Before Express Entry, the selection criterion for Canada was “first come- first served”. However, after the introduction of Express Entry in 2015, IRCC (Immigration Refugees and Canadian Citizenship) started following the Comprehensive Ranking System.
The Comprehensive Ranking System is point-based and evaluates applicants against each other in the Express Entry pool based on many selection factors. The selection factors are age, education, work experience, language skills, and connections in Canada etc. Based on these selection factors, candidates receive their scores and only the higher-scoring candidates receive an invitation to apply (ITA) for Canadian Permanent Residence through express entry.
How To Calculate CRS Points For Canadian Immigration?
Learn how to calculate your CRS points for Canadian immigration. Step-by-step breakdown of age, education, language & work experience factors for 2026.
Applicants get points for the following four major components:
Core Human Capital Factors
Spouse/Common-law partner Factors
Skill Transferability Factors
Additional Factors
These Four Components Together Make A Total Of 1200 Points.
Core human capital factors:
Factors
Maximum points without spouse
Maximum points with spouse
Age
110
100
Education level
150
140
Language proficiency
160
150
Working experience in Canada
80
70
Total
500
460
Age
Age (in years)
Points awarded with spouse/common-law partner
Points awarded without spouse/common-law partner
17 or less
0
0
18
90
99
19
95
105
20 to 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
05
6
45 or more
0
0
Education level
Education Qualification
Points awarded with spouse/common-law partner
Points awarded without spouse/common-law partner
Less than secondary school (high school)
0
0
Secondary Diploma (high school graduation)
28
30
One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
84
90
Two-year program at a college, university, technical or trade
91
98
school, or other institute
Bachelor’s degree OR a three or more year program at a college, university, technical or trade school, or other institute
112
120
Two or more certificates, diplomas or degree (with at least a program of 3 or more years)
119
128
Master’s degree OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession
126
135
Doctoral level university degree (PhD)
140
150
Language Proficiency
For first official language:
Canadian Language Benchmark
Points awarded per ability with spouse/common-law partner
Points awarded per ability without spouse/common-law partner
less than 4
0
0
4 or 5
6
6
6
8
9
7
16
17
8
22
23
9
29
31
10 and more
32
34
For Second Official Language:
Canadian Language Benchmark
Points awarded per ability with spouse/common-law partner
Points awarded per ability without spouse/common-law partner
4 or less
0
0
5 or 6
1
1
7 or 8
3
3
9 or more
6
6
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