Express Entry CRS score calculator

Updated for the rules in force from November 3, 2026: a new Labour Market Integration factor adds up to 70 extra points for Canadian work in a high-wage occupation, or 50–100 points for a job offer in one (no LMIA needed), whichever is higher. Your score under the old rules is shown below the total. What changed →

Express Entry CRS calculator

I have an accompanying spouse or common-law partner who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident The points table has separate columns for applicants with and without a spouse. With an accompanying spouse, core human capital points (including labour market integration) are capped at 530 and spouse factors at 40, for a combined maximum of 570. Without a spouse, core human capital points are capped at 570. If your spouse is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, or is not coming with you, you score as if single, so leave this unticked. Official details → If your spouse is a citizen or permanent resident, or is not coming with you, leave this unticked: you score as if single.

A. Core human capital

Age Age points peak at 20–29, decrease from 30 and reach zero at 45. Age 17 or under also earns zero, and your other factors still count. Use your current age in whole years before an invitation, or your age on the invitation date once invited. Official details → Enter your current age in whole years, or your age on the invitation date if you have been invited.

Highest level of education Foreign credentials need an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) that is still valid when you submit. Canadian credentials do not need one. This answer also determines your education category for skill transferability. Official details → This credential is used for both core and skill transferability points.

Choose your first official language Choose English or French as your first official language, usually the one with stronger results. The other is your second official language. English uses CLB and French uses NCLC. Your results also determine any French-language additional points. Official details → Use CLB for English and NCLC for French. French-language additional points are calculated from your results in both languages.

First official language · Reading Your first official language is scored separately for reading, writing, listening and speaking. The points for your lowest result are not multiplied by four. For example, CLB 10/10/10/6 earns a different score from CLB 6 in all four abilities. Enter all four results. You choose your first and second official languages. Your stronger language is usually the better choice for the first. Test results must be less than two years old. Official details →

First official language · Writing

First official language · Listening

First official language · Speaking

Second official language · Reading Your second official language is scored separately for reading, writing, listening and speaking, up to 24 points without a spouse or 22 with a spouse. Leave all four fields blank if you have not taken a test, or enter all four results. Official details →

Second official language · Writing

Second official language · Listening

Second official language · Speaking

A. Core human capital score —

Labour market integration (new from Nov 3)

Canadian work experience Full-time work (at least 30 hours a week, or the part-time equivalent) in Canada in TEER 0–3, with valid status, accumulated over the last 10 years and paid by wages or commission. It counts twice: as work-length points under labour market integration, and in skill transferability (education × Canadian experience, and foreign experience × Canadian experience). Any work done while you were a full-time student does not count, on or off campus. Neither does self-employment (except physicians providing publicly funded medical services) or unauthorized work. Official details → Any qualifying TEER 0–3 work counts. These work-length points are unchanged, and still count towards skill transferability.

What occupation is your Canadian work experience in? Go by the highest tier you reach, which may not be the job you did longest. Find the highest tier where that work, plus any at higher tiers, adds up to 12 months, and pick your occupation at that tier. For example, with 3 years at the 1.3× tier and 1 year at the 2× tier, pick the 2× occupation.

Have you worked at least 12 months (1,560 hours) in high-wage occupations at this tier or higher? It need not be continuous. Part-time counts by hours; with several jobs at once, at most 30 hours a week count.

Do you have a valid job offer from a Canadian employer? If so, in what occupation? A valid job offer is for full-time work in Canada (at least 30 hours a week), lasting at least one year after your permanent resident visa is issued and paid by wages or commission. It must be recent and in writing, and set out your duties, pay and conditions. It normally comes from one employer (up to two for skilled trades), and not an embassy, high commission or consulate. An officer checks that it is genuine when you apply for permanent residence. IRCC’s online system has not caught up: your profile still asks for a positive LMIA, so follow the official instructions when entering it. An offer outside the high-wage list earns no CRS points, but may still help you meet FSW or FST eligibility. Official details → It must be a written, full-time offer lasting at least a year. No LMIA needed from Nov 3. Only high-wage occupations earn points, and it counts instead of your work experience if that is higher.

