Canada Express Entry Points Calculator & How to Improve Your Score?

Since January 2015 Canada Immigration has launched a new immigration point system named Canada Express Entry. The point system came up with 1200 points criteria which well-known as Canada Express Entry Points Calculator.

Before the year 2015, most of the Canada PR applications were paper-based which take a long time to process. Then express entry launch, as per the name it accelerates the applications and starts giving results in quick time. The purpose of this system is to make the application system easier and faster.

Previously, if the candidates wish to apply for any program then they need to do an individual process for each of them. This system has provided a single-window entry for all the programs.

However, still, there are some provinces where candidates need to file a separate Expression of Interest (EOI). For instance, Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program (SINP), Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP), Prince Edward Island Nominee Program (PEI PNP), Quebec Skilled Worker Program.

Whereas, some provinces are still required to do paper-based application after getting a nomination from the provinces such as Alberta, Morden immigration Program, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (AIPP), Prince Edward Island (AIPP), Newfoundland & Labrador.

What Is The Express Entry?

The Express Entry is not any federal program but it is an online application system that affiliate with Federal Skilled Worker Program, (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trade Program (FSTP), Provincial Nomination Program (PNP), Canadian Experience Program (CEC), Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP), Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot Program (RNIP), etc.

Candidates can make a common profile for all the programs which were not possible previously. However, as mentioned above, there are some provinces where a separate expression of interest needs to submit.

Canada PR Point System

First of all, a person who wants to apply for Canada PR, need to understand the Canada PR Points Calculator and Canada Express Entry Points Calculator.

The calculator is based on the two kinds of point systems. The first one is considered as an eligibility points system and the second one is called a selection point. In the eligibility criteria, there is 100 points system 67 points are required to get eligible to Apply for Express Entry.

These points are covering the six selection factors which we will discuss further on. The second points table is the Canada Express Entry Points Calculator of 1200 points which are called selection points.

Usually, twice or sometimes thrice in a month, CIC declares the selection draws which are called the express entry draws. As per the recent draw on 18^th November 2020, the CRS cut-off was 472 points.

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Skilled Workers Selection Factors (Eligibility Base Canada Pr Points Calculator)

The below given points table is the Canada PR eligibility base points table. It includes 100 points. To get eligible for the Canada Express Entry System the candidates need to achieve at least 67 points out of it.

Content	Description	Points
Age	18 to 35	12
	36	11
	37	10
	38	9
	39	8
	40	7
	41	6
	42	5
	43	4
	44	3
	45	2
	46	1
	47 & Older	0
Education	Diploma Course (After 12th )	19
	Bachelor Degree	21
	Two or more Degree	22
	Masters Degree	23
	P.H.D or Doctorate Degree	25
Experience	1	9
	2 to 3	11
	4 to 5	13
	6 and above	15
IELTS	Listening
	6, 6.5, 7	4
	7.5	5
	8, 8.5, 9	6
	Reading, Writing, and Speaking
	6	4
	6.5	5
	7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9	6
OR
CELPIP	Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
	CELPIP Level 7 in each	4
	CELPIP Level 8 in each	5
	CELPIP LEVEL 9 or higher	6
Adaptability Maximum 10 Points	Spouse IELTS (CLB 4)	5
	2 Year Full time Study in Canada (P.A.)	5
	2 Year Full time Study in Canada (Spouse)	5
	1 Year Full time Work in Canada (P.A.)	5
	1 Year Full time Work in Canada (Spouse)	5
	Job Offer Letter with L.M.I.A.	5
	Blood Relation (Family Only)	5

The Comprehensive Rating System (Selection Base Canada PR Points Calculator)

Here is the explanation of the Canada Express Entry Points Calculator.

“CORE” FACTORS – MAXIUM 500 POINTS	SKILL TRANSFERABILITY POINTS – MAXIMUM 100 POINTS
Individual Factors Age (details) Max With Spouse 100 Max Without Spouse 110 Level of Education (details) Max With Spouse 140 Max Without Spouse 150 Language proficiency (details) Max With Spouse 150 Max Without Spouse 160 Canadian Work Experience (details) Max With Spouse 70 Max Without Spouse 80 Core Factors for Your Spouse (if applicable) Level of Education (details) Max Points 10 Language profiency (details) Max Points 20 Canadian Work Experience (details) Max Points 20	Individual Factors Education Max Points (100 maximum) Maximum 50 points for Education A Post-Secondary degree plus strong official language proficiency (details) Max Points (100 maximum) 50 A Post-Secondary degree plus Canadian work experience (details) Max Points (100 maximum) 50 Work experience outside of Canada Max Points (100 maximum) Maximum 50 points for foreign work experience Foreign work experience plus strong official language proficiency (details) Max Points (100 maximum) 50 Foreign work experience plus Canadian work experience (details) Max Points (100 maximum) 50 Canadian Certificate of Qualification (Trades only) Max Points (100 maximum) Maximum 50 points Certificate of Qualification plus strong official language proficiency (details) Max Points (100 maximum) 50
ADDITIONAL FACTORS – UP TO 600 POINTS
A job-offer from a Canadian employer AND Canadian Education OR
A nomination from a province or territory.

