What number of ITAs has Canada issued by means of Specific Entry this yr vs. final yr?…

Canada’s Specific Entry system has undergone modifications within the final two years.

In 2023, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) launched category-based choice attracts below Specific Entry—a coverage that enables the immigration division to focus on candidates that meet the nation’s financial and demographic targets.

So, have these modifications made a distinction in how the Specific Entry system invitations candidates? The next breaks down Specific Entry attracts in 2024 to date, in comparison with the identical time in 2023. Although IRCC has issued extra Invites to Apply (ITAs) this yr than the identical time in 2023, a greater evaluation requires a deeper take a look at the information.

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What’s category-based choice?

Class-based choice attracts are a device IRCC makes use of for the collection of immigration candidates by means of Canada’s Specific Entry system. They permit IRCC to ask candidates with larger consideration to particular human capital attributes, (particularly their skilled expertise and language skills), than their Complete Rating System (CRS) rating.

The present Specific Entry classes are as follows:

• Healthcare occupations;
• Science, Know-how, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM) occupations;
• Commerce occupations;
• Transport occupations;
• Agriculture and agri-food occupations; and/or
• French language proficiency.

What number of ITAs has Canada issued to date this yr, in comparison with final yr?

As of the most recent draw (September 19th on the time of writing) IRCC has issued 84,874 ITAs by means of the Specific Entry system in 2024.

By the 20th of September in 2023, IRCC had issued 81,948 ITAs.

It is value noting that the federal allocation of landed immigrants for the Specific Entry system has modified from 2023 to 2024. Landings from ITAs issued below the Specific Entry system rely towards the “Federal Excessive Expert” allocation within the annual Immigration Ranges Plan. In 2023, IRCC anticipated to welcome 82,800 immigrants by means of the system. In 2024, the immigration division expects to welcome 110,770 immigrants by means of Specific Entry.

What number of attracts has IRCC held by means of Specific Entry this yr, in comparison with the identical time final yr?

So far, IRCC has held 37 attracts by means of the Specific Entry system, throughout 9 completely different classes and streams. The common dimension of those attracts (to date) is 2,294 ITAs, although this varies enormously relying on the class or stream in query.

By the identical time final yr, IRCC had held 28 attracts throughout eight classes and streams. The common draw dimension throughout these attracts was 2,927 ITAs, although equally to 2024 draw sizes different enormously relying on class and stream chosen for.

The disparity in variety of attracts is partly as a result of a historic July for the Specific Entry system in 2024, whereby IRCC held 9 attracts—probably the most attracts in a single month because the begin of Specific Entry in 2015.

Which streams/classes had probably the most attracts to date in 2024 in comparison with 2023?

The next desk presents the variety of attracts carried out by class/stream, and the variety of ITAs issued so far for every class/stream in 2024, and for a similar time in 2023:

Observe that there was a pointy enhance in each CEC and PNP attracts by means of the Specific Entry system since Might and June of this yr respectively, following feedback by Immigration Minister Marc Miller about conducting extra “home attracts” for Specific Entry candidates. In 2023 there was a complete of four PNP attracts, and no CEC attracts below Specific Entry. In comparability, 2024 so far has seen eight PNP attracts and six CEC attracts already.  

Additionally of word is the rising significance of the French language proficiency class. Whereas 2023 solely noticed three attracts for this class, there have already been eight French class attracts in 2024. IRCC has additionally indicated that the allocation of French talking immigrants outdoors of Quebec (below the ranges plan) is ready to develop from 6% this yr, to eight% by 2026.  

Lastly, to raised examine cut-off scores in every stream or class, the next desk breaks down the very best and lowest CRS cut-off scores in 2023 and 2024, for classes and streams chosen a number of instances in each years.  

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