Canada Express Entry – Comprehensive Ranking System

Comprehensive Ranking System is a points-based system administered by the Canada Express Entry System to choose eligible candidates from the pool of immigration aspirants. The system uses several parameters/factors to evaluate the profile and grant the Invitation to Apply (ITA). These parameters/factors correspond to certain points wherein applicants receive particular points for each factor. The accumulated points are known as the CRS Score of an applicant, and once you calculate crs score it will decide the fate of their immigration.

The Express Entry system conducts draws twice a month to grant invitations to apply (ITA) to the eligible candidates. Each draw declares the minimum CRS Points requirement wherein applicants with threshold CRS points will get the ITA approval. Applicants get the CRS score upon filing the expression of interest in the official CIC account by uploading all the relevant documents under canada crs calculator.

Check Your Eligibility

Enter Your Full Name

Enter Your E-Mail Id

Country

State

Phone Number

What is your marital status?

Is your spouse or common-law partner a citizen or permanent resident of Canada?

Will your spouse or common-law partner come with you to Canada?

How old are you?

Choose the best answer:

If you’ve been invited to apply, enter your age on the date you were invited.
OR
If you plan to complete an Express Entry profile, enter your current age.

What is your level of education?

Enter the highest level of education for which you:

earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate or
had an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) if you did your study outside Canada. (ECAs must be from an approved agency, in the last five years)

Note: a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate must either have been earned at an accredited Canadian university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute in Canada. Distance learning counts for education points, but not for bonus points in your profile or application.

Have you earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate?

Note: to answer yes:

English or French as a Second Language must not have made up more than half your study
you must not have studied under an award that required you to return to your home country after graduation to apply your skills and knowledge
you must have studied at a school within Canada (foreign campuses don’t count)
you had to be enrolled full time for at least eight months, and have been physically present in Canada for at least eight months

Choose the best answer to describe this level of education.

Official languages: Canada's official languages are English and French.

You need to submit language test results that are less than two years old for all programs under Express Entry, even if English or French is your first language.

Are your test results less than two years old?

Which language test did you take for your first official language?

Enter your test scores:

Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:

Do you have other language results?

If so, which language test did you take for your second official language?

Test results must be less than two years old.

Enter your test scores for:

Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:

Work Experience

In the last ten years, how many years of skilled work experience in Canada do you have?

It must have been paid and full-time (or an equal amount in part-time).

Note: In Canada, the National Occupational Classification (NOC) is the official list of all the jobs in the Canadian labour market. It describes each job according to skill type, group and level.

"Skilled work" in the NOC is:

managerial jobs (NOC Skill Level 0)
professional jobs (NOC Skill Type A)
technical jobs and skilled trades/manual work (NOC Skill Type B)

If you aren’t sure of the NOC level for this job, you can find your NOC.

In the last 10 years, how many total years of foreign skilled work experience do you have?

It must have been paid, full-time (or an equal amount in part-time), and in only one occupation (NOC skill type 0, A or B).

Do you have a certificate of qualification from a Canadian province, territory or federal body?

Note: A certificate of qualification lets people work in some skilled trades in Canada. Only the provinces, territories and a federal body can issue these certificates. To get one, a person must have them assess their training, trade experience and skills to and then pass a certification exam.

People usually have to go to the province or territory to be assessed. They may also need experience and training from an employer in Canada.

This isn’t the same as a nomination from a province or territory.

Additional Points

Do you have a valid job offer supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (if needed)?

A valid job offer must be

full-time
in a skilled job listed as Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B in the 2011 National Occupational Classification
supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) or exempt from needing one
for one year from the time you become a permanent resident

A job offer isn’t valid if your employer is:

an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada or
on the list of ineligible employers.

Whether an offer is valid or not also depends on different factors, depending on your case. See a full list of criteria for valid job offers.

Which NOC skill type or level is the job offer?

You can use our online tool to find out if you don’t know.

Do you have a nomination certificate from a province or territory?

Do you or your spouse or common law partner (if they will come with you to Canada) have at least one brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident?

Note: to answer yes, the brother or sister must be:

18 years old or older
related to you or your partner by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption
have a parent in common with you or your partner

A brother or sister is related to you by:

blood (biological)
adoption
marriage (step-brother or step-sister)

What is the highest level of education for which your spouse or common-law partner's has:

earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate; or
had an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)? (ECAs must be from an approved agency, in the last five years)

To get the correct number of points, make sure you choose the answer that best reflects your case. For example:

If you have TWO Bachelor’s degrees, or one Bachelor’s AND a two year college diploma, choose – “Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years.”

