Would a candidate CRS of 453 have cleared the latest benchmark round?

Latest CEC-style round on 2026-06-23 cut off at 516. Candidate CRS 453 would not clear that bar.

How often would candidate CRS 453 have cleared recent rounds?

In the last 12 rounds on record, CRS 453 met the cutoff 4 times. Past rounds do not predict the next one.

Should I treat this as advice for my application?

No. This is self-assessment context: your (or a hypothetical) CRS compared with published cutoffs and pathway floors. Only IRCC issues invitations.

Candidate CRS 453 — competitiveness

This page answers: if a candidate’s CRS is 453, how does that stack up?

Draw cutoffs below are historical invitation bars — not a score to “evaluate.” We compare a candidate CRS against those bars and against pathways that publish a CRS floor.

Source: official data, verified Jun 23, 2026

Self-assessment information and estimates — not a decision about your case, and not legal advice.

Across the last 12 invitation rounds on record, a candidate CRS of 453 would have met the cutoff in 4 of them.

Latest CEC-style invitation cutoff on record: 516 (2026-06-23).

Pathways with a CRS bar

Routes that publish a CRS floor in Northway’s catalog. Meeting the floor is not an invitation — other hard gates still apply.

Recent invitation cutoffs vs this candidate score

Each row is a past IRCC round. We ask whether candidate CRS 453 would have cleared that round’s bar.

#422 · 2026-06-25 · Healthcare
475would not clear
#421 · 2026-06-24 · Physicians
223would clear
#420 · 2026-06-23 · Canadian Experience Class
516would not clear
#419 · 2026-06-22 · Provincial Nominee Program
730would not clear
#418 · 2026-05-28 · French
409would clear
#417 · 2026-05-27 · Canadian Experience Class
518would not clear

Common questions

Would a candidate CRS of 453 have cleared the latest benchmark round?: Latest CEC-style round on 2026-06-23 cut off at 516. Candidate CRS 453 would not clear that bar.
How often would candidate CRS 453 have cleared recent rounds?: In the last 12 rounds on record, CRS 453 met the cutoff 4 times. Past rounds do not predict the next one.
Should I treat this as advice for my application?: No. This is self-assessment context: your (or a hypothetical) CRS compared with published cutoffs and pathway floors. Only IRCC issues invitations.