Work out your your CRS points with our CRS Calculator 2023

CRS Calculator Points

The CRS Calculator is one of the most popular searches in Canada Immigration. Individuals and families use the CRS Calculator to work out their points for Canada Immigration through the Express Entry Program.

Express Entry, introduced in 2015, has become one of the most popular ways for refugees and asylum seekers to reach Canada. Express Entry is an application management system used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to manage applications from individuals and families from around the world traveling to Canada through the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

More than 1.5 million people have entered Canada by express entry, with an average of 1,500 applications per day. Canada’s immigration system is one of the largest and most successful in the world, and Express Entry Canada is a competitive immigration system in which candidates compete against each other and the candidates who top the rankings are then asked to apply for a permanent Canadian residence visa.

Express Entry is available for individuals and families who wish to move permanently or semi-permanently to Canada. Express Entry allows individuals or families wishing to move to Canada to obtain a new permanent residence within a few months.

What is the CRS Calculator Used For?

The CRS Calculator does not automatically mean that you are accepted or rejected for a Canada Permanent Residency Visa. The CRS calculated score is specific to Express Entry and applicants with the highest CRS scores are drawn out of Express Entry and invited to apply for one of the Canadaian PR Visas:

What Visa can I get with a good CRS Calculation

The CRS Points score calculation is not a visa points calculation. CRS Points are specific to Express Entry. An applicant must have two scores for a successful Canada Immigration application

CRS Calculator Points are for selection out of Express Entry
Canada Visa Points are still required for each specific visa program

CRS Calculator Score

The Canadian government has developed a performance-based points system to assess immigration candidates, which assigns ratings to candidates in the Express Entry Pool. This system of points is called the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) and the score assigned to each candidate is called the CRS Score.

For each person who submits a profile to the Express Entry Pool, a CRS score out of 1200 points will be awarded, and a total of 1,000 points will be awarded to each person. Every two weeks or so, the Canadian government runs an express entry draw, inviting the highest-ranking crs candidates to apply for Canadian Permanent Residency.

The CRS Calculator Infographic below explains how many points a candidate can earn for each factor in the comprehensive ranking system:

2023 CRS Calculator Online

Follow the guide below to calculate your CRS Points

**Core CRS Points**
Factors	Points per factor – With a spouse or common-law partner	Points per factor – 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

**B. Spouse or common-law partner factors**
Factors	Points per factor (Maximum 40 points)
Level of education	10
Official language proficiency	20
Canadian Work Experience	10

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points (with OR without a spouse or common-law partner)

**C. Skill Transferability factors (Maximum 100 points)**
Education	Points per factor (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 CRS Points	Points per factor (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 per factor (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

**D. Additional points (Maximum 600 points)**
Factor	Maximum points per factor
Brother or sister living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident)	15
French language skills	30
Post-secondary education in Canada	30
Arranged employment	200
PN nomination	600

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors + C. Transferability factors + D. Additional points = Grand total – Maximum 1,200 points

CRS – A. Core / human capital factors

With a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 460 points total for all factors.
Without a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 500 points total for all factors.

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	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	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

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital factors

With a spouse or common-law partner – Maximum 460 points
Without a spouse or common-law partner – Maximum 500 points

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

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	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.

Subtotal : A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points

CRS – C. Skill transferability factors (Maximum 100 points for this section)

Education

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

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors – Maximum 600 points

CRS – D. Additional points (Maximum 600 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)	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills	30
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential of one or two years	15
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential three years or longer	30
Arranged employment – NOC 00	200
Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B	50
Provincial or territorial nomination	600

Subtotal: D. Additional points – Maximum 600 points

Grand total: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors + D. Additional points = Maximum 1,200 points

Will my CRS Calculator score get an Invitation to Apply?

If you become a permanent resident of Canada through the Express Entry System, you must receive an invitation from the IRCC to apply for the ITA. If your CRS score is below the minimum CRS value set for a particular draw, you will not receive the Ita. The draw is normally held every two weeks on Wednesdays, but the IRCC has deviated from that unspoken rule.

How does my CRS calculated Score Compare against other draws?

Below is a summary of the most recent and most relevant Express Entry draws and the minimum CRS Calculated points for each invitation round. If your calculated CRS points are below these historical draws then you would not have received an invitation. If your CRS calculated points score is equal to or above these historical CRS points draws then there is a good chance you would have been issued with an invitation to apply for Canadian Permanent residency.

Date	Number of Invitations	Lowest CRS Score
8/20/2020	3,300	454
8/19/2020	600	711
8/6/2020	250	415
8/5/2020	3,900	476
7/23/2020	3,343	445
7/22/2020	557	687
7/8/2020	3,900	478
6/25/2020	3,508	431
6/24/2020	392	696
6/11/2020	3,559	437
6/10/2020	341	743
5/28/2020	3,515	440
5/27/2020	385	757
5/15/2020	3,371	447
5/14/2020	529	718
5/1/2020	3,311	452
4/29/2020	589	692
4/16/2020	3,782	455
4/15/2020	118	808
4/9/2020	3,294	464
4/9/2020	606	698
3/23/2020	3232	467
3/20/2020	668	720
3/4/2020	3900	471
2/19/2020	4500	470
2/5/2020	3500	472
1/22/2020	3400	471
1/8/2020	3400	473

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