{"id":423441,"date":"2026-01-21T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/423441\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:54:13","slug":"express-entry-continues-to-see-reduced-competition-as-over-4600-top-scoring-candidates-exit-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/423441\/","title":{"rendered":"Express Entry continues to see reduced competition, as over 4,600 top-scoring candidates exit the pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Competition within the Express Entry pool continues to ease for the second month in a row, as thousands more top-scoring profiles leave the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the year, 4,672 profiles between the 501-600 score range have left the Express Entry pool, largely attributable to the massive Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draw that took place on January 7.<\/p>\n<p>With the reduction in top-scoring profiles, lower-scoring profiles now stand a better chance of receiving an Invitation to Apply (ITA), as Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores are more likely to drop with the changing distribution of the candidate pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background: #e52237;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadavisaplus.com\/assessment?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-20_SOEEP-Jan-20_69230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See how competitive your Express Entry profile is<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is the current composition of the Express Entry pool?<\/p>\n<p>The current distribution of Express Entry profiles in the candidate pool is presented below, and compared with the distribution of profiles from January 4 (the most recent data available before January 19) as a reference:<\/p>\n<p>\tCRS score range\u00a0Distribution (Jan 4)\u00a0Distribution (Jan 19)\u00a0Difference\u00a0in number\u00a0of profiles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t0-300\u00a08,125\u00a08,269\u00a0+144\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t301-350\u00a018,745\u00a019,062\u00a0+317\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t351-400\u00a052,469\u00a053,221\u00a0+752\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t401-410\u00a011,438\u00a011,858\u00a0+420\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t411-420\u00a012,442\u00a012,863\u00a0+421\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t421-430\u00a012,816\u00a013,092\u00a0+276\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t431-440\u00a014,285\u00a014,571\u00a0+286\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t441-450\u00a014,139\u00a014,452\u00a0+313\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t451-460\u00a014,835\u00a015,209\u00a0+374\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t461-470\u00a014,881\u00a015,320\u00a0+439\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t471-480\u00a015,435\u00a015,965\u00a0+530\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t481-490\u00a012,499\u00a012,942\u00a0+443\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t491-500\u00a012,873\u00a013,278\u00a0+405\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t501-600\u00a021,013\u00a016,341\u00a0-4,672\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t601-1200\u00a0559\u00a0677\u00a0+118\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tTotal\u00a0236,554\u00a0237,120\u00a0+566\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reduction observed this month at the second-highest score range was even more substantial than the reduction seen in December, when 4,622 profiles scoring between 501-600 left the Express Entry pool.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the 501-600 score range was the only one in the Express Entry pool that saw a reduction in candidates\u2014all other score ranges saw a moderate increase in profiles, leading to the overall size of the pool increasing by 566 profiles.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the highest-ranking candidates are prioritized first for Express Entry draws (even in the case of category-based selections), this means that the candidate pool has grown less competitive, even as the overall size of the pool increased moderately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/output-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69246 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/output-31.png\" alt=\"Graph of Express Entry profiles distribution by score range. \" width=\"1189\" height=\"490\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How does your Express Entry profile compare within the updated candidate pool?<\/p>\n<p>The table below shows both the share of candidates in each score band and the percentile ranking for each score band (shown as a range) relative to the entire pool, as of January 19.<\/p>\n<p>These percentile ranges represent the portion of the pool with scores at or below a given score range. For instance, if a score band falls within the 95\u201399th percentile, that means candidates in that range are among the top 1\u20135% of all candidates in the pool. Percentile ranges are calculated using the lower and upper limits of each CRS score range.<\/p>\n<p>This information can help candidates better understand where they stand in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>\tCRS score range\u00a0Number of candidates\u00a0Percentile (range)\u00a0Percentage\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t0-300\u00a08,269\u00a00.00%\u20133.49%\u00a03.49%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t301-350\u00a019,062\u00a03.49%\u201311.53%\u00a08.04%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t351-400\u00a053,221\u00a011.53%\u201333.97%\u00a022.44%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t401-410\u00a011,858\u00a033.97%\u201338.97%\u00a05.00%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t411-420\u00a012,863\u00a038.97%\u201344.40%\u00a05.42%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t421-430\u00a013,092\u00a044.40%\u201349.92%\u00a05.52%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t431-440\u00a014,571\u00a049.92%\u201356.06%\u00a06.14%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t441-450\u00a014,452\u00a056.06%\u201362.16%\u00a06.09%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t451-460\u00a015,209\u00a062.16%\u201368.57%\u00a06.41%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t461-470\u00a015,320\u00a068.57%\u201375.03%\u00a06.46%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t471-480\u00a015,965\u00a075.03%\u201381.77%\u00a06.73%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t481-490\u00a012,942\u00a081.77%\u201387.22%\u00a05.46%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t491-500\u00a013,278\u00a087.22%\u201392.82%\u00a05.60%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t501-600\u00a016,341\u00a092.82%\u201399.71%\u00a06.89%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t601-1200\u00a0677\u00a099.71%\u2013100.00%\u00a00.29%\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tTotal\u00a0237,120\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background: #e52237;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadavisaplus.com\/assessment?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-20_SOEEP-Jan-20_69230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See how competitive your Express Entry profile is<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Competition within the Express Entry pool continues to ease for the second month in a row, as thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,35888,177183,177184,177185,177186,34477,34478,83313,44,177187,177188],"class_list":{"0":"post-423441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-immigration","11":"tag-express-entry-candidates","12":"tag-express-entry-competition-eases","13":"tag-express-entry-pool","14":"tag-get-pr-through-express-entry","15":"tag-immigrate-to-canada","16":"tag-immigrate-to-canada-as-a-skilled-worker","17":"tag-immigration-news","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-settle-in-canada-permanently","20":"tag-state-of-the-express-entry-pool"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}