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ARTICLE · 24 DECEMBER 2025

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Big Changes Planned For Express Entry 2026

Canada's Express Entry system has looked a little different each year over the past five years. With all that turbulence, you might be wondering what's next for Express Entry as we edge towards 2026

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Canada's Express Entry system has looked a little different each year over the past five years. With all that turbulence, you might be wondering what's next for Express Entry as we edge towards 2026.

To help ease that uncertainty,we'vepulled together our thoughts. We cover the following for 2026:

  • What'scoming in 2026: These are the confirmed changeswe'refairly certainwill come into effect in 2026, based on government reporting and rules.
  • What wedon'tyet know about 2026: These are the things we need more information about next year.
  • Significantchanges thatmayhappen, butare not confirmed.These are items that have been discussed by IRCC, but no official proposals have been published just yet.We'llhave to wait and see if anything is coming down the pipeline.

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