Round #421 — June 24, 2026. IRCC issued 271 ITAs in the physicians with Canadian work experience category; the CRS cut-off for that round was 223.
The numbers
| Date | June 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Round number | #421 |
| Round type | Physicians with Canadian work experience |
| IRCC label | Physicians with Canadian Work Experience, 2026-Version 1 |
| Invitations to apply (ITAs) | 271 |
| CRS cut-off | 223 |
| Change vs. previous round of the same type | +54 points |
| Days since the previous round of the same type | 125 days |
How it compares
Against round #397 (February 19, 2026), where the cut-off was 169, the minimum score climbed by 54 points. The gap between the two was 125 days. Invitations went down by 120 (from 391).
Counting this one, 2 rounds in this category have been held in 2026, for 662 invitations in total. Across the last 10 rounds of any kind, the cut-offs sat between 223 and 805.
What it means for your profile
This round reached every profile that was in the pool and inside the physicians with Canadian work experience category on June 24, 2026 and scored 223 CRS or higher. Profiles below the line are not removed: they stay in the pool for twelve months and are counted again in each subsequent round they qualify for. This page does not forecast where the next cut-off will land. Each round depends on how many profiles are in the pool at the time and on the instructions in force that day, so a past cut-off is a record, not a target.
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What this round selects
A category-based round selects from a slice of the pool. A profile has to qualify for a federal program and meet the extra requirements IRCC sets for that category to be eligible for it. This category selects profiles with Canadian work experience in the physician occupations IRCC designates for it.
Eligible occupations for this category
IRCC does not publish the occupations of the candidates it invited. It does publish the list of occupations eligible for each category: in this round, candidates with qualifying work experience in one of the following 3 occupations could be invited, subject to the round’s other requirements.
| NOC 2021 code | Occupation | TEER |
|---|---|---|
| 31102 | General practitioners and family physicians | 1 |
| 31101 | Specialists in surgery | 1 |
| 31100 | Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine | 1 |
Source: IRCC, category-based selection (page modified June 22, 2026). Occupation titles as IRCC publishes them.
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.