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Calculate your CRS score

You must calculate your Comprehensive Rating System (CRS) score from 1,200 points. Based on the factors that play an important role in the economic success of newcomers after immigrating to Canada, to all applicants who create their Express Entry profile. A score of 1200 points is given. These factors include work experience, language skills (English and / or French), education, approved job offer, provincial candidacy, and more.

Express Entry candidates receive a score of 1,200 based on the following four main categories:

A) Criteria of individual abilities: These include benefits for age, education, work experience in Canada and language skills. These are key factors in the economic success of immigrants.
B) Criteria of a customary spouse or partner: These include the spouse or partner’s language skills, education and work experience in Canada.
C) Ability to transfer skills: This section creates other tips for your profile that are based on a combination of other criteria. For example, a combination of your non-Canadian education, language skills, and / or work experience.
D) Additional points: In this section, you will be given 600 additional points for the provincial candidate and other additional points for a valid job offer, etc.

The table below summarizes the maximum scores that can be obtained for each criterion. Be careful to calculate the CRS score in the supplementary description sheet of each factor.

Criteria	Most points available
A) Criteria of individual abilities	460 (with spouse) 500 (without spouse)
B) Criteria of spouse or partner	40
C) Criteria for skill transfer	100
D) Additional privileges	600
Most points in total	1200

Sections A and B. Criteria for individual abilities (maximum 500 points)

Age (highest score with spouse: 100 and without a spouse: 110)

Age	With a normal spouse or partner	No normal spouse or partner
17 years old or younger	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 older	0	0
most	100	110

Education level (maximum score 150)

Check out the ECA page for more information on how to get your ECA for your non-Canadian diploma.

Points are awarded only for the highest level of education obtained. The maximum points that can be earned for education is 150 CRS points, whether you are single or with a spouse or a regular partner.

Level of Education	With a normal spouse or partner	No normal spouse or partner
Less than high school (high school)	0	0
High school diploma (high school graduation)	28	30
One year degree, diploma or certificate from a university, college, business or technical school or other institution	84	90
A two-year program at a university, college, business or technical school, or other institution	91	98
A bachelor’s degree or a three-year or more program at a university, college, business or technical school, or other institution	112	120
Two or more certificates, diplomas or degrees. One should be for a three or more year program	119	128
A master’s degree, or professional degree required to practice in a licensed profession (for a “professional degree”, the degree program must be in: Medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine or pharmacy).	126	135
PhD Degree	140	150
most	140	150

Language skills (highest score with spouse: 170 and without a spouse: 160)

If you take the French and English exams, you can choose your first official language. The tests in which you get the best marks are the ones you should choose as your first official language. For more information, check out this language test page.

For your first official language, the conversion chart below tells you how many CRS points you can get based on your test results. This table is for each ability, for example, if you have a Canadian Level 7 (CLB) score for four abilities (speaking, reading, listening, writing) and you are single, you will get 68 points multiplied by 4 by 17 Come.

Canadian Language Criteria Level (CLB) for each ability	With a normal spouse or partner	No normal spouse or partner
* Points are awarded for each language ability
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 higher	32	34
most	128	136

For the second official language, the following conversion table teaches you how many CRS points you earn in each ability.

There are no additional points for the second official language, there is no need to test your spouse or regular partner in French and English tests.

CRS score with a spouse or partner can not exceed 22 points.

Canadian Language Criteria Level (CLB) for each ability	With a normal spouse or partner	No normal spouse or partner
* Points are awarded for each language ability
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or higher	6	6
most	22	24

Canadian work experience (highest score 80)

You must first find your NOC code and then check to see if your work history qualifies for that NOC code.

The maximum points you can earn for working experience in Canada is 80 CRS points, whether you are single or with your spouse and partner.

