Express Entry draw #430 was held on July 23, 2026, in the skilled military recruits category: 4 invitations to apply and a minimum CRS score of 368.
The numbers
| Date | July 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Round number | #430 |
| Round type | Skilled military recruits |
| IRCC label | Skilled Military Recruits, 2026-Version 1 |
| Invitations to apply (ITAs) | 4 |
| CRS cut-off | 368 |
How it compares
This is the first draw of this category inside the window this page covers, so there is nothing of the same kind to compare it against. The previous draw of Express Entry, of any kind, was 1 day earlier.
Widening out to the last 10 Express Entry rounds of every kind, cut-offs ran from 223 to 744.
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 is for recruits of the Canadian Armed Forces in the 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 43204 | Operations Members of the Canadian Armed Forces | 3 |
| 42102 | Specialized members of the Canadian Armed Forces | 2 |
| 40042 | Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces | 0 |
Source: IRCC, category-based selection (page modified June 22, 2026). Occupation titles as IRCC publishes them.
What it means for your profile
This round reached every profile that was in the pool and inside the skilled military recruits category on July 23, 2026 and scored 368 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. 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.