Express Entry draw #426 was held on July 10, 2026, in the “Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience, 2026-Version 1” category: 500 invitations to apply and a minimum CRS score of 392.
The numbers
| Date | July 10, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Round number | #426 |
| Round type | Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience, 2026-Version 1 |
| Invitations to apply (ITAs) | 500 |
| CRS cut-off | 392 |
| Change vs. previous round of the same type | +169 points |
| Days since the previous round of the same type | 16 days |
How it compares
That is 169 points above round #421 (June 24, 2026), whose cut-off stood at 223. 229 more invitations went out than in that round, which issued 271. That is 16 days after the previous one, where the recent average across 4 rounds in this category is 47 days.
It sits inside the usual range for these rounds: the last 4 rounds in this category span 169 to 429 points, averaging 303. By volume it is the biggest of the set, which runs from 250 to 500 invitations. So far in 2026 there have been 4 rounds in this category, adding up to 1,412 invitations including this round. Widening out to the last 10 Express Entry rounds of every kind, cut-offs ran from 223 to 730.
What it means for your profile
If your profile was in the pool and inside the Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience, 2026-Version 1 category on July 10, 2026 with a CRS score of 392 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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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. IRCC published this round under the category “Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience, 2026-Version 1”.
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