Federal Skilled Trades draws: CRS cutoff history

The most recent Federal Skilled Trades round, #159 on August 6, 2020, invited 250 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 415.

IRCC has held 7 rounds of this type since May 26, 2017, issuing 3,055 invitations in total.

Source: IRCC, data as of October 27, 2026.

Latest minimum CRS: 415 #159, Aug 6, 2020
Lowest cutoff: 199 #64, May 26, 2017
Highest cutoff: 415 #159, Aug 6, 2020
Median time between rounds: 184.5 days over 6 intervals

Minimum CRS score per round, 2017–2020

Federal Skilled Trades: minimum CRS score by round date

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

Federal Skilled Trades round history

All Federal Skilled Trades rounds, newest first
Round	Date	Invitations	Minimum CRS	Change from previous round of the same type
#159	Aug 6, 2020	250	415	+58
#128	Oct 16, 2019	500	357	+25
#117	May 15, 2019	500	332	+48
#100	Sep 24, 2018	400	284	−4
#91a	May 30, 2018	500	288	+47
#76	Nov 1, 2017	505	241	+42
#64	May 26, 2017	400	199	–

Round names included

IRCC has published rounds of this type under this name:

Federal Skilled Trades (7)

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