Comprehensive Ranking System – CRS Points System 2024
The Canada Express Entry CRS point system is an important tool for candidates to calculate their points for immigration to Canada in 2024. Express entry program is the flagship program for Canada Immigration for skilled immigrants all over the world. Points-based program that manages the profile of the candidates who have applied under the skilled immigration program – Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
With the help of these points candidate’s profiles are ranked in the express pool that’s the main motive of using the CRS ranking system ( Comprehensive Ranking System) They use the CRS points system to know how many points one is able to score. Candidates whose profiles ranks the highest in express pool based on the CRS points, they are issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA) to apply for permanent residence visa to the Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
What is the Comprehensive Ranking System?
CRS points System is an important tool that allows a candidate to calculate the points that are required in order to immigrate to Canada under the Canadian government’s Federal Skilled Immigration Programs. Comprehensive Ranking System & CRS points are awarded to candidates based on factors like age, language proficiency, educational qualifications, etc.
The CRS is a point-based system that was implemented in 2015 to select the best candidates for Canada to give them permanent residency. Many people believe that CRS and 67 points-based systems are the same. However, these both differ from each other in many aspects.
The comprehensive ranking system includes 3 essential areas of a person's profile :
- key Human Factors (Applicant's age, education, work experience, etc.)
- Skill transferability factor (Canadian work experience or foreign work experience, language ability, etc.)
- Additional Points (Canadian job offer, provincial nomination, etc.)
What is Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score under Canada Immigration?
A comprehensive ranking system & CRS Scores are assigned to each candidate based on several factors including age, level of education, language proficiency, work experience, etc.
Beware that calculating your CRS points does not mean you are eligible for one of the three programs of Express Entry. You will need to make sure you are eligible for one of the three programs before. You see the eligibility criteria for each federal program here.
To be able to know your exact CRS score, if your degree is not Canadian, you will need your language test results and your educational credential evaluation (ECA).
If you do not have CRS Point, you can still try and see how many CRS points you can claim for other factors.
You can either use our CRS Calculator Tool below or calculate the score by yourself using the point tables provided here
How to calculate Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) under Express Entry Program?
Express Entry up-and-comers are given a score out of 1,200 dependent on the four significant areas:
A. Center/human capital factors: these incorporate focuses for Age, Education, Canadian Work Experience and Language capability. These are considered as key to financial accomplishment for outsiders.
B. Mate or custom-based law accomplice factors: these incorporate the going with life partner or custom-based law accomplice's Language capability, Education, and Canadian Work Experience.
C. Aptitudes transferability: this area gives extra indicates your profile that depend on a mix of components, e.g a mix of your Education, Language capability, or potentially Non-Canadian Work Experience.
D. Extra focuses: This area grants 600 extra focuses for a Provincial designation, and other extra focuses for a substantial employment bid, and so on..
The table underneath outlines the most extreme focuses that can be granted for each factor. Be mindful so as to investigate each factor's point by point tab to see how to compute your CRS score.
| Section/Factor | Maximum CRS points with spouse/partner | Maximum CRS points without spouse/partner |
|---|---|---|
| A & B. Core / human capital factors | ||
| Age | 100 | 110 |
| Education level | 150 | 150 |
| Language proficiency | 170 | 160 |
| Canadian work experience | 80 | 80 |
| Total A & B. | 500 | 500 |
| C. Skill transferability factors | ||
| Combination of (i) Education and (ii) Language proficiency OR Canadian work experience | 50 | 50 |
| Combination of (i) Non-Canadian work experience and (ii) Language proficiency OR Canadian work experience | 50 | 50 |
| Combination of (i) a Certificate of qualification and (ii) Language proficiency | 50 | 50 |
| Total C. | 100 | 100 |
| D. Additional points | ||
| Provincial nomination | 600 | 600 |
| Valid job offer | 200 | 200 |
| French abilities | 30 | 30 |
| Sibling in Canada (citizen or permanent resident) | 15 | 15 |
| Total D. | 600 | 600 |
| TOTAL A + B + C + D | 1200 | 1200 |
Sections A & B. Human capital factors (Max 500 points)
| Age (Max points: 100 with spouse, 110 without) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | CRS points without spouse/partner | CRS points with spouse/partner | |
| 17 or younger | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 99 | 90 | |
| 19 | 105 | 95 | |
| 20 to 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 |
| Education Level (Max points: 150 points) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| For more information on how to get your Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) for your non-Canadian diploma, | |||
| Points are only awarded for the highest level of education obtained. The maximum points that can be awarded for education are 150 CRS points, either if single or with an accompanying spouse or common-law partner. | |||
