Planning Canada immigration? Find out your chances with Canada points calculator

There’s a lot about Canada that makes it the number one destination for immigration. Canada immigration is the most happening migration event and it gets better year after year! The number of people entering Canada as part of Canada skilled migration has in fact set its immigration records unprecedently high for its own and world standards.

With an immigration management system like Canada Express Entry, the country is making great strides to ensure that skilled foreign nationals are attracted to the prospects in the country and are immigrating in large numbers. Canada immigration process via Canada Express Entry is among the shortest in the world with the whole process completed within 6 months.

The Great White North, as Canada is called, always welcomes potential immigrants who are skilled and qualified enough to score high on the Canada immigration points system. You can use the Canada points calculator to find out where you are in terms of CRS score, which is used by Canada Express Entry to evaluate immigration candidate profiles.

Here, we will check out the basic scoring pattern applied in Canada points calculator. Thus, you will understand the various factors considered while deciding CRS scores of Express Entry profiles which decides how high is your probability of being invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

The Canada immigration points calculator

If you are interested to know how many points on the CRS scoreboard you are going to get. Here, we will give you detailed points allocation for various factors considered in the Canada points calculator.

First, we will look at the maximum scores possible for various factors.

A. Core/human capital factors
Factors	Points per factor – With a spouse/common-law partner		Points per factor – Without a spouse/common-law partner
Age	100		110
Proficiency in official languages	150		160
Education level	140		150
Work experience in Canada	70		80
B. Spouse/common-law partner factors
Factors		Points per factor  (40 points max.)
Education level		10
Work experience in Canada		10
Proficiency in official language		20

 

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

C. Skill Transferability factors (100 points m)
Education	Points per factor  (50 points max.)
Having good/strong proficiency in official languages & a post-secondary degree	50
Having work experience in Canada & a post-secondary degree	50
Foreign work experience	Points per factor  (50 points max.)
Having good/strong proficiency in official languages (At least CLB level 7) & foreign work experience	50
Having work experience in Canada & foreign work experience	50

Qualification certificate (for people in trade occupations)	Points per factor  (50 points max.)
Having good/strong proficiency in official languages and a qualification certificate	50

1. Core/human capital + B. Spouse/common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = 600 points max.

D. Additional points (600 points max.)
Factor	Max. points per factor
Brother/sister residing in Canada (permanent resident/citizen)	15
Post-secondary education in Canada	30
French language skills	50
Provincial nomination	600
Arranged employment	200

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

Now, let’s look at the detailed view by sectors:**

Points breakdown, section by section

CRS – A. CORE/HUMAN CAPITAL FACTORS

• WITH A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER: 460 POINTS MAX. FOR ALL FACTORS COMBINED.
• WITHOUT A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER: 500 POINTS MAX. FOR ALL FACTORS COMBINED.

Age	With a spouse/common-law partner  (100 points max.)	Without a spouse/common-law partner  (110 points max.)
17 years or less	0	0
18 years	90	99
19 years	95	105
20 to 29 years	100	110
30 years	95	105
31 years	90	99
32 years	85	94
33 years	80	88
34 years	75	83
35 years	70	77
36 years	65	72
37 years	60	66
38 years	55	61
39 years	50	55
40 years	45	50
41 years	35	39
42 years	25	28
43 years	15	17
44 years	5	6
45 years or more	0	0
Education Level		With a spouse/ common-law partner  (140 points max.)	Without a spouse/ common-law partner  (150 points max.)
Less than secondary school (high school)		0	0
Secondary diploma (high school graduation)		28	30
1-year degree, diploma/certificate from a college, university, trade/ technical school, or other institute		84	90
2-year program at a college, university, trade/technical school, or other institute		91	98
Bachelor’s degree OR a 3-year or more program at a college, university, trade/technical school, or other institute		112	120
2 or more certificates, degrees, or diplomas. One must be for a 3-year or more program		119	128
Master’s degree OR professional degree required to practice in a licensed profession (Professional degree is a degree program in: medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, law, optometry, pharmacy, or chiropractic medicine)		126	135
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)		140	150

Proficiency in official languages – First official language

Max. points for each ability (writing, reading, listening, and speaking):

• 32 WITH A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER
• 34 WITHOUT A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER

CLB level per ability	With a spouse/ common-law partner  (128 points max.)	Without a spouse/ common-law partner  (136 points max.)
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

Proficiency in official languages – Second official language

Max. points for each ability (writing, reading, listening, and speaking):

• WITH A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER (UP TO A COMBINED MAX. OF 22 POINTS) – 6
• WITHOUT A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER (UP TO A COMBINED MAX. OF 24 POINTS) – 6

CLB level per ability	With a spouse/ common-law partner  (22 points max.)	Without a spouse/ common-law partner  (24 points max.)
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or more	6	6
Work experience in Canada	With a spouse/ common-law partner  (70 points max.)	Without a spouse or common-law partner  (80 points max.)
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/COMMON-LAW PARTNER – 460 POINTS MAX.
• WITHOUT A SPOUSE/COMMON-LAW PARTNER – 500 POINTS MAX.

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

Education level of spouse/common-law partner	With spouse/common-law partner  (10 points max.)
Less than secondary school (high school)	0
Secondary school (high school graduation)	2
1-year program at a college, university, trade/technical school, or other institute	6
2-year program at a college, university, trade/technical school, or other institute	7
Bachelor’s degree OR a 3-year or more program at a college, university, trade/technical school, or other institute	8
2 or more certificates, degrees, or diplomas. One must be for a 3-year or more program	9
Master’s degree/professional degree required to work in a licensed profession (Professional degree is a degree program in: medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, law, optometry, pharmacy, or chiropractic medicine)	10
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	10

Spouse’s/common-law partner’s proficiency in official languages – First official language

CLB level per ability (writing, reading, listening, and speaking)	Max. 20 points per section  Max. 5 points per ability
CLB 4 or less	0
CLB 5 or 6	1
CLB 7 or 8	3
CLB 9 or more	5
Spouse’s work experience in Canada	10 points max.
None or less than a year	0
1 year	5
2 years	7
3 years	8
4 years	9
5 years or more	10

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

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

Education

Having good proficiency in official language CLB 7 or higher & a post-secondary degree	Points for CLB 7 or more on all abilities in first official language, with one or more under CLB 9  (25 points max.)	Points for CLB 9 or more on all 4 abilities in the first official language  (50 points max.)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of 1 year or more	13	25
2 or more post-secondary program credentials & at least 1 of these credentials was issued when a post-secondary program of 3 years or longer was completed	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 NOC matrix at Skill Level A requiring licensing by a provincial regulatory body	25	50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level	25	50
With work experience in Canada and a post-secondary degree	Points for education + 1 year of work experience in Canada  (25 points max.)	Points for education + 2 years or more of work experience in Canada  (50 points max.)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of 1 year or more	13	25
2 or more post-secondary program credentials & at least 1 of these credentials was issued when a post-secondary program of 3 years or longer was completed	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 NOC matrix at Skill Level A requiring licensing by a provincial regulatory body	25	50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level	25	50

Foreign work experience must be with good proficiency in official language CLB 7 or higher.

Work experience in years	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all abilities in the first official language, one or more under 9  (25 points max.)	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all 4 abilities in first official language  (50 points max.)
No foreign work experience	0	0
1-2 years	13	25
3 years or more	25	50

Foreign work experience with Canadian work experience

Work experience in years	Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of work experience in Canada  (25 points max.)	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of work experience in Canada  (50 points max.)
No foreign work experience	0	0
1-2 years	13	25
3 years or more	25	50
Qualification certificate (trade occupations) – With good proficiency in official language CLB 5 or higher)	Points for qualification certificate + CLB 5 or more on all abilities in first official language, one or more under 7  (25 points max.)	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all 4 abilities in first official language (50 points max.)
With a qualification certificate	25	50

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

CRS – D. Additional points (maximum 600 points)

Additional points	600 points max.
Brother/sister residing in Canada as a permanent resident/citizen of Canada	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all 4 skills in the French language and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or haven’t taken a test of English language)	25
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all 4 skills in the French language and scored CLB 5 or higher on all 4 skills in the English language	50
Credential of 1-2 years of post-secondary education in Canada	15
Credential of 3 years or more of post-secondary education in Canada	30
Arranged employment – NOC 00	200
Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B	50
Nomination from a province/territory	600

Subtotal: D. Additional points – 600 points max.

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

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