Points test
Canada Express Entry CRS calculator
Scores an Express Entry profile out of 1,200 against the IRCC Comprehensive Ranking System grid, including the spouse columns and skill-transferability combinations.
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The route this scores for
Express Entry — Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
A score is only half the answer. The route page has what Canada actually requires, what it costs, where you would file it from, and how long it takes — every figure quoted from the official page it came from.
See the full routeWhat this grid asks
The criteria below are the ones the published grid scores, grouped the way the authority groups them. They are restated here from the source linked above, so you can see what the calculator will ask before you start.
About you
- Your age
- 16–80
- Is a spouse or partner coming with you?
- Yes or no
Education
- Highest completed education
- Less than secondary school · Secondary school (high school) · One-year post-secondary programme · Two-year post-secondary programme · Bachelor's degree or three-year programme · Two or more credentials, one of three years or more · Master's or professional degree · Doctoral degree (PhD)
- Education completed in Canada
- No Canadian credential · One- or two-year Canadian credential · Three-year, master's or doctoral Canadian credential
First official language
- Which language did you test first?
- English · French
- First language — speaking
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- First language — listening
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- First language — reading
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- First language — writing
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
Second official language
- Second language — speaking
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- Second language — listening
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- Second language — reading
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- Second language — writing
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
Work experience
- Years of skilled work in Canada
- 0–5
- Years of skilled work outside Canada
- 0–3
- Do you hold a Canadian certificate of qualification in a trade?
- Yes or no
Additional points
- Do you have a provincial or territorial nomination?
- Yes or no
- Do you have a brother or sister who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident?
- Yes or no
Your spouse or partner
- Spouse's highest completed education
- Less than secondary school · Secondary school (high school) · One-year post-secondary programme · Two-year post-secondary programme · Bachelor's degree or three-year programme · Two or more credentials, one of three years or more · Master's or professional degree · Doctoral degree (PhD)
- Spouse's years of skilled work in Canada
- 0–5
- Spouse's language — speaking
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- Spouse's language — listening
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- Spouse's language — reading
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
- Spouse's language — writing
- Below CLB 4 / not tested · CLB 4 · CLB 5 · CLB 6 · CLB 7 · CLB 8 · CLB 9 · CLB 10 or above
Notes and caveats
- Points for a job offer were removed on 25 March 2025. A valid job offer no longer adds anything to a CRS score, though it still matters for some programmes.
- There is no pass mark. Each invitation round has its own cut-off, which moves with the size of the pool and the category being drawn.
- A provincial nomination adds 600 points and in practice guarantees an invitation in a general draw.
Common questions
- What CRS score do I need for Express Entry?
- There is no fixed pass mark. The CRS is a ranking out of 1,200, and the cut-off is whatever score the lowest-ranked candidate invited in a given round happened to hold — it moves every draw, and it differs between general draws and category-based ones. That is why this calculator shows no threshold: publishing one would be inventing a number IRCC does not set.
- Does a high score mean I will be invited?
- No. A score places you in the pool; an invitation depends on the draws IRCC actually runs, their category, and how many candidates above you are in the pool at that moment. Your score can rise while your odds fall, if the pool rises faster.
- Where do these points come from?
- From the Comprehensive Ranking System grid published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, last read on 15 August 2026. The link above goes to that page — every value here can be checked against it.
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