How the CRS score is built

Express Entry ranks every profile in the pool on a scale of 0 to 1,200. The score has four parts: core human capital (age, education, languages and Canadian work experience), your partner's factors if they come with you, skill transferability, and additional points such as a provincial nomination.

Couples split their points. If your partner comes with you and is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, your core maximum drops from 500 to 460 and up to 40 points come from your partner instead. Skill transferability is capped at 100 points and additional points at 600.

Job offers stopped adding CRS points on March 25, 2025. A job offer can still matter for eligibility in some programs.

Age

Age	Single	With partner
17 or younger	0	0
18	99	90
19	105	95
20	110	100
21	110	100
22	110	100
23	110	100
24	110	100
25	110	100
26	110	100
27	110	100
28	110	100
29	110	100
30	105	95
31	99	90
32	94	85
33	88	80
34	83	75
35	77	70
36	72	65
37	66	60
38	61	55
39	55	50
40	50	45
41	39	35
42	28	25
43	17	15
44	6	5
45 or older	0	0

Level of education

Level of education	Single	With partner
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	0
Secondary diploma (high school graduation)	30	28
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school	90	84
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school	98	91
Bachelor's degree, or a program of three years or more	120	112
Two or more credentials, one of them for a program of three years or more	128	119
Master's degree, or a professional degree needed to practise a licensed profession	135	126
Doctoral degree (PhD)	150	140

First official language

Points are given for each of the four abilities (speaking, listening, reading and writing), based on your Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level. Use the CLB converter to turn IELTS, CELPIP, PTE Core, TEF or TCF results into CLB levels.

First official language, per ability	Single	With partner
CLB 10 or more	34	32
CLB 9	31	29
CLB 8	23	22
CLB 7	17	16
CLB 6	9	8
CLB 4 or 5	6	6
Below CLB 4	0	0

Canadian work experience

Canadian work experience	Single	With partner
None or less than a year	0	0
1 year	40	35
2 years	53	46
3 years	64	56
4 years	72	63
5 years or more	80	70

Skill transferability

These points reward combinations. Education and foreign work experience each earn up to 50 points when paired with strong language results (CLB 7 or higher, with the top rate from CLB 9 in all four abilities) or with Canadian work experience. A trade certificate of qualification adds up to 50 with CLB 5 or higher. The total for this part never goes above 100.

Additional points

Factor	Points
Provincial or territorial nomination	600
French at NCLC 7 or higher in all four abilities, and CLB 5 or higher in all four English abilities	50
French at NCLC 7 or higher in all four abilities, with English at CLB 4 or lower or no English test	25
Post-secondary credential from Canada, three years or longer	30
Post-secondary credential from Canada, one or two years	15
Brother or sister in Canada (citizen or permanent resident, 18 or older)	15

Questions

Is this the official calculator?

No. IRCC publishes its own tool. CRS Planner uses the same published rules and we test it against IRCC's calculator with sample profiles; the score in your Express Entry profile is the one that counts.

How often are the rules checked?

Every week, and on the day IRCC announces a change. Each change is listed in the changelog with its date.

Do you store my answers?

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Sources

Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) criteria, IRCC, modified June 22, 2026
Language test results for Express Entry, IRCC
Express Entry rounds of invitations, IRCC

CRS Calculator for Express Entry (2026)