| Education Level | CRS points without spouse/partner | CRS points with spouse/partner | |
| Principal Applicant | Spouse/Partner | ||
| Doctoral (PhD) degree | 150 | 140 | 10 |
| Master's degree, OR professional degree | 135 | 126 | 10 |
| Two or more credentials, with a least one for a program of three years or more | 128 | 119 | 9 |
| Three-year or more post-secondary credential | 120 | 112 | 8 |
| Two-year post-secondary credential | 98 | 91 | 7 |
| One-year post-secondary credential | 90 | 84 | 6 |
| Secondary (high) school diploma | 30 | 28 | 2 |
| Less than secondary (high) school | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Language proficiency (Max points: 170 with spouse, 160 without) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You can choose your first official language if you take the French and English test. The tests where you scored the best marks is the one you should take as your first official language. For more information, you should check this language test page. | ||||
| For your first official language, the following conversion table lets you know how many CRS points you can claim based on your test results. This table is per ability, so for example, if you got a Canadian Level Benchmark (CLB) 7 for the four abilities (speaking, reading, listening, writing) and are single, you will get 17 x 4 = 68 points. | ||||
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| First Official Language | CRS points without spouse/partner | CRS points with spouse/partner | ||
| Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) | Principal Applicant | Spouse/Partner | ||
| CLB3 or less | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CLB4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| CLB5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
| CLB6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |
| CLB7 | 17 | 16 | 3 | |
| CLB8 | 23 | 22 | 3 | |
| CLB9 | 31 | 29 | 5 | |
| CLB10 or more | 34 | 32 | 5 | |
| For the second official language, the following conversion table lets you know how many CRS points you can earn, per ability. | ||||
| There is no additional points for the second Official Language, there no need for your spouse or common-law partner to take French and English tests. | ||||
| CRS points with a spouse or partner cannot exceed a total 22 points. | ||||
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| Second Official Language | CRS points without spouse/partner | CRS points with spouse/partner | ||
| Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) | ||||
| CLB4 or less | 0 | 0 | ||
| CLB5 or CLB6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CLB7 or CLB8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| CLB9 or more | 6 | 6 |
| Canadian work experience (Max points: 80 points) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| You need to find your NOC here first, and then check if your job experience in that NOC is eligible here. | |||
| The maximum points that can be awarded for Canadian work experience are 80 CRS points, either if single or with an accompanying spouse or common-law partner. | |||
| Canadian Work Experience | CRS points without spouse/partner | CRS points with spouse/partner | |
| Principal Applicant | Spouse/Partner | ||
| Less than one year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| One year | 40 | 35 | 5 |
| Two years | 53 | 46 | 7 |
| Three years | 64 | 56 | 8 |
| Four years | 72 | 63 | 9 |
| Five years or more | 80 | 70 | 10 |
Section C. Skill transferability factors (Max 100 points)
| Education Level (Maximum 50 points) | ||
|---|---|---|
| The skill transferability factors are the most important in your CRS score. You can add up to a 100 points to your score, almost guaranteeing you to be drawn from the pool. However, it is not easy. For candidates in the Federal Skilled Workers program (that do not have Canadian work experience), scoring a CLB9 in all four language abilities is what could make you stand out. | ||
| For example here, if you have at least CLB9 in all four abilities, and a Master's degree (which theoretically had to obtain a Bachelors first that is usually 4 years long), you will get an additional 50 points. This is why it is extremely important to assess all your credentials with an ECA and not just your highest degree (check here for the ECA page), it will not cost you more money if you do it in one take. | ||
| If you have CLB9 on all four abilities, you will not get to add up the points for CLB7 also. It's either one or the other. | ||
| You can check here on how to prepare your language tests. | ||
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| Education level + Language proficiency | Minimum CLB7 on the four language abilities | Minimum CLB9 on the four language abilities |
| Post-secondary education of less than 1 year | 0 | 0 |
| Post-secondary education of at least 1 year | 13 | 25 |
| At least 2 post-secondary credentials, one of which is a program at least 3 years | 25 | 50 |
| This can come in handy if you are eligible to the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), you could also get an additional 50 points if you satisfy to the two conditions below, on (i) the level of education, and (ii) the Canadian work experience. | ||
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| Education level + Canadian work experience | At least 1 year of Canadian work experience | At least 2 years of Canadian work experience |
| Post-secondary education of less than 1 year | 0 | 0 |
| Post-secondary education of at least 1 year | 13 | 25 |
| At least 2 post-secondary credentials, one of which is a program at least 3 years | 25 | 50 |
| You cannot get more than 50 points in this category, even if you get the 50 points from the first table, and the 50 points from the second table. And you cannot get more than 100 points in this whole section C. |
