Recently, Citizenship and Immigration Canada released its Express Entry Mid-Year Report. The Express Entry is Canada’s new application management system for various economic immigration programs. The system launched in January 2015.
According to the Report, as of July 6, 2015, 112,701 foreign nationals had created an Express Entry profile. The following table shows the Express Entry Profiles submitted to the Express Entry Pool as of July 6, 2015.
| Number of Profiles Completed | 112,701 |
| Not Eligible | 48,723 |
| Number Pending (i.e. Job Bank Registration, PN Validation) | 4,302 |
| Withdrawn | 6,441 |
| Invited | 12,017 |
| Number of Active Candidates in the Pool | 41,218 |
The top 10 source countries for qualified candidates are:
| Country | Number | Percentage |
| India | 2,687 | 20.8% |
| Philippines | 2,514 | 19.4% |
| United Kingdom | 951 | 7.4% |
| Ireland | 682 | 5.3% |
| China | 531 | 4.1% |
| United States of America | 521 | 4.0% |
| South Korea | 327 | 2.5% |
| France | 258 | 2.0% |
| Australia | 257 | 2.0% |
| Mexico | 249 | 1.9% |
| Top 10 | 8,977 | 69.4% |
Source: Express Entry Mid-Year Report by Citizenship and Immigrant Canada.
For more information about the report, please visit this link.
For more information about the Express Entry, please visit: www.canada.ca/ExpressEntry.
