Express Entry Score

Introduction:

The Comprehensive Ranking System ranks eligible candidates for immigration to Canada through Express Entry. There is a total of 1,200 points available under the Comprehensive Ranking System.

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The CRS is a points-based system that IRCC use to assess and score the profile and rank it in the Express Entry pool. It’s used to assess the candidate:

1. Education
2. Language ability
3. Work experience
4. Skills
5. Transferability

Comprehensive Ranking System Points Breakdown:

Core Human Capital Factors: Age、Level of education、Language ability、Canadian work experience

Age (in years)	With an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 100)	Without an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 110)
under 18	0 points	0 points
18	90	99
19	95	105
20-29	100	110
30	95	105
31	90	99
32	85	94
33	80	88
34	75	83
35	70	77
36	65	72
37	60	66
38	55	61
39	50	55
40	45	50
41	35	39
42	25	28
43	15	17
44	5	6
45 or older	0	0

Level of education	With an accompanying spouse(maximum points available: 140 )	Without an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 150)
Less than secondary (high) school credential	0 points	0 points
Secondary school credential	28	30
One-year post-secondary program	84	90
Two-year post-secondary program	91	98
Post-secondary program of 3 or more years	112	120
Two or more post-secondary programs, of which at least one was completed after a post-secondary program of three or more years	119	128
Master’s or entry-to-practice professional degree	126	135
Doctoral Degree (PhD)	140	150

First Language Ability (English or French)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)	With an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 128)	Without an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 136)
CLB 3 or lower	0	0
CLB 4	6	6
CLB 5	6	6
CLB 6	8	9
CLB 7	16	17
CLB 8	22	23
CLB 9	29	31
CLB 10 or higher	32	34

Points in the chart above are for each language ability: speaking, writing, reading and listening, respectively.

Second Language Ability (English or French)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)	With an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 22)	Without an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 24)
CLB 4 or lower	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or higher	6	6

Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) – General Test score equivalency chart

CLB Level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	10	10	10	10
9	9	9	9	9
8	8	8	8	8
7	7	7	7	7
6	6	6	6	6
5	5	5	5	5
4	4	4	4	4

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – General Training – Test score equivalency chart

CLB Level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	8.0	7.5	8.5	7.5
9	7.0	7.0	8.0	7.0
8	6.5	6.5	7.5	6.5
7	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
6	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.5
5	4.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
4	3.5	4.0	4.5	4.0

Test d’évaluation de français pour le Canada (TEF Canada) Test score equivalency chart

CLB Level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	263-277	393-415	316-333	393-415
9	248-262	371-392	298-315	371-392
8	233-247	349-370	280-297	349-370
7	207-232	310-348	249-279	310-348
6	181-206	271-309	217-248	271-309
5	151-180	226-270	181-216	226-270
4	121-150	181-225	145-180	181-225

Canadian Work Experience

Number of years	With an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 70)	Without an accompanying spouse (maximum points available: 80)
Less than 1	0 points	0 points
1 year	35	40
2 years	46	53
3 years	56	64
4 years	63	72
5 years or more	70	80

Spouse or Common-Law Factors

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education	maximum points available: 10
Less than secondary school (high school)	0
Secondary school (high school graduation)	2
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	6
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institute	7
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	8
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	9
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
Doctoral level university degree (PhD)	10

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 points available: 20
CLB 4 or less	0
CLB 5 or 6	1
CLB 7 or 8	3
CLB 9 or more	5

Spouse’s or common-law partner’ Canadian work experience

Spouse’s Canadian work experience	maximum points available: 10
None or less than a year	0
1 year	5
2 years	7
3 years	8
4 years	9
5 years or more	10

Skill Transferability factors (Maximum 100 points for this section)

Education and language proficiency

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	Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities
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

Education and Canadian work experience

With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience	Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience
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

Foreign work experience and language proficiency

Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities
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 and Canadian work experience

Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience
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

Trade certificate and Language Proficiency

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	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities
With a certificate of qualification	25	50

Additional points

Factor	Points
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