In the last ten years, how many years of skilled work experience in Canada does your spouse/common-law partner have?

It must have been paid, full-time (or an equal amount in part-time), and in one or more NOC 0, A or B jobs.

Did your spouse or common-law partner take a language test? If so, which one?

Test results must be less than two years old.

Enter the test scores for:

Speaking:

Listening:

Reading:

Writing:

Your results

All Express Entry candidates get a score out of 1,200, based on the four parts of the Comprehensive Ranking System formula.

We invite the highest-ranking candidates from the pool to apply as a permanent resident through regular “rounds of invitations.” See what minimum scores have been in the past.

What are the categories under Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Criteria?

Core / Human Capital Factors
Spouse/common-law partner Factors
Skill Transferability Factors
Additional Factors:
- Provincial Nomination
- Arranged Employment
- French Language proficiency
- Canadian Study Experience
- Sibling Living in Canada

What are the maximum points earned for each factor of CRS Criteria?

CORE / HUMAN CAPITAL FACTORS

Factors	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner	Points - Without a spouse or common-law partner
Age	100	110
Level of Education	140	150
Language Proficiency	150	160
Canadian Work Experience	70	80

SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER FACTORS

Factors	Points Per Factor
Level of Education	10
Language Proficiency	20
Canadian Work Experience	10

SKILL TRANSFERABILITY FACTORS

Education	Points per factor (maximum 50 points)
Good language proficiency and a post-secondary degree	50
Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	50
Foreign work experience	Points per factor (maximum 50 points)
Language proficiency with minimum CLB 7 and Foreign work experience (Native)	50
Canadian work experience and foreign work experience (Native/home country)	50
Certificate of qualification (for professionals in trade occupations)	Points per factor (maximum 50 points)
Good language proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50

ADDITIONAL FACTORS

Factors	Maximum Points Per factor
Siblings in Canada (Permanent Resident or Citizen)	15
French Language Proficiency	50
Post-Secondary Education gained in Canada	30
Arranged Employment / Job Offer from Canada	200
Canada PNP nomination	600

What is the point breakdown of each factor of CRS Criteria?

CORE / HUMAN CAPITAL FACTORS

Age	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 100 Points)	Points – Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 110 Points)
Maximum 17 age	0	0
18 years of Age	90	99
19 years of Age	95	105
20 years to 29 years of Age	100	110
30 years of Age	95	105
31 years of Age	90	99
32 years of Age	85	94
33 years of Age	80	88
34 years of Age	75	83
35 years of Age	70	77
36 years of Age	65	72
37 years of Age	60	66
38 years of Age	55	61
39 years of Age	50	55
40 years of Age	45	50
41 years of Age	35	39
42 years of Age	25	28
43 years of Age	15	17
44 years of Age	5	6
45 years of age or more	0	0

Education	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 140 Points)	Points – Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 150 Points)
Less than High School	0	0
Secondary Diploma (High School)	28	30
One year degree, diploma, or certificate from a recognized institution	84	90
Two Year program from a recognized institution	91	98
Bachelor’s Degree or a Three or more year program from a recognized institution	112	120
Two or more Diplomas, Certificates, or Degrees. (One must be a three-year program)	119	128
Master’s Degree or a Professional Degree (Licensed Profession)	126	135
Doctoral Level Degree (Ph.D.)	140	150

CLB Level per ability – Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening (First Official Language)	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 128 Points)	Points – Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 136 Points)
Less than CLB 4	0	0
CLB 4 or CLB 5	6 per ability	6 per ability
CLB 6	8 per ability	9 per ability
CLB 7	16 per ability	17 per ability
CLB 8	22 per ability	23 per ability
CLB 9	29 per ability	31 per ability
CLB 10 or more	32 per ability	34 per ability

CLB Level per ability (Second Official Language)	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 22 Points)	Points – Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 24 Points)
CLB 4 or less than CLB 4	0	0
CLB 5 or CLB 6	1 per ability	1 per ability
CLB 7 or CLB 8	3 per ability	3 per ability
CLB 9 or more	6 per ability	6 per ability

Canadian Work Experience	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 70 Points)	Points – Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 80 Points)
None 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

SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER FACTORS

Spouse or Common-Law Partner’s Education	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 10 Points)
Less than High School	0
Secondary Diploma (High School)	2
One year program from a recognized institution	6
Two Year program from a recognized institution	7
Bachelor’s Degree or a Three or more year program from a recognized institution	8
Two or more Diplomas, Certificates, or Degrees. (One must be a three-year program)	9
Master’s Degree or a Professional Degree (Licensed Profession)	10
Doctoral Level Degree (Ph.D.)	10

