CRS Calculator – Canada Express Entry Points Calculator

The Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) Calculator is a tool that was developed by the Canadian Government in order to calculate and rank potential skilled immigrant scores. This article will go in detail on what it measures and how each factor influences where you rank.

What is a CRS Calculator?

The CRS Calculator is otherwise known as the Canada Express Entry Points Calculator. The reasons for this is that it ranks the profiles that are submitted for Express Entry Programs. Each person who is a skilled worker and wants to immigrate to Canada must complete a profile with their qualifications and their personal information. The CRS Calculator then collects the point totals and ranks the profiles. Based on those rankings, the potential immigrants are then invited to apply for permanent residence in Canada.

The Canada immigration points calculator is one of the most important tools to understand if your goal is to immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker. You must make sure that you score in the best way possible in each factor in order to maximize your chances of being selected to apply.

What are the factors that get you Canada immigration points?

The CRS is a simple tool that is made up from 4 groups of factors. These factors are as follows:

1. Core/Human capital factors
2. Spouse or common-law partner factors
3. Skill transferability factors
4. Additional points

Each of the factors has a variety of levels where you can gain points.

Core/Human capital factors

Core/Human capital factors can differ depending on whether you have a spouse or common-law partner joining you in Canada or you are single. If your spouse or common-law partner is not joining you in Canada or they already a Canadian permanent resident or citizen, your points will be calculated as if you were applying as single.

The core or human capital factors consider the following:

• Age;
• Education;
• Official languages proficiency;
• Canadian work experience;

Spouse or common-law partner factors

Spouse or common-law partner factors consider the profile of your partner, similar to your core/human capital factors, such as:

• Level of education;
• Official languages proficiency;
• Canadian work experience;

Skill transferability factors

Skill transferability factors consider the following:

• A combination of your education, language proficiency, and Canadian work experience;
• Foreign work experience;
• Possession of a certificate of qualification for those who have a skilled trade;

Additional points

Finally, additional points consider different factors which can increase your point total, such as:

• Having a sibling in Canada who is a permanent resident or citizen;
• Skills that you have in French;
• Completing post-secondary education in Canada;
• Having arranged employment in Canada (a job offer letter);
• Having a provincial nomination;

All of these groups of factors are used to determine your ranking in the profile selection. The maximum points that you can get from them are 1,200 points. However, there is no set Canada express entry minimum points that you need to be selected.

The point totals are relative, meaning that it depends on how other profiles are scored. In one year, the point total might be very high and you might not be able to pass with 700 points, but if in the next year, the point total is lower, then you might qualify with that amount. Despite this, you must try to get the best possible scores, no matter what the other applicants will have.

How to calculate the Canada express entry points?

Each group of the factors that are considered has specific points. By finding out where you stand, you can calculate how many points you can get and decide whether you want to submit a profile or not. We will go through each factor and the levels considered with their corresponding points.

Core/human capital factors

The total points for these factors are 460 with a spouse or common-law partner and 500 without a spouse or common law partner.

Age
With a spouse or common-law partner (Max. 100 points)
Without a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 110 points)

17 years old or less
0
0

18 years old
90
99

19 years old
95
105

20 to 29 years old
100
110

30 years old
95
105

31 years old
90
99

32 years old
85
94

33 years old
80
88

34 years old
75
83

35 years old
70
77

36 years old
65
72

37 years old
60
66

38 years old
55
61

39 years old
50
55

40 years old
45
50

41 years old
35
39

42 years old
25
28

43 years old
15
17

44 years old
5
6

45 years old or more
0
0

Level of Education
With a spouse or common-law partner (Max. 140 points)
Without a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 150 points)

Less than secondary school (high school)
0
0

Secondary diploma (high school graduation)
28
30

One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
84
90

Two-year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
91
98

Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
112
120

Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One of them must be for a program of 3 or more years
119
128

Master’s degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (such as medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, chiropractic medicine, law, or pharmacy)
126
135

Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D)
140
150

Language Proficiency for the First Official Language

All abilities are considered for ranking, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening to determine the proficiency.

