Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) – Canadian Consultants

Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Criteria – Express Entry

Factors	Points per factor - With a spouse or common-law partner	Points per factor - Without a spouse or common-law partnere
A. Core / human capital factors
Age	100	100
Level of education	140	150
Official languages proficiency	150	150
Canadian work experience	70	80
A. Core / human capital factors
Factors	Points per factor (Maximum 40 points)
Level of education	10
Official language proficiency	20
Canadian Work Experience	10

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points (with OR without a spouse or common-law partner)

Education	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
C. Skill Transferability factors (Maximum 100 points)
With good/strong official language proficiency and a post-secondary degree	50
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	50
Foreign work experience	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark [CLB] level 7 or higher) and foreign work experience	50
With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience	50
Certificate of qualification (for people in trade occupations)	Points per factor (Maximum 50 points)
With good/strong official language proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

Factor	Maximum points per factor
D. Additional points (Maximum 600 points)
Brother or sister living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident)	15
French language skills	50
Post-secondary education in Canada	150
Canadian work experience	30
Arranged employment	200
PN nomination	600

A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors + C. Transferability factors + D. Additional points = Grand total (Maximum 1,200 points)

CRS – A. Core / human capital factors

Age	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 100 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 110 points)

17 years of age or less	50
0	0
18 years of age	90	99
19 years of age	95	105
20 to 29 years of age	100	110
30 years of age	95	105
31 years of age	90	99
32 years of age	85	94
33 years of age	80	88
34 years of age	75	83
35 years of age	70	77
36 years of age	65	72
37 years of age	60	66
38 years of age	55	61
39 years of age	60	66
40 years of age	45	50
41 years of age	35	39
42 years of age	25	28
43 years of age	15	17
44 years of age	5	6
45 years of age or more	0	0

Level of Education	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 140 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 150 points)
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	0
Secondary diploma (high school graduation)	28	30
One-year degree, diploma, or certificate from a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	84	90
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	91	98
Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	112	120
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	119	128
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.)	126	135
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	140	150

Official language proficiency - first official language

Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 128 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 136 points)
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

Official language proficiency - second official language

Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening)

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 22 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 24 points)
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or more	6	6
Canadian work experience	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 70 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 80 points)
None or less than a year	0	0
1 year	35	40
2 years	46	53
3 years	56	64
4 years	63	72
5 years or more	70	80

Subtotal: A. Core / human capital factors

CRS – B. Spouse or common-law partner factors (if applicable)

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 10 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
Less than secondary school (high school)	0	N/A
Secondary school (high school graduation)	2	N/A
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	6	N/A
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institute	7	N/A
Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute	8	N/A
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	9	N/A
Master's degree, or professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For a “professional degree”, the degree program must have been in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.)	10	N/A
Doctoral-level university degree (Ph.D.)	10	N/A

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Spouse's or common-law partner's official language proficiency - first official language

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening )	Maximum 20 points for section Maximum 5 points per ability	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
CLB 4 or less	0	N/A
CLB 5 or 6	1	N/A
CLB 7 or 8	3	N/A
CLB 9 or more	5	N/A
Canadian work experience	With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 70 points)	Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 80 points)
None or less than a year	0	0
1 year	35	40
2 years	46	53
3 years	56	64
4 years	63	72
5 years or more	70	80

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Spouse's Canadian work experience	Maximum 10 points	Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply)
None or less than a year	0	N/A
1 year	5	N/A
2 years	7	N/A
3 years	8	N/A
4 years	9	N/A
5 years or more	10	N/A

Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Subtotal :

Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points

CRS – C. 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 were 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 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (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 were 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 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points))
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 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points)
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 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points)
With a certificate of qualification	25	50

Subtotal :

A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

CRS – D. Additional points (Maximum 600 points)

Additional points	Maximum 600 points
Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canadas	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	50
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

Subtotal: D. Additional points – Maximum 600 points

Grand total:

Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors + D. Additional points = Maximum 1,200 points