The above-given table is a brief introduction of the entire system of the Canada Express Entry Points Calculator. It elaborates how the 1200 points criteria are segregated in the system.

The entire system has 2 divisions of 600-600 points each. As per the table, the first 500 points are called core factors. Those are divided into individual factors as well as spouse factors. On the other hand, the remaining 100 points are covered through skill transferability points. Usually, FSW, FST, and CEC draws are based on this first 600 points division. The second partition of 600 points is based on the three factors a job-offer from a Canadian employer, Canadian Education, and provincial nomination.

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Comprehensive Rating System Of Canada Express Entry Points Calculator

Please find the in-detail explanation Canada Express Entry Points Calculator system. In the given below tables covers the points calculation of the factors such as age, education, language, proficiency French language skills, Canadian work experience, skill transferability factors, additional points.

AGE – Maximum Points – 100 With Spouse & 110 Without Spouse

AGE	POINTS With Spouse	POINTS Without Spouse
17 or younger	0	0
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	05	06
45 and older	0	0
*If you are bringing your spouse, your spouse does not get any points for age.

Level Of Education – With Spouse 240 And Without 150 Points

EDUCATION	With Spouse	Without Spouse
Less than secondary (high) school	0	0
Secondary (high) school	28	30
One-year post-secondary degree or diploma	84	90
Two-year post-secondary degree or diploma	91	98
Post-secondary degree or diploma requiring three or more years of study	112	120
Two or more post-secondary degrees or diplomas with at least one requiring three or more years of study	119	128
University-level Master’s degree or an “entry-to-practice” professional degree Note: “Entry-to-practice” professional degrees must be for NOC A occupations and must be in professions which require provincial licensing	126	135
University-level doctoral degree (PhD, for example)	140	150

Spouse’s or Partner’s Education Level – 10 Points (if applicable)

EDUCATION	POINTS
Less than secondary (high) school	0
Secondary (high) school	2
One-year post-secondary degree or diploma	6
Two-year post-secondary degree or diploma	7
Post-secondary degree or diploma requiring three or more years of study	8
Two or more post-secondary degrees or diplomas with at least one requiring three or more years of study	9
University-level Master’s degree or an “entry-to-practice” professional degree Or PhD Note: “Entry-to-practice” professional degrees must be for NOC A occupations and must be in professions which require provincial licensing.	10

Language Proficiency – 160 Points

• First Official Language – With Spouse (Maximum 128) Without Spouse (Maximum 136)

CLB LEVEL	WITH SPOUSE	WITHOUT SPOUSE
Less than CLB 4	0	0
CLB 4 or 5	6	6
CLB 6	8	9
CLB 7	16	17
CLB 8	22	23
CLB 9	29	31
CLB 10 or More	32	34

• Spouse or Partner’s Language Proficiency – 20 points Maximum

CLB LEVEL	POINTS PER MODULE
CLB 4 or Less	0
CLB 5 or 6	1
CLB 7 or 8	3
CLB 9 or Higher	5

• Second Official Language – 24 points

CLB LEVEL	WITH SPOUSE PER MODULE	WITHOUT SPOUSE PER MODULE
CLB 4 or Less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or 10	6	6

French Language Skills

• Candidates can get ADDITIONAL 50 POINTS of showing French Language Skills if they can achieve minimum CLB 7 in TEF or TCF Tests.
• If any candidate submits his/her Express Entry profile as the first language of French language only then the candidate will get ADDITIONAL 25 POINTS for its French language skills.

