Canada issued 5,000 invitations to apply for permanent residence in a French-language Express Entry draw, with the CRS cut-off falling 28 points to 407.
Canada invited 5,000 French-speaking candidates to apply for permanent residence in Express Entry draw 452 on October 27, with the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score falling 28 points to 407.
The draw, held at 10:17 UTC, targeted the French-language proficiency category. Candidates at the 407 cut-off were invited only if their Express Entry profiles had been submitted before the tie-breaking date of July 13, 2026, at 19:22 UTC. The previous French-language round on October 16 also issued 5,000 invitations but set its cut-off at 435.
The round was the second invitation day in a row: on October 26, Canada invited 792 provincial nominees in draw 451, with a cut-off of 761. Together the two days produced 5,792 invitations, and the October 27 round was the third Express Entry round of the month, after a Canadian Experience Class draw on October 15.
The draw number, invitation count and 407 cut-off are reported identically by CIC News, Moving2Canada and Immigration News Canada, each tracking Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada results, so the outcome is corroborated across independent immigration outlets rather than resting on a single report.
The lower cut-off widens the door for French-speaking candidates, who continue to face lower thresholds than the Canadian Experience Class stream, whose October 15 cut-off was 519. For candidates at 407, the tie-breaking rule is the fine print that decides who actually received an invitation, and the next French-language round will show whether the threshold keeps falling.