Skip to content
ImmigrationMonitor Home

Writing · Draws and cutoffs

August 2026 Provincial Nominee Program draw: CRS 760, 442 invited

IRCC invited 442 candidates at CRS 760 on 17 August 2026 — down 8 points.

Published 17 August 2026

On 17 August 2026, IRCC held round #435 — a provincial nominee program round — inviting 442 candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System score of 760 or higher. Candidates sitting exactly on 760 were invited only if their profile was submitted before 7 August 2026 at 18:01:56 UTC.

The round at a glance

CRS cutoff
760
down 8 from the previous provincial nominee program round
Invitations
442
previously 507
Days since the last
13
typically 14

What it means

The cutoff fell 8 points from the previous provincial nominee program round on 4 August 2026, which normally follows a larger round or a thinner pool above the line. The lowest a provincial nominee program round had gone by this date is 663, on 19 June 2024.

At the time of the round, 323 candidates in the pool scored 760 or higher, out of 226,859 in total — so this round reached roughly the top 0.1% of the pool.

Recent cutoffs

Cutoffs for the last 10 provincial nominee program rounds up to 17 August 2026.
The last 10 provincial nominee program rounds as a table
Cutoffs for the last 10 provincial nominee program rounds up to 17 August 2026.
RoundDateCRS cutoffInvitations
#40630 March 2026802356
#40913 April 2026786324
#41227 April 2026795473
#41511 May 2026798380
#41625 May 2026805334
#41922 June 2026730955
#4236 July 2026708534
#42720 July 2026744511
#4314 August 2026768507
#43517 August 2026760442
Before anyone tells you what comes next: Nothing about this round predicts the following one. IRCC decides each round’s timing, size and category as a policy matter and has changed all three without notice.

Where does your score stand?

See how a CRS of 760 has fared across recent rounds, work out your own score, or check your odds against the full history.

Know the moment a round lands

We check IRCC every day. Tell us your score and you will hear from us when a round comes in at or below it.

One email per matching round. Unsubscribe in one click.

Note: Every number in this post is read from the draw table when the page loads, so it reflects the most recent round IRCC has published rather than the day it was written.

Source: Express Entry rounds of invitations. Data current as of 19 August 2026.