Canada Express Entry CRS Points Calculator

In Canada, Express Entry is a new and exciting approach to immigration, and it is based on a Human Capital model. Your age, education, language skills, professional work experience, and many other factors will be examined, and each criteria will be given a ranking score ( see the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) on the next page).

It is really important to remember that this is not a new way of qualifying to immigrate. You still need to qualify in one of the main categories: most often the Federal Skilled Worker or Canadian Experience Class. It is however a new process for stepping forward, and being seen by CIC. It is more critical now than ever to have professional guidance in putting your best foot forward, and knowing all of the criteria from the beginning.

Here are some highlights of the new program:

You must first qualify in one of the main immigration categories such as the Federal Skilled Worker or the Canadian Experience Class
You must have completed an English or French language proficiency test and have your scores available
You must have your Education Credentials Assessment (ECA) completed and report in hand
No occupations list for the first time in over 6 years!
Once the Express Entry application is successfully submitted, CIC will select candidates using the Comprehensive Ranking System, and if chosen you will receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA)
Candidates will have only 60 days to apply for Permanent Residence after receiving an ITA. You must be ready to go when called on!
Candidates can improve their scores by registering on the Job Bank with Service Canada, and having a job offer with a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA – LMO)
Employers will be able to search your profile via the Job Bank, and if they offer you work through Job Matching, and get an LMIA for you, you will receive an Invitation to Apply
Misrepresentation – even accidentally misstating your qualifications or other error, will result in an applicant being banned for five years from applying again

If you would like to know how you rank in the new Express Entry program, we invite you to first complete an assessment form for either the Federal Skilled Worker FSW or the Canadian Experience Class CEC. Then you are invited to complete the CES Assessment form.

Without seeing if you qualify in one of the main categories first, knowing your EE CRS score has no value.

Legal Disclaimer: This tool is intended solely for general guidance and reference purposes. In the event of any discrepancy between the results of this questionnaire and that provided by the Express Entry electronic system, the results provided by the system shall govern, in accordance with provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, and Minister's Instructions issued under IRPA s.10.3. This tool will be updated from time to time in accordance with changes to the Ministerial Instructions governing Express Entry.

This tool will help you calculate your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score based on the answers you provide below. The CRS is a points-based system that we use to assess and score your profile and rank it in the Express Entry pool. It’s used to assess your:

skills
education
language ability
work experience
other factors

Use this tool if:

you’re eligible for at least 1 Express Entry program
and
you have not filled out an Express Entry profile but you’d like to see what your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score might be if you do
or
you were invited to apply for permanent residence, and want to see if a change to your profile may affect your CRS score

You need to make sure that your CRS score is above the minimum points score of your round of invitations.

Your Name (required)

Your Email (required)

Your Phone Number (required)

Please prove you are human by selecting the Plane.

1) What is your marital status?

2) i. Is your spouse or common-law partner a citizen or permanent resident of Canada?

2) ii. Will your spouse or common-law partner come with you to Canada?

3) 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.

4) 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.

4b) 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

4c) Choose the best answer to describe this level of education.

5) 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.

i. Are your test results less than two years old?

6) Work Experience

i. 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.

Criteria scores will be allocated up to the following maximums as follows, for a total overall of 1200 points maximum:

age 110,
education 150,
language skills 160,
Canadian work experience 80,
partner’s education, language and Canadian work 40,
Skills transferability (cross-matching factors) 100,
and having a Provincial Nomination or Arranged Employment 600

CRS Points in Detail Express Entry Assessment Form

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