Express Entry round #425 took place on July 9, 2026. IRCC invited 5,000 candidates in the French-language proficiency category, with the cut-off landing at 420 CRS points.
The numbers
| Date | July 9, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Round number | #425 |
| Round type | French-language proficiency |
| IRCC label | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| Invitations to apply (ITAs) | 5,000 |
| CRS cut-off | 420 |
| Change vs. previous round of the same type | +11 points |
| Days since the previous round of the same type | 42 days |
How it compares
That is 11 points above round #418 (May 28, 2026), whose cut-off stood at 409. Invitations went up by 500 (from 4,500). The gap was 42 days; the last 10 rounds in this category have averaged 28 days apart.
Across the last 10 rounds in this category, this is the highest cut-off of the set (the range is 393 to 420). In volume terms it lands mid-range: those rounds average 5,350 invitations, between 4,000 and 8,500. So far in 2026 there have been 7 rounds in this category, adding up to 35,500 invitations including this round. Widening out to the last 10 Express Entry rounds of every kind, cut-offs ran from 223 to 805.
What it means for your profile
This round reached every profile that was in the pool and inside the French-language proficiency category on July 9, 2026 and scored 420 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
Category-based rounds do not draw from the whole pool. IRCC picks one category and invites only the profiles inside it that meet the category’s own requirements, on top of qualifying for a federal program. This category is not occupation-based: it selects profiles that show the minimum French level IRCC requires across all four abilities of the official test.
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.