Express Entry: Latest Canadian Experience Class Draw Records Lowest CRS Cut-off in 2025

• a minimum CRS score of 515, and
• an active Express Entry profile created before 6:58 p.m. (UTC) on September 9, 2025.

Express Entry Draw Result – 16 Dec 2025

Date	EE Draw Category	No. of ITAs	Minimum CRS Score Requirement	Tie-breaking rule
Dec 16, 2025	Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	5,000	515	September 9, 2025 at 18:58:59 UTC

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Today's draw is the second CEC draw in as many weeks, with the department issuing 11,000 ITAs in that time frame.

Typically, IRCC holds Express Entry draws on alternate weeks, meaning today's draw comes as a welcome surprise. This pattern not only breaks the regular cadence of Express Entry draws, but also the recent trend of CEC draws, which have featured high CRS cut-offs paired with ITA issuances numbering just 1,000.

The drop in CRS cut-off for today's draw represents a new low for CEC draws in 2025. Before this, the lowest CRS cut-off for the program was 518 points.

Draw Type	Number of Draws
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)	24
Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	15
French-language proficiency	8
Healthcare and social services	6
Education	2
Trade	1

This is the fifth Express Entry draw held in December. It follows a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw on December 15, a healthcare and social services occupation draw on December 11, and the largest CEC draw in the past 16 months conducted on December 10.

So far in 2025, IRCC has issued a total of 1,07,998 ITAs through the Express Entry system. Throughout the year, Express Entry invitations have largely focused on Provincial Nominee Program candidates, while the remaining ITAs were issued to candidates under the Canadian Experience Class, French-language proficiency category, and targeted priority occupation streams.

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