Canada Holds First-Ever Express Entry Draw for Education Professionals

Publish Date: 01/05/2025

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 1,000 ITAs in its first-ever education category-based draw on May 1, 2025.

To be eligible, candidates needed:

A CRS score of 479 or higher.
Created their Express Entry profile before 10:35 a.m. UTC on August 10, 2024.

Express Entry Draws in 2025

Date	Draw Type	Number of ITAs	Cut-off CRS Score
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