For this factor, there is a maximum of 32 points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) with a spouse or common-law partner, and 34 points for each ability without a spouse or common-law partner.

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability
With a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 128 points)

Without a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 136 points)

Less than CLB 4
0
0

CLB 4 or 5
6
6

CLB 6
8
9

CLB 7
16
17

CLB 8
22
23

CLB 9
29
31

CLB 10 or more
32
34

Official Language Proficiency for the Second Official Language

For the second official language, you can earn up to 22 points with a spouse or common-law partner and up to 24 points without a spouse or common-law partner.

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability
With a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 22 points)

Without a spouse or common-law partner (Max. 24 points)

CLB 4 or less
0
0

CLB 5 or 6
1
1

CLB 7 or 8
3
3

CLB 9 or more
6
6

Canadian work experience
With a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 70 points)

Without a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 80 points)

None or less than a year
0
0

1 year
35
40

2 years
46
53

3 years
56
64

4 years
63
72

5 years or more
70
80

Spouse or common-law partner factors

The spouse or common-law partner points are additional points that you can get if your partner joins you in your application. The points that you will lose in the core/human capital factors because you have a partner, you can make them up in this section. The total points for the core/human capital and spouse or common-law partner factor are 500 points.

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education
With a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 10 points)

Without a spouse or common-law partner

 (Does not apply)

Less than secondary school (high school)
0
n/a

Secondary diploma (high school graduation)
2
n/a

One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
6
n/a

Two-year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
7
n/a

Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
8
n/a

Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One of them must be for a program of 3 or more years
9
n/a

Master’s degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (such as medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, chiropractic medicine, law, or pharmacy)
10
n/a

Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D)
10
n/a

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability – First official language
With a spouse or common-law partner (Max. 5 points per ability – reading, writing, speaking, listening)
Without a spouse or common-law partner

(Does not apply)

CLB 4 or less
0
n/a

CLB 5 or 6
1
n/a

CLB 7 or 8
3
n/a

CLB 9 or more
5
n/a

Spouse’s Canadian work experience
With a spouse or common-law partner

 (Max. 10 points)

Without a spouse or common-law partner

 (Does not apply)

None or less than a year
0
n/a

1 year
5
n/a

2 years
7
n/a

3 years
8
n/a

4 years
9
n/a

5 years or more
10
n/a

Skill transferability factors

This factor will consider various education and work experience levels and the maximum points you can get are 100.

With good official language proficiency (CLB 7 or higher) and a post-secondary degree
Points for CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, with one or more under CLB 9

 (Max. 25 points)

Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities
(Max. 50 points)

Secondary school (high school) credential or less
0
0

Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer
13
25

Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer
25
50

With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree
Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience

 (Max. 25 points)

Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience

 (Max. 50 points)

Secondary school (high school) credential or less
0
0

Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer
13
25

Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer
25
50

Foreign work experience with good official language proficiency
Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under CLB 9

 (Max. 25 points)

Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities

 (Max. 50 points)

No foreign work experience
0
0

1 or 2 years of foreign work experience
13
25

3 years or more of foreign work experience
25
50

Foreign work experience with Canadian work experience
Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience

 (Max. 25 points)

Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience

 (Max. 50 points)

No foreign work experience
0
0

1 or 2 years of foreign work experience
13
25

3 years or more of foreign work experience
25
50

Certificate of qualification (trade occupations) with good official language proficiency
Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7

 (Max. 25 points)

Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities

 (Max. 50 points)

With a certificate of qualification
25
50

The maximum amount of points you can get from the first three factors (core/human capital + spouse or common-law partner + skill transferability) are 600.

Additional points

The maximum amount of points you can get from the additional points is 600.

Additional points
Point maximum

Sibling living in Canada who is a permanent resident or citizen of Canada
15

Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test)
15

Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills
30

Post-secondary education in Canada – credential of one or two years
15

Post-secondary education in Canada – credential three years or longer
30

Arranged employment – NOC 00
200

Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B
50

Provincial or territorial nomination
600

After totaling all the factors, the maximum amount of points you can get is 1,200.

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