🇨🇦 Draw #373
Healthcare and social services occupations (Version 2) draw held on October 15, 2025
What This Draw Means
In Draw #373, IRCC set the CRS cutoff at 472 and issued 2,500 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) on October 15, 2025. This means all candidates in the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 472 or higher received an invitation to submit a permanent residence application.
This was a Healthcare category draw, part of IRCC's category-based selection system. Healthcare draws target nurses, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other medical professionals to address Canada's healthcare worker shortage.
This draw's cutoff was close to the category average of 481, reflecting a typical round for this draw type.
Candidates who received an ITA have 60 days to submit a complete permanent residence application. Those not invited remain in the pool for up to 12 months and will be considered in future draws.