TEST	CLB 7 SCORE
	Expression orale Speaking Score	Compréhension de l’oral Listening Score	Compréhension de l’écrit Reading Score	Expression écrite Writing Score
TEF (Test D’evaluation de Francais)	310 – 348	249 – 279	207 – 232	310 – 348
TCF (Test de Connaisance du Francais)	10 – 11	458 – 502	453 – 498	10 – 11

Canadian Work Experience – 80 Points

YEARS	POINTS WITH SPOUSE	POINTS WITHOUT SPOUSE
None or Less than 1 year	0	0
1	35	40
2	46	53
3	56	64
4	63	72
5	70	80

Spouse or Partner’s Canadian Work Experience – 10 Points

YEARS	POINTS
None or Less than 1 year	0
1	5
2	7
3	8
4	9
5	10

Skill Transferability Factors (Maximum 100 Points For This Section)

Education
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 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities(Maximum 50 points)
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
A university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required	25	50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level	25	50
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience	With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree
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
A university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill Level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required	25	50
A university-level credential at the doctoral level	25	50

Foreign work experience – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher)
Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9	Years of 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

Foreign work experience – With Canadian work experience
Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience	Years of 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

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	Certificate of qualification (trade occupations) – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 5 or higher)
With a certificate of qualification	25	50

Source: Government of Canada – IRCC

Additional Points (Maximum 600 Points)

Additional points	Max. 600 points
Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test)	25
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills	50
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential of one or two years	15
Post-secondary education in Canada – credential three years or longer	30
Arranged employment – NOC 00	200
Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B	50
Provincial or territorial nomination	600

Source: Government of Canada – IRCC

Requirements of Canada PR Points

As mentioned above there are two types of Canada PR Points calculators. Candidates cannot be qualified until and unless achieve the eligibility points.

However, the eligibility and the selection, both of the criteria are based on the six selection factors. Age, Education, Work Experience, English Language Proficiency, Spouse Factor, and a connection to Canada. As compared to other countries Canada PR Process is quite popular because it generates confidence among the candidates to achieve it.

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How to Improve Canada PR Points?

The confidence has been raised among the Canada PR desire candidates due to the Canada immigration points system. To be eligible they require just 67 points out of 100 whereas the frequent draws of different streams raise the aspirations of aspirants.

There are various ways through which Canada PR Points can be increased, here are the ways.

• Education – First and foremost, a way to increase Express Entry Points is the education criteria. If any of the candidates have Bachelor’s degree and for that he/she will get the highest 112 CRS Points as a single applicant and with the spouse 120 CRS points.
  
  But he/she can increase the level of education with the Master’s degree then the CRS score would be increased by 126 points as a single applicant and 135 points with the souse.

• English Language Proficiency – One of the most prominent and fastest ways to increase the Canada PR Points is in the improvisation English language. CIC has set a significant level of English language called CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark).
  
  This means if any candidates reach the benchmark can get additional points. For instance, if a candidate has got CLB 8 in IETLS or CELPIP then he/she can get 22 points per module (22×4) as a single applicant and 23 points per module with the spouse (23×4).
  
  Now suppose he/she can achieve the CLB 9 in the IELTS or CELPIP Test then the CRS score will be increased up to 29 points per module as a single applicant (29×4) and 31 points per module with the spouse (31×4).

1. Additionally, with CLB 9 score in the IELTS test or CELPIP test candidates can also get the benefit of extra points through the Skill Transferability factor.
   
   It means the combination of the two or more degrees and CLB 9 IELTS test or CELPIP test add up to 50 points. While with the 3 years or more experience and CLB 9 IELTS test or CELPIP test also raised 50 points in the Express Entry points calculator.
   
   With these 100 points jump in the Express Entry CRS score candidate can reach somewhere from nowhere.
2. On the other hand, if the spouse can increase his/her English Level Proficiency and Achieve CLB 9 in the IELTS test or CELPIP Test then the CRS score will be jumped 12 to 20 points.

• French Language Proficiency – As per the recent changes the Canadian government declared one of the great news for Francophones and French language speakers. Their points criteria have increased from the last month.
  
  That means if any candidate can achieve at least CLB 7 in the French Language as a second language then his/her score will be raised up to around 60 points. Whereas, if the candidate has only appeared French language test as a primary language and achieve at least CLB 7 then he/she will get additional 25 points of the French language skills.
  
  This new change has opened a wide range of horizons for the Canada PR desiring candidates

• Provincial Nomination – One of the ideal pathways to get the Canadian Permanent Residency. Provincial nomination from any of the provinces is a sure-shot reason to get an invitation to apply (ITA).
  
  The reason is that any province nomination will add 600 CRS points in the Express Entry points calculator. Province nominee program is a wise choice for particular candidates such as,

1. A candidate who has their close or distant relatives settled in the province.
2. Those candidates who have study and/or work experience from the province.
3. Their NOC code or occupation code fall or in-demand of the province.

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