| Foreign work experience (Maximum 50 points) | ||
|---|---|---|
| The skill transferability factors are the most important in your CRS score. You can add up to a 100 points to your score, almost guaranteeing you to be drawn from the pool. However, it is not easy. For candidates in the Federal Skilled Workers program, scoring a CLB 9 in all four language abilities is what could make you stand out. | ||
| For example here, if you have at least CLB 9 in all four abilities, and 3 years of foreign work experience (non-Canadian), you will get an additional 50 points. | ||
| If you have CLB9 on all four abilities, you will not get to add up the points for CLB7 also. It's either one or the other. | ||
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| Foreign work experience + Language proficiency | Minimum CLB7 on the four language abilities | Minimum CLB9 on the four language abilities |
| Foreign work experience: Less than 1 year | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign work experience: 1 to 2 years | 13 | 25 |
| Foreign work experience: at least 3 years | 25 | 50 |
| This can come in handy if you are eligible to the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), you could also get an additional 50 points if satisfy to the two conditions below, on (i) the foreign work experience, and (ii) the Canadian work experience. | ||
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| Canadian + Foreign Work Experience | At least 1 year of Canadian work experience | At least 2 years of Canadian work experience |
| Foreign work experience: Less than 1 year | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign work experience: 1 to 2 years | 13 | 25 |
| Foreign work experience: at least 3 years | 25 | 50 |
| You cannot get more than 50 points in this category, even if you get the 50 points from the first table, and the 50 points from the second table. And you cannot get more than 100 points in this whole section. |
| Certificate of qualification (Maximum 50 points) | ||
|---|---|---|
| This skill transferability factor concerns the candidates eligible under the Federal Skilled Trades program, that hold a valid certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a competent provincial or federal authority. You can get an additional 50 points if your language proficiency in the four abilities is at CLB 7 and hold a certificate of qualification. For more on the eligibility under the Federal Skilled Trades program, you should check here. | ||
| If you have CLB7 on all four abilities, you will not get to add up the points for CLB5 also. It's either one or the other. | ||
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| Certificate of qualification + Language proficiency | Minimum CLB5 on the four language abilities | Minimum CLB7 on the four language abilities |
| Issued a certificate of qualification | 25 | 50 |
Section D. Additional factors (Max 600 points)
| Additional factors | |
|---|---|
| You can get up to 600 additional points. | |
| You can check here how to prepare your French language test. | |
| For provincial nominations, you need to check which provinces have an Express Entry program and that is open. You can learn all about provincial nominations here. | |
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| Additional points | Maximum 600 points |
| Provincial or territorial nomination acquired through an Express Entry aligned PNP stream | 600 |
| Valid job offer in NOC skill type 00 (Senior Management) | 200 |
| Valid job offer in NOC skill type/level 0, A or B | 50 |
| Completion of post-secondary program in Canada, of at least 3 years in duration | 30 |
| Completion of post-secondary program in Canada, of 1 or 2 years in duration | 15 |
| French: at least CLB7 AND English: at least CLB5 - On all four language abilities | 30 |
| French: at least CLB7 AND English: lower than CLB5 or no test results- On all four language abilities | 15 |
| Sibling in Canada as Citizen or Permanent Resident | 15 |
| If during your studies in Canada, you received more than 50 percent of your education via distance learning, you should not get the additional Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for completion of post-secondary program in Canada. |
What are the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points required to get Canada PR Visa – 2024-2024?
Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada (IRCC) holds express draws in regular interval period of time to issue the invitations to apply for Canada PR visa. Via these draws, IRCC is able to get the Invitation to Apply (ITA) to the capable immigrants who were able to meet the CRS points cut-off set in the express draw.
The latest express draw was held on 30 October which set the minimum required CRS score at 475 points which is the latest CRS score at 475 points. Candidates who have their submitted in the express pool and have cleared the 475 points CRS cut-off were issued the invitations to apply for Canada PR Visa.
How the points are awarded in Canada Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) calculator for express entry 2024-2024?
Comprehensive Ranking System ( CRS) – a ranking system, ranks profiles of the express entry registered candidates in the express pool. These ranks are based on the CRS score. These points are awarded based on the following factors:
- Core Human Capital Factors (Age, Educational Level, Language Proficiency and Work Experience)
- Spouse/Common-law Partner Factors (Spouse’s/Common-law partner’s Educational Level, Language Proficiency and Work Experience)
- Skill Transferability Factors
- Bonus Points ( Sibling in Canada, French Language Proficiency, Arranged Employment, Provincial Nomination)
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