Labour market integration score —

B. Spouse factors

Spouse’s highest level of education

Spouse’s Canadian work experience

Spouse’s first official language · Reading

Spouse’s first official language · Writing

Spouse’s first official language · Listening

Spouse’s first official language · Speaking

B. Spouse factors score —

C. Skill transferability

Foreign work experience Full-time (or equivalent part-time) TEER 0–3 work outside Canada over the last 10 years, paid by wages or commission. It only scores in skill transferability — there is no core-section factor for foreign experience. Add its combinations with your first official language and Canadian work experience, up to 50 points for this group. Official details →

I hold a Canadian certificate of qualification (trades) A certificate of qualification issued by a Canadian provincial or federal authority for a skilled trade — not a diploma, and not a foreign trade certificate. Its language thresholds are lower than the other groups: CLB 5+ in all four for the lower tier, CLB 7+ for the upper. Official details →

C. Skill transferability score —

D. Additional points

You or your accompanying spouse have a sibling living in Canada (18 or older, citizen or permanent resident) A sibling aged 18 or over who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada, related to you or your spouse by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption. Cousins do not count. Official details →

Post-secondary education in Canada Choose an eligible Canadian credential separately from your highest education. A one- or two-year credential earns 15; a three-year-plus credential or eligible master’s, entry-to-practice professional or doctoral degree earns 30. Normally, study must be at an eligible institution in Canada, with at least eight months each of full-time study and physical presence. More than half distance learning normally excludes the bonus; programs undertaken wholly or partly from March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2022 have exceptions. Check section 30 for these and other eligibility conditions. Official details →

I hold a provincial or territorial nomination Receiving and accepting a provincial or territorial nomination through Express Entry earns 600 additional points. Whether you receive an invitation depends on the rounds held and your ranking. These 600 points count as additional points, not skill transferability points. Official details →

D. Additional points total —

— / 1270 Your score updates as you choose. Without JavaScript, add it up from the table below.

Scoring source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/check-score/crs-criteria.html (effective from 3 Nov 2026; last checked 3 Nov 2026)

This calculator provides an estimate based on the official points table. A score does not establish eligibility for a program; the official assessment determines the result.

Visitor CRS score distribution → How scores above 500 spread in 10-point bands, which IRCC does not publish. From 359 visitor estimates, not the Express Entry pool.

Where you stand

Fill in the calculator above to see where you are.

Your position across CEC round sizes

Each bar is a round size (35 CEC rounds over the past two years); the line marks how far down the pool that size usually reached. The strip on the left is the whole pool (IRCC, 25 Oct), highest scores at the top; its thin line is the deepest any of these rounds reached.

Pool228,724 Zoomed in: top 6% of the pool

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Size ≤500 ≤500 1,000 1k 2,000 2k 3,000 3k 4,000 4k 5–6k 5–6k 8,000 8k Top 0.5%1.9%2.7%2.9%3.1%4.1%5.0% Rounds 3895541

Usual cut-off (median)
Shallowest to deepest round
Estimate from our visitors (± error)
You: inside the line
You: not there yet

This is what happened in the past, not a forecast, and it only applies if you qualify for CEC.

How we estimate this

Shares: IRCC gives one total for 501–600, so we estimate how those candidates are spread.
Who gets invited: CEC rounds invite only CEC candidates, so others above the cut-off are not invited.
Dashed line: The same 501–600 total, spread using 121 calculator submissions in that range, converted back to the rules before November 3. The ± is the 95% error from the sample size, in percentage points. People who use the calculator choose to come here and are not a sample of the pool, and the ± does not cover that.
Your position: The latest IRCC distribution is from 25 Oct, and candidates keep building up above the cut-offs after it. We project it to 11 Nov using about 10 weeks of inflow and the rounds held since, without the points people gain under the new rules. The bars show past rounds as they were and are not adjusted.

