Express Entry at a Glance: Year-End Report

Legal Team — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:10:48 +0000

January 2016 marked the one-year point of the operation for the Express Entry (“EE”) intake program. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) recently released a report showing how the program has fared. The numerical data below is an extract taken from IRCC’s EE year-end report and is based on data up until January 3, 2016. Expect further posts with additional details and statistics in the near future.

EE Profiles

As of January 3, 2016, a total of 191,279 foreign nationals submitted EE profiles online. The breakdown of how many of these profiles were found eligible (active), pending, withdrawn or provided Invitation to Apply (“ITA”) is listed below:

Profiles submitted	191,279
Not eligible	88,048
Pending (i.e. Job Bank Registration, PN Validation)	1,303
Active Candidates	60,042
Submitted for Processing	21,651

Express Entry Pool

The Express Entry Candidate pool is constantly changing, with profiles entering and exiting the pool every day. As of January 2, 2016, the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores of the 60,042 eligible foreign nationals in the pool were distributed as per the table below. More than half of the candidates in the EE pool had CRS scores between 350 and 449.

CRS Score	Number of Candidates
>1000	236
950-999	219
900-949	191
850-899	65
800-849	66
750-799	40
700-749	22
650-699	11
600-649	1
550-599	0
500-549	46
450-499	1613
400-449	13537
350-399	21851
300-349	18433
250-299	2832
200-249	543
150-199	238
100-149	75
<100	23
TOTAL	60,042

Invitation Rounds

Invitations issued by the economic immigration program as of July 6, 2015 are listed below. 78.1% of the ITAs issued have been to candidates residing in Canada.

Round	Date	CRS	ITAs	> 600 pts	PN	FSW	FST	CEC
1	Jan. 31	886	779	100%	13	432	163	171
2	Feb. 7	818	779	100%	17	167	221	374
3	Feb. 20	808	849	100%	0	0	0	849
4	Feb. 27	735	1,187	100%	24	114	409	640
5	Mar. 20	481	1,620	75%	43	500	336	741
6	Mar. 27	453	1,637	20%	3	1,187	103	344
7	Apr. 10	469	925	70%	24	329	159	413
8	Apr. 17	453	715	41%	35	389	87	204
9	May 22	755	1,361	100%	278	240	253	590
10	June 12	482	1,501	68%	150	526	104	721
11	June 26	469	1,575	40%	111	925	52	487
12	Jul. 10	463	1,516	44%	96	829	68	523
13	Jul. 17	451	1,581	20%	42	1189	31	319
14	Aug. 7	471	1,402	69%	223	525	76	578
15	Aug. 21	456	1,523	42%	164	901	35	423
16	Sept. 8	459	1,517	50%	198	680	50	589
17	Sept. 18	450	1,545	35%	177	900	34	434
18	Oct. 2	450	1,530	50%	265	682	50	533
19	Oct. 23	489	1,502	90%	619	271	70	542
20	Nov. 13	484	1,506	86%	599	305	74	528
21	Nov. 27	472	1,559	52%	319	735	72	433
22	Dec. 4	461	1,451	29%	158	875	24	394
23	Dec. 18	460	1,503	65%	547	513	45	398
		Total	31,063	60%	4,105	13,214	2,516	11,228

Applications for Permanent Residence through EE

IRCC received 21,562 applications for permanent residence from candidates who were issued ITAs for permanent residence, representing a total of 37,424 individuals, including family members. After six months, the program had approved only 655 applications. As of January 3, 2016 however, a total of 14,058 were approved resulting in 13,241 visas and 9,739 admissions to Canada.

The top three provinces of destination were Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia, together receiving over 91% of all applications.

Applications Received	Applications in Progress	Applications Approved	Visas Issued	Admissions
37,424	15,246	14,058	13,241	9,739

Stay tuned for additional statistics and updated information.

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