Trade occupations draws: CRS cutoff history

The most recent Trade occupations round, #447 on October 1, 2026, invited 3,500 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 476.

IRCC has held 7 rounds of this type since August 3, 2023, issuing 13,850 invitations in total. This is a category-based selection: only candidates who meet the category criteria are ranked in these rounds.

Source: IRCC, data as of .

Latest minimum CRS
476 #447, Oct 1, 2026
Lowest cutoff
388 #261, Aug 3, 2023
Highest cutoff
505 #368, Sep 18, 2025
Median time between rounds
189 days over 6 intervals

Minimum CRS score per round, 2023–2026

Trade occupations: minimum CRS score by round date

Each point is one round. The table below lists the same values.

Trade occupations round history

All Trade occupations rounds, newest first
RoundDateInvitationsMinimum CRSChange from previous round of the same type
#4473,500476−1
#4083,000477−28
#3681,250505+72
#3211,800433−3
#3001,800436+11
#2761,000425+37
#2611,500388–

Round names included

IRCC has published rounds of this type under these names:

  • Trades Occupations, 2026-Version 3 (2)
  • Trade occupations (Version 2) (1)
  • Trade occupations (Version 1) (4)

Other round types

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