IRCC Invites 1,000 CEC Candidates in First Express Entry Draw of October 2025

Kritika Pandey

Updated On Oct 6, 2025

IRCC Invites 1,000 CEC Candidates in First Express Entry Draw of October 2025

On October 1, 2025, the first Express Entry draw of the month for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates was held. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 1,000 applicants to apply for permanent residence.

To be eligible for this draw, applicants had:

Ranking System (CRS) score of 534
Candidate's Express Entry profile must have been created before 4:01 a.m. UTC on February 21, 2025.

Summary of Express Entry Draws in 2025

Date	Draw Type	Number of ITAs	Cut-off CRS Score
October 1	Canadian Experience Class	1,000	534
September 29	Provincial Nominee Program	291	855
September 18	Trade Occupations	1,250	505
September 17	Education	2,500	462
September 15	Provincial Nominee Program	228	746
September 4	French Language Proficiency	4,500	446
September 3	Canadian Experience Class	1,000	534
September 2	Provincial Nominee Program	249	772
August 19	Healthcare and Social Services	2,500	470
August 18	Provincial Nominee Program	192	800
August 8	French Language Proficiency	2,500	481
August 7	Canadian Experience Class	1,000	534
August 6	Provincial Nominee Program	225	739
July 22	Healthcare and Social Services	4,000	475
July 21	Provincial Nominee Program	202	788
July 8	Canadian Experience Class	3,000	518
July 7	Provincial Nominee Program	356	750
June 26	Canadian Experience Class	3,000	521
June 23	Provincial Nominee Program	503	742
June 12	Canadian Experience Class	3,000	529
June 10	Provincial Nominee Program	125	784
June 4	Healthcare and Social Services	500	504
June 2	Provincial Nominee Program	277	726
May 13	Canadian Experience Class	500	547
May 12	Provincial Nominee Program	511	706
May 2	Healthcare and Social Services	500	510
May 1	Education	1,000	479
April 28	Provincial Nominee Program	421	727
April 14	Provincial Nominee Program	825	764
March 21	French Language Proficiency	7,500	379
March 17	Provincial Nominee Program	536	736
March 6	French Language Proficiency	4,500	410
March 3	Provincial Nominee Program	725	667
February 19	French Language Proficiency	6,500	428
February 17	Provincial Nominee Program	646	750
February 5	Canadian Experience Class	4,000	521
February 4	Provincial Nominee Program	455	802
January 23	Canadian Experience Class	4,000	527
January 8	Canadian Experience Class	1,350	542
January 7	Provincial Nominee Program	471	793

This latest draw is the 10th Canadian Experience Class draw in 2025, and for the third time in a row, both the draw size and the CRS cut-off have remained fixed at 1,000 and 534, respectively. Since August, IRCC has maintained a pattern of conducting one CEC draw each month.

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Number of Draws by Category

Draw Type	Number of Draws
Provincial Nominee Program	18
Canadian Experience Class	10
French-language proficiency	5
Healthcare and social services	4
Education	2
Trade	1

ITAs Issued to Date by Stream

Draw Type	ITAs Issued in 2025
French Language Proficiency	25,500
Canadian Experience Class	21,850
Healthcare and Social Services	7,500
Provincial Nominee Program	6,947
Education	3,500
Trade	1,250

All Express Entry draws continue to perform an important role in Canada’s Immigration System by offering different streams and priorities throughout the year. Notably, French language candidates and the CEC have taken up a large share of invitations so far in 2025.

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