Further details have been revealed by Canada’s Immigration Department regarding the historic Express Entry Draw #176 wherein a record number of 27,332 invitations to apply were issued.

According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC], every one of the Express Entry candidates that were eligible for the Canadian Experience Class [CEC] received an invitation in the latest Express Entry draw held on February 13, 2021.

The latest federal draw by Canada was also significant in that the ranking score required – that is, the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS] score – was only CRS 75. This was another record for IRCC, with the minimum CRS required being the lowest ever in the history of the Express Entry system.

Nevertheless, despite the minimum score requirement being a mere CRS 75, the ranking score of the CEC candidates that received an invitation to apply for their Canadian permanent residence was an average of CRS 415.

27,332 in a single Express Entry draw by IRCC is around six times more than the previous record of 5,000 ITAs in any federal Express Entry draw.

While a tie-breaking rule was applicable to Express Entry Draw #176 owing to it being an administrative requirement, as per reports, IRCC did not actually have to use the tie-breaking rule of September 12, 2020, at 15:31:40 UTC.

This implies that there was no CEC-eligible Express Entry candidate in the pool – on February 13, 2021 – that had a CRS 75 or below that had submitted their profile prior to September 12, 2020.