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By Rebecca Major
Posted on June 23, 2025
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Today’s PNP-specific Express Entry draw issued 502 invitations, with a minimum CRS score of 742. This brings the total number of ITAs issued to PNP candidates in 2025 to 5,494 so far.
Notably, this is the third PNP-specific Express Entry draw in June and also the largest – the first two saw 277 and 125 invitations respectively, for a combined total of 402. With this third draw alone issuing 502 ITAs, it represents a significant increase in selection activity for PNP candidates, suggesting more PNP eligible candidate have entered the pool in the last couple of weeks.
The rapid expansion of the Express Entry pool has clearly cooled. Compared to the last update on June 11, the total number of profiles in the pool actually decreased, falling from 257,557 to 256,754, a net drop of 803 profiles. It’s a notable shift from the consistent growth observed throughout May and early June.
Most of this decline came from the higher CRS ranges. There were 2,106 fewer candidates in the 501–600 bracket, likely reflecting the impact of the larger CEC-specific draw on June 12. That drop is an encouraging signal — for the first time in a while, more invitations have been issued than new high-scoring candidates entering the pool. Meanwhile, the 451–500 range saw a modest bump of around 500 profiles, pointing to ongoing activity among mid- to high-scoring applicants.
This doesn’t necessarily indicate a long-term trend, but it highlights just how fluid the Express Entry pool can be, especially when larger draws are in play. But as always, as competition stays high, now’s a critical time to review your profile and ensure you’re maximizing every CRS point you’re eligible for.
If you’re not familiar with Canada’s Express Entry system, it’s an application management system used to manage economic immigrants to Canada. The benefits of the Express Entry system are that it offers streamlined application timelines for people who are ranked highly and invited to apply for permanent residence. After you receive an invitation and submit your application, it usually takes IRCC around 6 months to make a decision.
With that in mind, the Provincial Nominee Program is a program that’s offered at the provincial level but then managed and approved at the federal level. Some PNPs require you to be eligible for Express Entry, so they can be inter-related, but there are also PNPs that allow you to immigrate even if you don’t qualify for Express Entry.
Learn more about Canada’s PNPs via our PNP Tracker, which comes with a range of tools, including a stream finder. You’ll need to sign up for our free account to access these helpful tools, so if you want to skip straight to those — sign up here.
You can also sign up for up-to-date information about Express Entry draws via your free Moving2Canada account. Just subscribe to our newsletter for news about the draws and our analysis as it happens, so you’ll never miss the latest results. This can be a powerful tool to help you identify trends and map your pathway to permanent residence in Canada.
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