Express Entry Draw 362 – 2,500 Healthcare and Social Services Workers Invited on August 19, 2025

Key Takeaways for Express Entry Candidates from the August 19, 2025 Healthcare Draw

• Type of draw: Category-based draw targeting candidates with work experience in Healthcare and social services occupations
• Invitations issued: 2,500
• CRS score: 470
• Tie-breaking rule: April 23, 2025 at 20:08:53 UTC
• Prediction for the next draw: Unclear due to recent draw uncertainty, but following the last Healthcare draw, we didn’t see another draw until the following routine Provincial Nominee Program bi-weekly round. 
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Our Analysis of This Express Entry Draw

We have officially had a healthcare and social services draw each month since May 2025. This means there have been more healthcare draws in 2025 than we saw in 2024 and 2023 (each year saw 3 healthcare draws). We’ve also had an equal number of French language category-based draws as we have seen for healthcare and social services draws so far in 2025.

But, the data also shows that the number of draws doesn’t mean more invitations. French language category-based draws have seen 21,000 invitations so far this year, while healthcare and social services occupations have been issued 7,500 invitations so far in 2025. This is a significant difference in draw size. We also saw more invitations sent in total in 2024 in healthcare draws than we have seen so far in 2025 — so while there have been more draws, they have also been smaller on average.

CRS Cut-Off For The Latest Healthcare Draw in Canada

Today’s draw saw the lowest Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for a healthcare draw in 2025. At 470, with 2,500 invitations, it shows the sheer volume of candidates who were likely in the pool in the 470-475 range who are eligible for a healthcare and social services category-based draw. We can’t say that all 2,500 were in this range, since people may have entered the pool or gained points to rank higher since the last healthcare draw on July 22, but we would guess that a significant portion would come from the 470-475 range.

While the CRS cut-off might be low for 2025, it is still higher than what we usually saw last year. In November 2024, we saw a healthcare draw inviting 3,000 to apply with a CRS cut-off of 463 — 7 points lower for a larger draw.

• Do you know what your CRS is? If not, use our online Express Entry CRS calculator to determine how many points you have.

Is there hope for a Canadian Experience Class round this week?

Online reactions to the healthcare draw have ranged from jubilance from those invited to disappointment for those waiting for a Canadian Experience Class draw today. So can we expect a Canadian Experience Class draw this week?

As always, we don’t have a direct line to the IRCC so we don’t know what they have brewing, but there are a few angles we can look at this from:

Recent Draws Trends

Historically, Moving2Canada used past draw trends to estimate what draws we might see next. In past years, this was relatively accurate. However, this year has been extremely inconsistent so we aren’t able to accurately predict what’s coming next based on past draws trends alone.

If we looked solely at recent draws, we would say that there’s very little chance of a Canadian Experience Class draw this week. This is because the current trend shows:

Draw week 1, each month: PNP and CEC (and maybe a French)

Draw week 2, each month: PNP and healthcare and social services. That’s it.

But to call this a ‘trend’ is inaccurate, since there haven’t been months with a consistent pattern.

Trends in Invitations Numbers

Another way of looking at it is to consider the number of invitations issued each week. This can be helpful since IRCC tries to create some levels of consistency in the volume of applications it processes (though, again, this is not a consistent gauge of actual expected invitations).

In June, we saw 7,405 invitations issued across all draws.

In July, we saw 7,558 invitations issued across all draws.

In August, we have so far seen 6,417 invitations issued across the draws through to August 19. This means we could be seeing a draw inviting around 1,080 candidates to apply for permanent residence. We would guess that this could mean another high-scoring Canadian Experience Class round, or it could go to a trades draw — if it happens at all.

What Is A Healthcare & Social Services Occupation Draw in Canadian Immigration?

To be eligible for an invitation through a category-based round, you must:

• Qualify for one of the three main immigration programs: Federal Skilled Worker (FSW), Federal Skilled Trades (FST), or Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
• Meet the minimum requirements for the round, including the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut-off and tiebreaker rules.

Additionally, you must have at least six months of full-time, continuous work experience (or an equivalent in part-time work experience) in one eligible occupation.

• Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians

• Audiologists and speech language pathologists

• Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists

• Chiropractors

• Dental hygienists and dental therapists

• Dentists

• Dieticians and nutritionists

• General practitioners and family physicians

• Licensed practical nurses

• Massage therapists

• Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations

• Medical laboratory technologists

• Medical radiation technologists

• Medical sonographers

• Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates

• Nurse practitioners

• Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors

• Occupational therapists

• Optometrists

• Other medical technologists and technicians

• Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating

• Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment

• Paramedical occupations

• Pharmacists

• Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants

• Pharmacy technicians

• Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals

• Physiotherapists

• Psychologists

• Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses

• Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists

• Social and community service workers

• Social workers

• Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine

• Specialists in surgery

• Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies

• Veterinarians.

If your work experience spans multiple occupations, you will need to accumulate six months in a single occupation to qualify.

Of course, healthcare workers in Canada may also be selected in Canadian Experience Class draws but selection in this category may come with a more competitive CRS cut-off.

For more information:

• Learn more about the latest Express Entry draws.
• Learn more about the state of the Express Entry pool.
• Learn when to expect the next Express Entry draw.
• Learn more about Express Entry healthcare draws.

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