Express Entry Draw# 169: 5,000 invited

Immiboards ― Express Entry draw# 169: Canada invited 5,000 candidates in Express Entry draw 169 held on December 9, 2020. Comprehensive Ranking System Score (CRS Score) for Express Entry draw number 169 was 469 points. 

Express Entry draw# 169 was an all program draw and the third consecutive draw where IRCC issued 5000 invitations for Canadian permanent residency.

The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off for this draw remained the same as the previous Express Entry draw. The CRS cutoff has remained at 469 points for two consecutive draws.

IRCC applied the tie-breaking rule to this draw as well. The date and time were June 4, 2020, at 22:26:05 UTC, which means anyone meeting the cut-off would have received an invitation.

With this draw, Canada has issued a record 102,350 invitations to apply in the current year. In the current year, the invitations have set up expectations for the upcoming year, with Canada set to invite more than 400,000 immigrations in 2021.

Canada has a goal to invite over 1.2 million immigrants over the next three years. Refer to Canada immigration plan 2021-2023. IRCC will likely conduct one more Express Entry draws in the current year.

Express Entry Draws 2020

Draw#	Invitations	CRS_Cut_off	Month
169	5000	469	Dec-20
168	5000	469	Nov-20
167	5000	472	Nov-20
166	4500	478	Nov-20
165	4500	471	Oct-20
164	4200	471	Sep-20
163	4200	472	Sep-20
162	4200	476	Sep-20
161	3300	454	Aug-20
160	600	771	Aug-20
159	250	415	Aug-20
158	3900	476	Aug-20
157	3343	445	Jul-20
156	557	687	Jul-20
155	3900	478	Jul-20
154	3508	431	Jun-20
153	392	696	Jun-20
152	3559	437	Jun-20
151	341	743	Jun-20
150	3515	440	May-20
149	385	757	May-20
148	3371	447	May-20
147	529	718	May-20
146	3311	452	May-20
145	589	692	Apr-20
144	3782	455	Apr-20
143	118	808	Apr-20
142	3294	464	Apr-20
141	606	698	Apr-20
140	3232	467	Mar-20
139	668	720	Mar-20
138	3900	471	Mar-20
137	4500	470	Feb-20
136	3500	472	Feb-20
135	3400	471	Jan-20
134	3400	473	Jan-20