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Highlights: First-Ever Express Entry draw for Education Professionals issues 1,000 ITAs

• The latest Express Entry draw #344 was held on May 1, 2025.
• This is the first category-based draw targeting education professionals.
• The Express Entry Draw issued 1,000 Invitations to Apply to candidates with a CRS score 479.
• So far, IRCC held 14 Express Entry draws in 2025, issuing 32,929 candidates to apply for Canada PR.
   

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Latest Category-based Express Entry Draw invites 1000 candidates

The most recent Express Entry draw was held on May 1, 2025. Express Entry Draw #344 issued 1,000 ITAs to Education professionals with a minimum CRS score of 479. This is the first draw targeting the education category, which was announced earlier in February 2025. The education category was recently added to the list of eligible categories for the Express Entry draws.
 

Given below are the six categories listed under the Express Entry categories:
 

1. French-language proficiency
2. Healthcare and social services occupations
3. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) occupations
4. Trade occupations
5. Agriculture and agri-food occupations
6. Education occupations
    

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List of Occupations Eligible for Education Category

The Education category was added to the list of Express Entry categories on February 27, 2025. It was introduced to prioritize professionals in the educational sector, including teachers, allowing them to apply for Canada PR through the category-based draws.
 

The table below has details of the list of occupations along with their NOC codes:

Occupation	NOC code	TEER category
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants	43100	3
Instructors of persons with disabilities	42203	2
Early childhood educators and assistants	42202	2
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	41221	1
Secondary school teachers	41220	1

 

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Highlights: Significant drop in CRS scores after the removal of bonus points for arranged employment

• Express Entry candidate pool has witnessed significant changes after the removal of the CRS score.
• The Express Entry candidate pool attracted 7,373 candidate profiles due to the removal of arranged employment.
• Candidates witnessed the most significant changes in scores among Express Entry occurred within the 501-600 CRS score range.
• There was an addition of 2,157 profiles within the score range between 461 and 470 CRS points.
   

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Major changes introduced to Express Entry pool

The removal of arranged employment points under the Comprehensive Ranking system has seen significant changes in the Express Entry candidate pool. Around thousands of candidates in the Express Entry pool have noticed that their CRS scores dropped by 50 or 200 points, with a chance of receiving an ITA to apply for Canada Permanent Residence (PR).
 

The most significant score change among Express Entry candidates occurred within the 501-600 CRS score range, which saw a drastic decrease of 5,740 profiles. A similar reduction in profile can be observed within score ranges between:
 

• 491 and 500 CRS points, which saw a decline of 1,618 profile
• 481 and 490 CRS points witnessed a drop of 984 profile
   

These three score ranges collectively witnessed a decrease of 8,347 profiles between March 16 and April 14, 2025. With the removal of arranged employment points, if the profiles have not expired, they will be distributed to a lower score range within the candidate pool.
 

The Express Entry candidate pool grew by a total of 7,373 candidate profiles within the same time frame despite the radical decrease, which indicated larger changes within the pool composition. The largest among these was the addition of 2,157 profiles within the score range between 461 and 471 CRS points.
 

Candidates who have arranged employment will receive an additional 50 CRS points. Below The table will mention the changes in the Express Entry profile between March 16 and April 14, 2025, for all score ranges:

CRS score range	Change in Express Entry profiles
601-1200	+123
501-600	-5,740
451-500	+1,487
491-500	-1,618
481-490	-984
471-480	+182
461-470	+2,157
451-460	+1,750
401-450	+5,814
441-450	+1,817
431-440	+1,722
421-430	+1,465
411-420	+1,101
401-410	-291
351-400	+1,677
301-350	+1,496
0-300	+2,516
Total	+7,373

 

Current composition of scores within the Express Entry pool following the CRS points change

The following table details the current composition of the Express Entry Candidate pool as of April 14, 2025:

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	816
501-600	19,782
451-500	71,542
491-500	12,093
481-490	12,359
471-480	16,215
461-470	16,189
451-460	14,686
401-450	67,301
441-450	14,131
431-440	14,740
421-430	13,084
411-420	13,020
401-410	12,326
351-400	53,479
301-350	22,799
0-300	8,563
Total	2,44,282

 

In 2024-2025, the Express Entry pool has witnessed an increase in candidates. With the removal of CRS points for arranged employment, it means the following CRS score ranges will now have roughly the same number of candidate profiles as they did in December of 2024, which are:

• 501-600
• 490-500
• 481-490
   

This increase of 25,792 candidate profiles was despite this score from December 2024 to April 2025.|
 

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