Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC) has conducted the 170th draw on December 23, 2020. IRCC issued 5000 invitation in this draw, and the tie breaking rule was applied with the timestamp of June 4, 2020 at 14:40:08 UTC.
CRS score of the lowest-ranked candidate is 468, and it was the lowest CRS score in the past 4 months. This was not a program specific draw; therefore, all candidates from all Express Entry programs were eligible. A total of 107,350 invitations were issued in 2020, and it is the highest number till now.