Express Entry CRS Calculator

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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.

Canada introduced the Express Entry system in 2015. The new program facilitates faster processing of applications for various federal economic immigration programs. The Federal Skilled Trades, Federal Skilled Worker, and the Canadian Experience Class are the main programs under the Express Entry program and are very competitive. Immigration candidates are ranked against each other, and only the individuals who rank high are chosen to become permanent residents in Canada.

The CRS score

To effectively rank immigration candidates, the government created a merit-based points system that assigns a score to all candidates in the Express Entry pool. This point system is known as CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System). The score assigned to the candidates is referred to as the CRS score.

The points a candidate gets from the CRS include a comprehensive set of a maximum of 600 and a set of extra points 600 (maximum). Therefore, your total score will be calculated out of 1,200.

The core points: a maximum of 600

Skills and experience factors
Common-law partner or spouse factors such as their education level and language skills
Skills transferability including work experience and education

Additional points: A maximum of 600

Canadian work experience, certificates, diplomas, or degrees
A legitimate job offer
Excellent French language skills
A sister or brother living in Canada who is a permanent resident or citizen of Canada
A nomination from a Canadian territory or province

The sum of your core points and extra points is your total CRS score.

Calculate Your Score

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) 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) 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, but only if it made up less than half your study.

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 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), or
technical jobs and skilled trades/manual work (NOC Skill Type B).

If you are not sure of the NOC level for this job, you can find your NOC on this site.

Express Entry CRS Calculator

The CRS score

The core points: a maximum of 600

Additional points: A maximum of 600

Calculate Your Score

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