Spouse’s CLB Level per ability - Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening	Points - With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 20 Points)
CLB 4 or Less than CLB 4	0
CLB 5 or CLB 6	1 per ability
CLB 7 or CLB 8	3 per ability
CLB 9 or more	5 per ability

Spouse’s Canadian Work Experience	Points – With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 10 Points)
None or less than one year	0
1 Year	5
2 Years	7
3 Years	8
4 Years	9
5 Years or more	10

SKILL TRANSFERABILITY FACTORS

Post-Secondary Education with minimum CLB 7 Language Proficiency	Points for CLB 7 or more for all abilities (maximum 25 points)	Points for CLB 9 or more for all abilities (maximum 50 points)
High School certificate or less	0	0
Post-secondary program of one year or more	13	25
Two or more Post-secondary programs and a minimum of one program must be of three years duration or more	25	50
Master’s Degree or a Professional Degree (Licensed Profession)	25	50
Doctoral Level Degree (Ph.D.)	25	50

Post-Secondary Education with Canadian Work Experience	Points for more than 1 year of Canadian Work Experience (maximum 25 points)	Points for more than 2 years of Canadian Work Experience (maximum 50 points)
High School certificate or less	0	0
Post-secondary program of one year or more	13	25
Two or more Post-secondary programs and a minimum of one program must be of three years duration or more	25	50
Master’s Degree or a Professional Degree (Licensed Profession)	25	50
Doctoral Level Degree (Ph.D.)	25	50

Foreign Experience (Home Country)	Points for foreign Experience + CLB 7 or more (maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign Experience + CLB 9 or more (maximum 50 points)
1 or 2 years of Experience	13	25
3 years or more of Experience	25	50

Foreign Experience (Home Country) & Canadian Experience	Points for foreign Experience + more than 1 year of Canadian Experience (maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign Experience + more than 2 years of Canadian Experience (maximum 50 points)
1 or 2 years of Experience	13	25
3 years or more of Experience	25	50

Certificate of Qualification (For professionals in trade occupations) with Good CLB	Points for Certificate of Qualification + CLB 5 or more (maximum 25 points)	Points for Certificate of Qualification + CLB 7 or more (maximum 50 points)
With a Certification of Qualification	25	50

ADDITIONAL FACTORS

Factors	Points Per factor
Siblings in Canada (Permanent Resident or Citizen)	15
NCLC 7 or more in French Language and minimum CLB 4 (Or No English Test)	25
NCLC 7 or more in French Language and minimum CLB 5 or higher	50
Post-Secondary Education gained in Canada one or two years	15
Post-Secondary Education gained in Canada three years or more	30
Arranged Employment / Job Offer from Canada in NOC Type 00	200
Arranged Employment / Job Offer from Canada in NOC Type 0, A or B	50
Canada PNP nomination	600

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How is CRS points different from the eligibility points?

CRS points are dedicated to selecting a suitable candidate for Canadian Immigration which considers factors such as Age, Experience, Education, language proficiency, spouse factors, arranged employment, and foreign or Canadian education and work experience. In contrast, the Canada Eligibility points system is a preliminary stage to become eligible for the Canada Express Entry program, which involves the factors such as age, Experience, Education, language proficiency & adaptability Canada CRS points calculator.
What is the minimum IELTS required for Canada Express Entry and CRS?

Under the Canada Express Entry, an applicant must score a minimum of CLB 7 which means the applicant must score a minimum of 6.0 bands in each component of Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking in IELTS General to demonstrate language ability. However, the applicant must score more than CLB 7 to improve the chances of getting selected by authorities.
How to improve CRS Scores?

There are several measures to improve CRS points under the express entry:

You can reappear for the IELTS examination and improve your IELTS score, which will reflect in CRS points calculator
Change primary applicant or acquire spousal points from qualification
Apply for Canada PNP and achieve PNP nomination, which will grant 600 additional CRS points
Gain Canadian Experience and Education which will reflect in CRS
Try to get a job offer from Canadian employers and earn 50 to 200 CRS points

What are the factors to consider in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)?

Applicants must demonstrate high points in Age, Experience (Foreign), Canadian Experience, Education (Foreign), Canadian Education, Language Proficiency (English or French), arranged employment, spousal qualification, spousal language proficiency, and certification of qualification. The higher the points scored in each factor, the higher is your chance of getting selected under express entry CRS calculator.

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