Numbers for each round size

Invitations per round	Rounds	Cut-off	Cut-off reached: top of pool (median, range)	Estimate from visitors	Invited, share of pool
400–500	3	539–547	0.5% (0.3%–0.8%)	0.4% (±0.2)	0.2%
1,000–1,350	8	523–542	1.9% (1.2%–2.8%)	1.0% (±0.5)	0.4%
2,000–2,500	9	509–521	2.7% (1.5%–3.7%)	2.2% (±0.6)	0.9%
3,000	5	516–529	2.9% (2.1%–3.3%)	1.9% (±0.6)	1.2%
4,000	5	507–527	3.1% (2.4%–3.3%)	2.7% (±0.6)	1.7%
5,000–6,000	4	508–520	4.1% (3.8%–5.0%)	4.2% (±0.7)	2.5%
8,000	1	511	5.0%	5.8% (±0.8)	3.4%

Past cut-off scores → Full pool distribution → How the change may affect CEC cut-offs →

Visitor CRS score distribution → How scores above 500 spread in 10-point bands, which IRCC does not publish. From 359 visitor estimates, not the Express Entry pool.

Official points table

Show the full points table Hide the points table Every factor and its points, straight from IRCC

A. Core human capital

With / without spouse; maximum 390 / 420 here. IRCC counts labour market integration, listed next, as part of core human capital, for a combined maximum of 530 / 570

Age Age points peak at 20–29, decrease from 30 and reach zero at 45. Age 17 or under also earns zero, and your other factors still count. Use your current age in whole years before an invitation, or your age on the invitation date once invited. Official details →	18 90 / 9919 95 / 10520–29 100 / 11030 95 / 10531 90 / 9932 85 / 9433 80 / 8834 75 / 8335 70 / 7736 65 / 7237 60 / 6638 55 / 6139 50 / 5540 45 / 5041 35 / 3942 25 / 2843 15 / 1744 5 / 6≤17 / ≥45 0 / 0
Education Foreign credentials need an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) that is still valid when you submit. Canadian credentials do not need one. This answer also determines your education category for skill transferability. Official details →	Less than secondary school 0 / 0Secondary (high school) diploma 28 / 30One-year post-secondary credential 84 / 90Two-year post-secondary credential 91 / 98Bachelor’s degree, or a three-year-plus program 112 / 120Two or more credentials, one of three years or longer 119 / 128Master’s or professional degree 126 / 135Doctoral degree (PhD) 140 / 150
First language (per ability) Your first official language is scored separately for reading, writing, listening and speaking. The points for your lowest result are not multiplied by four. For example, CLB 10/10/10/6 earns a different score from CLB 6 in all four abilities. Enter all four results. You choose your first and second official languages. Your stronger language is usually the better choice for the first. Test results must be less than two years old. Official details →	CLB / NCLC <4 0 / 0CLB / NCLC 4 6 / 6CLB / NCLC 5 6 / 6CLB / NCLC 6 8 / 9CLB / NCLC 7 16 / 17CLB / NCLC 8 22 / 23CLB / NCLC 9 29 / 31CLB / NCLC 10 32 / 34
Second language (per ability) Your second official language is scored separately for reading, writing, listening and speaking, up to 24 points without a spouse or 22 with a spouse. Leave all four fields blank if you have not taken a test, or enter all four results. Official details →	CLB / NCLC ≤4 0 / 0CLB / NCLC 5 1 / 1CLB / NCLC 6 1 / 1CLB / NCLC 7 3 / 3CLB / NCLC 8 3 / 3CLB / NCLC 9 6 / 6CLB / NCLC 10 6 / 6

Labour market integration (from November 3, 2026)

Whichever is higher: work-length points plus the high-wage bonus, or job offer points. Maximum 140 / 150 with / without a spouse. IRCC counts this as part of core human capital; we list it separately so it is easier to read, and the total is the same.

