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Tie-Break Rule

The tie-break rule decides which candidates get an ITA when more candidates sit exactly at a draw's minimum CRS cut-off than the round has room to invite.

IRCC breaks ties by the date/time the tied candidate's profile entered the pool (or was last updated to that score) — earlier timestamps win. This is why a published cut-off sometimes includes a tie-break timestamp.

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