Canada Express Entry Points Calculator

One of the most essential points you must take into account when applying for one of the permanent residency programs in Canada is the Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) Calculator.

This is a tool developed by the Canadian government that helps calculate the scores of immigrants who are applying to enter one of the express entry programs. In this article, we will explain how the express entry points calculator works.

The CRS calculator

This function helps to classify the potential profiles in the system and helps in a much faster way to filter eligible applicants. Points are awarded immediately when the person completes their personal information in the profile. While the information is being loaded, the score is updated. This form of point measurement is the most essential tool when applying for any of the programs offered by the Canadian government.

Factors that give points:

There are 4 groups of factors:

Human capital
Spouse’s factors
Transfer of skills
Additional points

Depending on the level you have in any of these factors will depend on your number of points.

Human capital

This factor depends on:

Age
Education level
Skills in English or French
Work experience inside and outside of Canada

Spouse or common-law partner factors

Level of education
Official languages proficiency
Canadian work experience

Skills

Level of 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

You can have other points in your application if you:
Have a sibling in Canada who is a permanent resident or citizen
Can speak French too
Completed post-secondary education in Canada
Have a job offer letter
And having a provincial nomination

The maximum points that you can get are 1,200; however, there is not a minimum of points you need to be selected in the Canada express entry. These points are relative; so, it depends on how other profiles have scored. That’s why it is crucial to update your profile regularly so you can score high before the selection.

The Government of Canada every year places a certain number which applicants must achieve. This limit is sometimes high, other times it is low. It depends how you manage to reach or exceed the score.

Calculating the Canada express entry points

Each of the groups has specific points, so you can calculate how many points you have. In this way, you can improve your score if necessary. For example, in the essential factors, the total points for these factors are 460 with a spouse or domestic partner and 500 without a spouse or domestic 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
A secondary diploma (high school graduation)	28	30
One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institutes	84	90
Two-year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institutes	91	98
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institutes	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 English Language

Each of the skills you have is taken into account as long as you know how to check them. It is important to know how to speak English to apply to any of the visa programs. There is a maximum of 32 points for each skill (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) with a spouse or domestic partner and 34 points for each skill without a spouse or domestic 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

Language Proficiency for the French Language

If you have knowledge in the French language and can show it, you can earn up to 22 points with a spouse or domestic partner and up to 24 points without a spouse or domestic 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

Having Canadian Working Experience and you can prove it, you can earn up to 70 points with a spouse or domestic partner and up to 80 points without a spouse or domestic partner.

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

When applying for any visa program, you will have additional points if you have a partner, and if he/she also applies for permanent residence, you receive extra points. But, you must know that you will lose points in the factor of human capital because you have a partner. Since you will recover them in this section. The total points for the common spouse or common-law partner are 500.

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
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 institutes	6	N/A
Two-year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institutes	7	N/A
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institutes	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

Skills

This factor will consider various education and work experience levels; 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 were 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 were 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 a certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7 (Max. 25 points)	Points for a 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.