Express Entry round #359 took place on August 7, 2025. IRCC invited 1,000 candidates under the Canadian Experience Class, with the cut-off landing at 534 CRS points.
The numbers
| Date | August 7, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Round number | #359 |
| Round type | Canadian Experience Class |
| Invitations to apply (ITAs) | 1,000 |
| CRS cut-off | 534 |
| Change vs. previous round of the same type | +16 points |
| Days since the previous round of the same type | 30 days |
How it compares
Against round #355 (July 8, 2025), where the cut-off was 518, the minimum score climbed by 16 points. It was a smaller round by 2,000 invitations — the previous one issued 3,000. That is 30 days after the previous one, where the recent average across 5 rounds under this program is 22 days.
It sits inside the usual range for these rounds: the last 5 rounds under this program span 518 to 547 points, averaging 530. In volume terms it lands mid-range: those rounds average 2,100 invitations, between 500 and 3,000. Widening out to the last 10 Express Entry rounds of every kind, cut-offs ran from 475 to 788.
What this round selects
The Canadian Experience Class is one of the three federal programs Express Entry manages, and it is for people who already have skilled work experience gained inside Canada. A CEC round invites only profiles that qualify under that program.
What it means for your profile
If your profile was in the pool and qualifying under Canadian Experience Class on August 7, 2025 with a CRS score of 534 or more, this round would have reached you. A score below the cut-off does not remove your profile: an Express Entry profile stays in the pool for twelve months and is automatically considered in every round it qualifies for. We do not use these numbers to predict the next round. What a round closes at depends on the pool on that date and on the instructions in force, so this figure describes what happened and nothing more.
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Source: the rounds of invitations IRCC publishes, read automatically through our data service. GerCanada is a private consultancy and is not part of the Government of Canada.