Express Entry – Comprehensive CRS Points Breakdown

Understanding Your Express Entry CRS Score

The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) is used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to assess and rank candidates in the Express Entry pool. Your CRS score is calculated based on factors such as age, education, language proficiency, work experience, and other additional criteria. The maximum CRS score is 1,200 points. Candidates with the highest scores are invited to apply for permanent residence through regular draws from the pool. Use the detailed breakdown below to understand how points are allocated across different categories and calculate your potential CRS score.

A. Core/human capital factors

You will earn points as if you don’t have a spouse or partner if:

  • they are not coming with you to Canada, or
  • they are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
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
Official languages proficiency 150 160
Canadian work experience 70 80
Point Breakdown of Core/human capital factors

  • With a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 460 points total
  • Without a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 500 points total

Age

Age With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 100 points) Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 110 points)
17 years of age or less 0 0
18 years of age 90 99
19 years of age 95 105
20 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

Level of Education

Level of Education With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 140 points) Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 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 university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute 84 90
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute 91 98
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute 112 120
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years 119 128
Master’s degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree,” the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.) 126 135
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.) 140 150

Official languages proficiency – first official language

Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):

  • 32 with a spouse or common-law partner
  • 34 without a spouse or common-law partner
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 128 points) Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 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 languages proficiency – second official language

Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):

  • 6 with a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 22 points)
  • 6 without a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 24 points)
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 22 points) Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 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

Canadian work experience With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 70 points) Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 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

B. Spouse or common-law partner factors (if applicable)

Factors Points (Maximum 40 points)
Level of education 10
Official language proficiency 20
Canadian work experience 10
Point Breakdown of Spouse or common-law partner factors (if applicable)

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education With spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 10 points) Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
Less than secondary school (high school) 0 n/a
Secondary school (high school graduation) 2 n/a
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute 6 n/a
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institute 7 n/a
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute 8 n/a
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years 9 n/a
Master’s degree, or professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree”, the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.) 10 n/a
Doctoral level university degree (PhD) 10 n/a

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s official languages proficiency – first official language

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening) Maximum 20 points for section
Maximum 5 points per ability		 Without 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

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Spouse’s Canadian work experience

Spouse’s Canadian work experience Maximum 10 points Without 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

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

C. Skill Transferability factors

Education Points (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a post-secondary degree 50
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree 50
Foreign work experience Points (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark [CLB] level 7 or higher) and foreign work experience 50
With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience 50
Certificate of qualification (for people in trade occupations) Points (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a certificate of qualification 50
Point Breakdown of Skill transferability factors

  • For skill transferability factors: Maximum of 100 points

Education

With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher) and a post-secondary degree

Education level Points for CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, with one or more under CLB 9 (Maximum 25 points) Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 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
A university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required 25 50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level 25 50

With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree

Education level Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points) Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 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
A university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required 25 50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level 25 50

Foreign work experience – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher)

Years of experience Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9 (Maximum 25 points) Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 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

Years of experience Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points) Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 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 (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 5 or higher)

Qualification Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7 (Maximum 25 points) Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
With a certificate of qualification 25 50

D. Additional points

Factor Maximum points per factor
Brother or sister living in Canada (18 years or older, citizen or permanent resident) 15
French language skills 50
Post-secondary education in Canada 30
Provincial or territorial nomination 600
Breakdown of additional points
Additional points Maximum 600 points
Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada 15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test) 25
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills 50
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential of one or two years 15
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential three years or longer 30
Provincial or territorial nomination 600

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862 thoughts on “Express Entry – Comprehensive CRS Points Breakdown”

  1. I am 42 married with one son age 10 years. My IELTS score is 7.5. I am in the express entry pool but when my CRS scores were calculated it was 329 only. Am a Post Graduate with 7 plus years of Teaching experience.
    what I see now is that only people with above 400 CRS scores are being selected for invitation. So, my question is do I have any chance to get invitation or is there any other way which can help me get the invitation from Canadian Government for immigration.

    Please help..

    Thanks,
    Protima

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    • get a bandscore of 8 in ielts. ie L-8, R-7, S-7, W-7. Also, achieve a CLB 7 in french. This will give you a massive boost. Then also it might be difficult to reach the required score for express entry, but chances for PNP will be very high.

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  2. Hi This is Ishwor from Dubai, I have 2 years Diploma Degree plus 4 years of Bachelor accredited by WES. My age is 30 running until Aug 2019 and my IELTS score is 6-6-6.5-6.5 R-W-S-L. I have five years plus experience in Finance same field of my Bachelor’s.
    I want to move to Canada please advise.

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  3. Dear sir/ma… Am 32 years old with Bsc in Economic…. Had four years working experience…. Married. I want to become a a Canadian permanent residents with my family. Have not really taken any step. Please what’s the first step I need to take ?

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  4. Hi
    My husband is a pharmacist not in canada , can he get a job offer in Canada before he start the express entry?

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    • No, it’s a regulated license.so no one will give him job letter
      For more information contact 604-364-9949 waatsup

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  5. I have applied for PR under EE for canada.
    After PR one can work in Canada.
    Can someone study in canadian universities after one gets COPR and then you land in canada for your PR card?
    Does universities accept this as domestic student?

    Or if one has to study there has to go by study visa only??

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    • I am 27, never been married. My IELTS score is 8.5. I am in the express entry pool but when my CRS scores were calculated it was 453 only. Am a Post Graduate with 4 plus years of work experience.
      So, my question is why am I getting 25 points for work experience? Any idea how to get my points up

      Please help..

