600 5,457
451-500 60,014
491-500 6,634
481-490 10,335
471-480 17,312
461-470 14,165
451-460 11,568
401-450 53,502
441-450 10,885
431-440 11,111
421-430 9,973
411-420 10,608
401-410 10,925
351-400 58,457
301-350 30,148
0-300 5,267
Total 217,370

The numbers in this table reflect the total number of people in the pool overall, a few days before an invitation round. The score distribution may change as people submit new profiles and other profiles expire.

The table numbers not in bold are a detailed breakdown of the bold number immediately above.