When is the next Express Entry draw?
A per-category forecast of Canada's next Express Entry round and CRS cutoff, derived from historical cadence. Each draw type is forecast on its own; PNP, Canadian Experience Class, and French rounds are different processes and are never pooled.
This is a candid forecast, not a guarantee. IRCC does not publish a schedule, so dates are a window and the likelihood is a coarse label, not false precision. The numbers below are exactly what the forecast is built from.
Based on the last 200 recorded rounds since Mar 1, 2023.
Your read, by category
Enter your CRS above to see whether you'd likely be invited in each category's next round.
Per-category forecast
Based only on each category's own recent rounds. Categories with too little history are marked as such instead of being given a fake date.
Provincial Nominee Program
58 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Sep 14, 2026
- Window
- Sep 14, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 752 ±43
- Recent cutoff trend
- Rising
- Last round
- Aug 31, 2026
Canadian Experience Class
40 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Sep 15, 2026
- Window
- Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 518 ±5
- Recent cutoff trend
- Rising
- Last round
- Sep 1, 2026
French-language
36 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Sep 7, 2026
- Window
- Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 395 ±14
- Recent cutoff trend
- Falling
- Last round
- Aug 19, 2026
general
26 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- May 6, 2024
- Window
- May 6, 2024 – May 9, 2024
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 528 ±9
- Recent cutoff trend
- Falling
- Last round
- Apr 23, 2024
healthcare
16 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Oct 31, 2026
- Window
- Oct 6, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 476 ±7
- Recent cutoff trend
- Flat
- Last round
- Sep 4, 2026
trades
6 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Oct 15, 2026
- Window
- Aug 18, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 449 ±40
- Recent cutoff trend
- Rising
- Last round
- Apr 2, 2026
transport
4 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Nov 6, 2026
- Window
- Nov 3, 2026 – Dec 4, 2027
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 435 ±10
- Recent cutoff trend
- Flat
- Last round
- Aug 7, 2026
physician
3 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Dec 10, 2026
- Window
- Nov 27, 2026 – Dec 24, 2026
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 198 ±27
- Recent cutoff trend
- Flat
- Last round
- Sep 3, 2026
STEM
3 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Aug 30, 2024
- Window
- Aug 22, 2024 – Sep 6, 2024
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 486 ±5
- Recent cutoff trend
- Flat
- Last round
- Apr 11, 2024
agriculture
3 rounds in this category- Predicted next round
- Apr 27, 2024
- Window
- Apr 20, 2024 – May 3, 2024
- Forecast CRS cutoff
- 386 ±42
- Recent cutoff trend
- Flat
- Last round
- Feb 16, 2024
senior-manager
2 rounds in this categoryNot enough history to forecast a date for this category yet.
education
2 rounds in this categoryNot enough history to forecast a date for this category yet.
military
1 roundNot enough history to forecast a date for this category yet.
How this forecast works
- Does IRCC publish an Express Entry draw schedule?
- No. IRCC does not publish a draw calendar, so the next-date window has to be derived from historical cadence. In 2026 the rounds run on a clustered roughly two-week rotation cycling PNP, CEC, and French (plus occasional category-based rounds). We forecast each category separately from its own past gaps, never by pooling all draw types together.
- Why are PNP cutoffs so much higher (700-900)?
- A Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) nomination is worth +600 CRS points. PNP-specific rounds therefore have cutoffs in the 700-900 range, which is the base score plus that bonus. If you do not hold a provincial nomination, your base CRS is not the relevant bar for a PNP round; the lever is securing a nomination, not raising your score.
- How accurate is this prediction?
- It is a candid forecast, not a guarantee. We show a date window (not a single day), a forecast cutoff with its volatility band, and a coarse likelihood label rather than a false-precision percentage. The forecast uses the median of recent rounds so a single unusual round cannot distort it, and it refreshes daily as new draws are recorded.