Overview

• IRCC invited 1,250 Express Entry candidates in the trades category with a minimum CRS score of 505 in a September 18 draw.
• IRCC listed a profile-creation cutoff of November 5, 2025 at 10:36 p.m. UTC for tie-breaking eligibility.
• This was the first trades-focused selection of 2025, following the previous trades draw on October 23, 2024 that had a lower 433 cutoff.
• Targeted rounds continue across categories, including a September 15 PNP draw that issued 228 invitations with a 746 cutoff and a March 31, 2025 tie-break date.
• IRCC reports 61,047 ITAs issued so far in 2025, and an ATIP release projects 3,300 trade-category invitations in the second half of the year as policy shifts remove job-offer points from CRS.