Canada Points Calculator for Permanent Residency

Would you like to know if you have enough points to apply for permanent residence in Canada? This post includes all the important information regarding Canada CRS Points calculation and how we can help you meet all the eligibility requirements for Canada PR.

What is CRS?

The CRS or Comprehensive Ranking System is a points-based system used by the IRCC to assess and score your express entry profile and rank it in the Express Entry Pool. This score is based on the following aspects of a candidate’s profile:

• Education
• Age
• Language
• Skills
• Adaptability
• Work Experience and more

Who should calculate their CRS score?

If you are eligible for at least 1 Express Entry Program out of the following, you can calculate your CRS score and match it with the score in the current round of invitations. These programs are:

• Federal Skilled Worker Program
• Federal Skilled Trades Program
• Canadian Experience Class
• Eligibility Criteria for Federal Skilled Worker Program

Those who are applying under the Federal Skilled Worker Program need to ensure their eligibility through selection factor points. The IRCC assesses your application based on:

• age
• Education
• Work experience
• Whether you have a valid job offer
• English and/or French language skills
• Adaptability (how well you’re likely to settle in Canada)

These factors are included in a 100-point grid (as shown in the table below) out of which you need to score at least 67 points. Otherwise, you are not eligible for the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Program. So make sure to check your eligibility for the FSW program before you calculate your CRS score. This criterion is not valid for the Federal Skilled Trades Program and Canadian Experience Class Program.

CRS Overview
Criteria	Points Associated
Age	12 Points
Education	25 points
Work Experience	15 points
Language proficiency	28 points
Adaptability	10 points
Arranged Employment	10 points

Calculation of CRS Score for FSW and CEC Candidates

The CRS score calculation is based on three different categories - Core/Human Capital Factor (Maximum 500 points), Skill Transferability Factor (Maximum 100 points) and Additional Factors (Maximum 600 points). The maximum CRS score could be 1200 points.

Categories under the Core/Human Capital Factor include:

• Age
• Education level
• Official
• languages proficiency (IELTS)
• Canadian working experience
• Spouse - Level of education
• Spouse - Official language proficiency
• Spouse Required IELTS Score (General)

Let’s break down each of these categories to help you understand how you can score maximum CRS points.

Factors	With Spouse/ common-law partner	Without Spouse/ common-law partner
Age	110	100
Education level	150	140
Official languages proficiency (IELTS)	160	150
Canadian working experience	80	70
Spouse - Level of education	10
Spouse - Official language proficiency	20
Spouse Required IELTS Score (General)	10
Total	500	460

CRS Points for Age
Age (years)	CRS points without spouse/partner	CRS points with spouse/partner
17 or younger	0	0
18	99	90
19	105	95
20 to 29	110	100
30	105	95
31	99	90
32	94	85
33	88	80
34	83	75
35	77	70
36	72	65
37	66	60
38	61	55
39	55	50
40	50	45
41	39	35
42	28	25
43	17	15
44	6	5
45 or older	0	0

CRS Points for Educational Qualification
Education Level	CRS points without spouse/partner	CRS points with spouse/partner
		Principal Applicant	Spouse/Partner
Doctoral (PhD) degree	150	140	10
Master's degree, OR professional degree	135	126	10
Two or more credentials, with at least one for a program of three years or more	128	119	9
Three-year or more post-secondary credential	120	112	8
Two-year post-secondary credential	98	91	7
One-year post-secondary credential	90	84	6
Secondary (high) school diploma	30	28	2
Less than secondary (high) school	0

CRS Points for Work Experience
Canadian Work Experience	CRS points without spouse/partner	CRS points with spouse/partner
		Principal Applicant	Spouse/Partner
Less than one year	0	0	0
One year	40	35	5
Two years	53	46	7
Three years	64	56	8
Four years	72	63	9
Five years or more	80	70	10

CRS Scores for Language Proficiency
First Official Language Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)	CRS points without spouse/partner	CRS points with spouse/partner
		Principal Applicant	Spouse/Partner
CLB3 or less	0	0	0
CLB4	6	6	0
CLB5	6	6	1
CLB6	9	8	1
CLB7	17	16	3
CLB8	23	22	3
CLB9	31	29	5
CLB10 or more	34	32	5

Categories under the Skill Transferability Factor include:

• Education and Language Ability (CLB 7 - CLB 9 50 13) OR Education and Canadian Work Experience
• Language Ability and (Foreign work experience) Non-Canadian Work Experience OR Canadian work experience and foreign work experience (Non- Canadian Work Experience)
• Certificate of Qualification in a Trade and Language Ability

Let’s break down each of these categories to help you understand how you can score maximum CRS points.

Point Calculation for FSW Candidates who do not have a Canadian Work Experience
Education level + Language proficiency	Minimum CLB7 on the four language abilities	Minimum CLB9 on the four language abilities
Post-secondary education of less than 1 year	0	0
Post-secondary education of at least 1 year	13	25
At least 2 post-secondary credentials, one of which is a program at least 3 years	25	50

Point Calculation for CEC Candidates
Education level + Canadian work experience	At least 1 year of Canadian work experience	At least 2 years of Canadian work experience
Post-secondary education of less than 1 year	0	0
Post-secondary education of at least 1 year	13	25
At least 2 post-secondary credentials, one of which is a program at least 3 years	25	50

Candidates can also earn additional points as per the criteria given below:

Additional Points Criteria	Points
Provincial or territorial nomination acquired through an Express Entry aligned PNP stream	600
Valid job offer in NOC skill type 00 (Senior Management)	200
Valid job offer in NOC skill type/level 0, A or B	50
Completion of a post-secondary program in Canada, of at least 3 years in duration	30
Completion of a post-secondary program in Canada, of 1 or 2 years in duration	15
French: at least CLB7 AND English: at least CLB5 - On all four language abilities	30
French: at least CLB7 AND English: lower than CLB5 or no test results- On all four language abilities	15
Sibling in Canada as Citizen or Permanent Resident	15

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