      Thanks,

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  6. I apply for Canada express entry and I have receive my score 70,so what is the next step becus I have not receive invitation to apply.

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  7. Hi am 40 yrs old, working in Canada with work.permit since last 4 months. I have done degree in hospitality science and bachelor of arts. Since 12 years working as chef Noc.B . But I had only 5 band score in IELTS . What will be the good optioon to apply for PR IN ALBERTA

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  8. Hi, I have professional degree in medicine and I have studied in 6 years but continuous and I receive just one degree that I now it has 135 score in education like a master degree, but in transferability factors with language proficiency CLB9 I receive 25 or 50?
    express entry score tool in cic website show 50 but I think it,s wrong.
    could you help me?
    thank you.

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  9. Hi, I have professional degree in medicine and I have studied in 6 years but continuous and I receive just one degree that I now it has 135 score in education like a master degree, but in transferability factors with language proficiency CLB9 I receive 25 or 50?
    express entry score tool in cic website shows 50 but I think it,s wrong.
    could you help me?
    thank you.

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  10. Hi,
    I have a B.Tech and a MBA. I have an WES ECA for them as mentioned below:-
    B.Tech – Bachelors Degree (4 years)
    MBA – Postgraduate diploma (one year)
    While filling up the Express Entry profile for Canada PR, there is no option in the dropdown which matches the ECA for MBA by WES. Which option should be selected in such a case ?

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  12. I AM 53 Years old .i have Many Years working electronics assembly And repair. I worked in nennah electronics assembly in usa along time ago. Can i have the oportunity that a compartir front Canadá offert me Job as skilled worked?

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    • I am 26 years old and I have done matriculation from CBSE board moreover I have 3 years diploma in mechanical engineering afterthat six years experience in Godrej manufacturing company as an executive assistant
      Ilets is compulsary or not
      Compulsary so how much band I need to move abroad in express entry or pr visa

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  13. I am Oluwaseun Adesanya, I want to apply for Canadian Permanent residency and I need guidance for the process

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  15. I calculated my crs it is 385. My foreign work experience (IT) will turn 4 years in August 2019. Will I get same points for 3 years work experience or 4 years work experience. What is the threshold for foreign work experience?

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  16. Dear Concern,
    I am Taimur Rahman from Bangladesh. I completed a Bachelor Degree (4 years) in Mechanical Engineering. I am interested in Immigrating to Canada. According to ECA (WES) it’s considered as 4 years Bachelor degree with Mechanical Engineering specialization.
    I have a few questions and need your assistance.

    What will be the Field of study in the Express Entry application form? I am not sure whether it would be “Science.Applied” / “Science.General”? Or, should I select the option as “Others”? Please help.

    I have more than 4 years of full-time job experience in total. But, there is a gap of 2 years in between 2 jobs (First job: 2 years; 2 years gap; Second job: 2 years 4 months). Would it be considered as “3 years or more of foreign work experience”. That means, how this in-between 2 years gap would be considered ?

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  17. My overall band is 6 and my husbands 8 in IELTS and he is the primary applicant, I just wanted to know am I eligible for Express Entry as a spouse factor with score in my LRWS 6,4.5,6,6.5 ? An

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  18. I have law degree and it’s a 5 year integrated program after 12th with dual degree 1) B.L.S (bachelor in legal science) 2) bachelor of law and, law is a professional degree so should i go with masters or professional degree as law is a professional degree which required license or with bachelor degree with 2 to 3 more degrees?

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  19. Hi
    I am vidur khanna from New Delhi. I have diploma in business management.And I do have certificate of plumbing level 3 .Can I apply for Canada Pr for Nova Scotia in category b

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  20. I have done B.A LL.B – 5 yr integrated study. Will it be considered as a professional degree or a mere Bachelor’s degree by WES and also in terms of Express entry profile?

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  21. I am a graduate,51 yrs.
    I study Electronic/ Telecommunications, And I am basically focus on POS repair and maintenance which am practically doing till now. E.g. Pax S90,Verifone and Nexgo G780.etc.I believe that Canada need skill and experience skillful worker.

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  25. Hi All,
    I have completed 1year of work experience in Canada and while creating express entry profile I wanted to leverage that to get additional points but i believe that the option to provide this work experience only appears if i have valid job offer, can someone help me to understand how can i show my Work experience in case where I don’t have job offer and will it fetch me any additional points.

    Thanks,
    Yogesh

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  27. I am confused which option i need to select . My india education is Bachelors 3yrs and canada diploma 2 yrs . What option do i need to choose in level of education ? Please help

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  28. Hi,

    Just wanted to gain some true knowledge as every individual come up with fake facts. I have given ielts thrice and but lacking behind because of .05 . I have to apply for PNP for all the provinces depending upon their eligibility .

    Kindly suggest.

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  29. Hi, my IELTS score is 6.5 overall, not less than six, MBA in int business with a Marketing Minor.
    10 years as a marketing manager experience
    Age 36
    Duel degree considered by WES
    My express entry score is 329
    My wife has done IELTS with 6 band not less than 5
    Plz suggest the way to reach my destination

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  30. I have created cic profile, me as primary applicant and my spouse as dependent applicant. My question is, can my spouse use the cic job seeker code to apply for jobs. If not how can he apply. And if he gets job before me , will that help in our crs score?

    Please help..
    Thank you

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