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Check your offerExpress Entry: 3,500 invitations, CRS 476 — 1 October 2026
Express Entry issued 3,500 invitations on 1 October 2026, with a cut-off of 476. The cut-off fell by 1 point against the round on 2 April, which closed at 477. That is 98% larger than the average of the last 5 rounds of its kind (1,770).
| Invitations issued | 3,500 |
| CRS cut-off | 476 |
| Category or stream | Trade occupations |
| Date of round | 1 October 2026 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal |
How this compares
The rounds immediately before it, of the same kind. Direction matters more than any single cut-off: a number that has moved three points is noise, one that has moved thirty is a change in policy or in the pool.
| Date | Invitations | CRS cut-off |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2026 | 3,000 | 477 |
| 18 Sep 2025 | 1,250 | 505 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | 1,800 | 433 |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 1,800 | 436 |
| 19 Dec 2023 | 1,000 | 425 |
What it does not tell you
A round is a fact about the pool, not about your file. It says what the bar was on one day for the people already in the system with a complete profile. It says nothing about whether you are eligible, whether your documents would survive the check, or whether a different programme would reach you sooner. Those are the questions worth answering, and none of them are in the number above.
The number is also a floor, not a forecast. Cut-offs move with the size of the pool and the size of the round, both of which change month to month. The useful exercise is not guessing the next cut-off; it is knowing your own score precisely, and knowing which of the points you are missing you could still earn.
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Source:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/rounds-invitations.html
Recorded by CHK Immigration Services and checked against the government notice above.
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