French Language Proficiency draws
Category-based rounds for candidates with strong French. These consistently carry some of the lowest cut-off scores of any Express Entry round.
Latest round
399
CRS on July 22, 2026
Rounds tracked
34
since July 7, 2023
Invitations issued
120,200
lowest CRS ever: 336
Complete history
Every French Language Proficiency round
All 34 rounds, newest first, exactly as IRCC published them.
| Round | Date | Invitations | CRS cut-off | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #429 | July 22, 2026 | 5,000 | 399 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #425 | July 9, 2026 | 5,000 | 420 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #418 | May 28, 2026 | 4,500 | 409 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #414 | April 29, 2026 | 4,000 | 400 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #411 | April 15, 2026 | 4,000 | 419 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #405 | March 18, 2026 | 4,000 | 393 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #401 | March 4, 2026 | 5,500 | 397 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #394 | February 6, 2026 | 8,500 | 400 | French-Language proficiency 2026-Version 2 |
| #388 | December 17, 2025 | 6,000 | 399 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #382 | November 28, 2025 | 6,000 | 408 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #376 | October 29, 2025 | 6,000 | 416 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #371 | October 6, 2025 | 4,500 | 432 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #365 | September 4, 2025 | 4,500 | 446 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #360 | August 8, 2025 | 2,500 | 481 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #341 | March 21, 2025 | 7,500 | 379 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #339 | March 6, 2025 | 4,500 | 410 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #337 | February 19, 2025 | 6,500 | 428 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #329 | December 3, 2024 | 800 | 466 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #324 | November 15, 2024 | 800 | 478 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #318 | October 10, 2024 | 1,000 | 444 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #314 | September 13, 2024 | 1,000 | 446 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #310 | August 15, 2024 | 2,000 | 394 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #305 | July 18, 2024 | 1,800 | 400 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #302 | July 8, 2024 | 3,200 | 420 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #295 | April 24, 2024 | 1,400 | 410 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #291 | March 26, 2024 | 1,500 | 388 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #287 | February 29, 2024 | 2,500 | 336 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #282 | February 1, 2024 | 7,000 | 365 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #273 | December 7, 2023 | 1,000 | 470 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #270 | October 25, 2023 | 300 | 486 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #266 | September 27, 2023 | 500 | 472 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #260 | August 2, 2023 | 800 | 435 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #258 | July 12, 2023 | 3,800 | 375 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
| #256 | July 7, 2023 | 2,300 | 439 | French language proficiency (Version 1) |
“Published as” shows IRCC’s exact wording for that round. IRCC revises category definitions over time and marks them with version suffixes, so the label changes even though the category does not.