New Express Entry Draw for Healthcare Sent 3,600 Invitations

Last Updated On 26 October 2023, 12:31 PM EDT (Toronto Time)

Today, the new Express Entry draw targeted for 35 healthcare occupations issued 3,600 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residency (PR).

This is the third healthcare targeted draw, with the previous round of invitations released by IRCC on July 6, 2023, inviting only 1,500 profiles.

All the healthcare-targeted Express Entry draws in 2023

	October 26, 2023	July 6, 2023	June 28, 2023
Number of invitations	3,600	1,500	500
CRS Score Cutoff	431	463	476
Tie-Breaking Rule	May 24, 2023 at 19:47:51 UTC	June 19, 2023 06:41:05 UTC	November 12, 2023 12:47:27 UTC

Click here for full list of 35 healthcare occupations eligible for Express Entry draws.

The good news is that the size of healthcare-targeted Express Entry draws is increasing and the CRS cutoff score is reducing.

Latest CRS Score Distribution in the Pool

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	1,536
501-600	1,307
451-500	60,587
491-500	4,853
481-490	9,514
471-480	18,836
461-470	15,063
451-460	12,321
401-450	54,565
441-450	11,256
431-440	11,705
421-430	9,926
411-420	10,525
401-410	11,153
351-400	60,378
301-350	31,189
0-300	5,311
Total	214,873

Occupations Eligible For Healthcare Express Entry Draw

There are a total of 35 occupations eligible for the Express Entry round of invitations in the 2023 category-based rounds of invitations, as listed below:

• 31112 – Audiologists and speech language pathologists
• 31201 – Chiropractors
• 31110 – Dentists
• 31121 – Dieticians and nutritionists
• 41320 – Education counsellors
• 31102 – General practitioners and family physicians
• 42203 – Instructors of persons with disabilities
• 31204 – Kinesiologists and other professional occupation in therapy and assessment
• 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
• 32201 – Massage therapists
• 33101 – Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations
• 32120 – Medical laboratory technologists
• 32121 – Medical radiation technologists
• 32122 – Medical sonographers
• 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• 31302 – Nurse practitioners
• 31300 – Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
• 31203 – Occupational therapists
• 31111 – Optometrists
• 33109 – Other assisting occupations in support of health services
• 32209 – Other practitioners of natural healing
• 31209 – Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
• 32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
• 32102 – Paramedical occupations
• 33103 – Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
• 31303 – Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
• 31202 – Physiotherapists
• 31200 – Psychologists
• 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• 32103 – Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
• 31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
• 31101 – Specialists in surgery
• 41301 – Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies
• 32200 – Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
• 31103 – Veterinarians

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