Canadian work experience Full-time work (at least 30 hours a week, or the part-time equivalent) in Canada in TEER 0–3, with valid status, accumulated over the last 10 years and paid by wages or commission. It counts twice: as work-length points under labour market integration, and in skill transferability (education × Canadian experience, and foreign experience × Canadian experience). Any work done while you were a full-time student does not count, on or off campus. Neither does self-employment (except physicians providing publicly funded medical services) or unauthorized work. Official details →	0 0 / 01 35 / 402 46 / 533 56 / 644 63 / 725+ 70 / 80
12+ months in high-wage jobs (extra)	2× tier +701.5× tier +401.3× tier +20
High-wage job offer	2× tier 1001.5× tier 701.3× tier 50

B. Spouse factors

Applies when accompanied by a spouse; section maximum 40

Spouse education	Less than secondary school 0Secondary (high school) diploma 2One-year post-secondary credential 6Two-year post-secondary credential 7Bachelor’s degree, or a three-year-plus program 8Two or more credentials, one of three years or longer 9Master’s or professional degree 10Doctoral degree (PhD) 10
Spouse language (per ability)	CLB / NCLC ≤4 0CLB / NCLC 5 1CLB / NCLC 6 1CLB / NCLC 7 3CLB / NCLC 8 3CLB / NCLC 9 5CLB / NCLC 10 5
Spouse Canadian experience	0 01 52 73 84 95+ 10

C. Skill transferability

Lower / upper tier. For education and foreign work experience, add the language and Canadian-work combinations, capped at 50 per group. Add certificate points, then cap the section at 100.

Education combinations Your highest education is combined with your first official language and Canadian work experience. Add the two results, up to 50 points. Language thresholds are CLB / NCLC 7 in every ability, or 9 in every ability for the higher tier. Education, foreign work and certificate points together cannot exceed 100. Official details →	Secondary or less 0 / 0One year or longer 13 / 25Two credentials, one 3+ years 25 / 50Master’s or professional 25 / 50Doctoral 25 / 50
Foreign work experience Full-time (or equivalent part-time) TEER 0–3 work outside Canada over the last 10 years, paid by wages or commission. It only scores in skill transferability — there is no core-section factor for foreign experience. Add its combinations with your first official language and Canadian work experience, up to 50 points for this group. Official details →	None 0 / 01–2 years 13 / 253+ years 25 / 50
Certificate of qualification A certificate of qualification issued by a Canadian provincial or federal authority for a skilled trade — not a diploma, and not a foreign trade certificate. Its language thresholds are lower than the other groups: CLB 5+ in all four for the lower tier, CLB 7+ for the upper. Official details →	Held 25 / 50

D. Additional points

Section maximum 600

Sibling in Canada	Yes 15
French ability NCLC 7 or higher in all four French abilities earns 25 additional points; if you also have CLB 5 or higher in all four English abilities, it scores 50. The calculator adds these points automatically from your English and French results, separately from core language points. Official details →	NCLC 7+, English CLB ≤4 25NCLC 7+ and English CLB 5+ 50
Canadian education Choose an eligible Canadian credential separately from your highest education. A one- or two-year credential earns 15; a three-year-plus credential or eligible master’s, entry-to-practice professional or doctoral degree earns 30. Normally, study must be at an eligible institution in Canada, with at least eight months each of full-time study and physical presence. More than half distance learning normally excludes the bonus; programs undertaken wholly or partly from March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2022 have exceptions. Check section 30 for these and other eligibility conditions. Official details →	1–2 years, excluding the degrees listed in the 30-point category 153+ years, or eligible master’s, entry-to-practice professional or doctoral degree 30
Provincial nomination Receiving and accepting a provincial or territorial nomination through Express Entry earns 600 additional points. Whether you receive an invitation depends on the rounds held and your ranking. These 600 points count as additional points, not skill transferability points. Official details →	Held 600

Express Entry CRS score calculator

Express Entry CRS calculator

A. Core human capital

Labour market integration (new from Nov 3)

B. Spouse factors

C. Skill transferability

D. Additional points

Ways to improve your score

Where you stand

Your position across CEC round sizes

Official points table

A. Core human capital

Labour market integration (from November 3, 2026)

B. Spouse factors

C. Skill transferability

D. Additional points