Work experience in Canada	With a normal spouse or partner	No normal spouse or partner
No history or less than one 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
most	70	80

Section c. Skills Transfer Criteria (Maximum 100 points)

Education level (maximum score 50)

The criterion of skill transfer capability is your most important CRS score. You can add 100 points to your score using this item, and it almost guarantees that you will be selected from the archive. However, this is not an easy task. For skilled federal labor program candidates (who do not have work experience in Canada), a score of 9 on the CLB in all four language skills is what can set you apart.

Here, for example, if you get at least a grade of 9 in the CLB in all four abilities and a master’s degree (which theoretically requires you to have a bachelor’s degree, which usually takes 4 years), you will earn an additional 50 points. . This is why it is so important to be able to assess your full credit with the ECA and not just your highest qualification (you can refer to the ECA page here), if you do this once, it will not cost you more. Had.

If you have CLB9 in all four abilities, you can not add CLB7 points either. You just have to select one item.

You can check out how to prepare for your language tests here.

With good formal language skills (standard Canadian language level (CLB score 7 or higher) and post-secondary education	Points forCLB with a score of 7 or more in all First Official Language abilities, with one or more sub-CLBwith a score of 9	Scores forthe CLBwith a score of 9 or higher in all four first official language abilities
Certificate of secondary education (high school) or less	0	0
Certificate of post-secondary education, one year or more	13	25
Two or more certificates of post-secondary education and at least one of these certificates has been issued for three years or more after completing the post-secondary education.	25	50
most	25	50

With work experience and degree after high school	Score for education + 1 year work experience in Canada	Score for education + 2 years work experience in Canada or more
Certificate of secondary education (high school) or less	0	0
Certificate of post-secondary education, one year or more	13	25
Two or more certificates of post-secondary education and at least one of these certificates has been issued for three years or more after completing the post-secondary education.	25	50
most	25	50

Experience working abroad (highest score 50)

Here, for example, if you have at least CLB 9 in all four abilities and 3 years of foreign (non-Canadian) work experience, you will earn an additional 50 points.

If you have CLB9 in all four abilities, you can not add CLB7 points either. You must use one of these privileges.

Years of experience	Points forCLB with a score of 7 or more in all First Official Language abilities, with one or more sub-CLBwith a score of 9	Scores forthe CLBwith a score of 9 or higher in all four first official language abilities
No experience working abroad	0	0
1 or 2 years of work experience abroad	13	25
3 years or more work experience abroad	25	50
most	25	50

Years of experience	Score for education + 1 year work experience in Canada	Score for education + 2 years work experience in Canada or more
No experience working abroad	0	0
1 or 2 years of work experience abroad	13	25
3 years or more work experience abroad	25	50
most	25	50

Certificate of Certification (Maximum score 50)

This skill transfer coefficient is for eligible candidates under the Federal Skills Jobs Program, who are certified in Skills Jobs and are issued by a provincial or federal official. If your language skills are in the four CLB 7 abilities and you have a degree, you can earn an extra 50 points. For more information on the eligibility of the Federal Skills Job Program, you can check here.

Certificate of Competence (Skilled Occupations) – with First Official Language Proficiency (CLBCanadian Standard Levelwith a score of 5 or higher)	Credits for a CLB+ Certificateof 5 or higher in all First Official Language Competencies, with one or more of the followingCLBswith a score of 7	Scores for the CLB+ Certificate of Certificate with a score of 9 or higher in all four first official language abilities
Comes with a certificate of competency	25	50
most	25	50

Section d. Additional criteria (maximum 600 points)

You can earn an extra 600 points.

In this link, you can check how you prepare for the French language test.

For provincial candidates, you should check which province has Express Entry and is open. You can learn all about provincial candidates here.

Click here for more information on valid job offers by IRCC standards.

Criterion	points
Sibling living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident)	15
French language skills	30
Post-secondary education in Canada	30
Approved job opportunity	200
PN candidate	600
most	600

Claim points for work experience

In order to earn points for work experience, you must:

Obtained by foreign nationals in Canada or outside of Canada in occupations of the NOC code skill set in type or level 0, A or B
Be full-time (or equivalent to part-time, at least 15 hours per week)
Have a reward.