CRS score calculator
Estimate your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for Express Entry. The calculation runs in your browser, so your answers stay on your device. Your official score is the one IRCC calculates.
The form starts with an example profile. Change every answer to match yours. Your score updates as you type.
Your estimated score
- A. Core / human capital
- 354 of 500Age 110, education 120, first language 124, second language 0, Canadian work 0
- B. Spouse or partner
- 0 of 40Not used: you are scored as a single applicant
- C. Skill transferability
- 75 of 100Education 25, foreign work 50, certificate 0
- D. Additional points
- 0 of 600Nomination 0, sibling 0, French 0, Canadian study 0
This is an estimate. Your official score is the one IRCC calculates from the profile you submit and the documents that support it.
Points for each factor
| Factor | Section | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Age | A | 110 |
| Level of education | A | 120 |
| First official language | A | 124 |
| Second official language | A | 0 |
| Canadian work experience | A | 0 |
| Education with language | C | 25 |
| Education with Canadian work | C | 0 |
| Foreign work with language | C | 50 |
| Foreign work with Canadian work | C | 0 |
| Certificate of qualification | C | 0 |
| Provincial or territorial nomination | D | 0 |
| Brother or sister in Canada | D | 0 |
| French-language skills | D | 0 |
| Study in Canada | D | 0 |
Compared with recent rounds
The lowest CRS score invited in the latest round of each type, from IRCC's data as of October 8, 2026. Provincial nominee rounds are left out, because they invite only nominated candidates. Program and category rounds are open only to candidates who qualify for them. Past cut-offs do not predict future ones.
| Latest round of this type | Lowest score invited | Your estimate is |
|---|---|---|
| Trade occupationsOct 1, 2026, round 447, 3,500 invitations | 476 | 47 points below |
| Canadian Experience ClassSep 29, 2026, round 446, 2,000 invitations | 518 | 89 points below |
| Senior managers with Canadian work experienceSep 16, 2026, round 444, 250 invitations | 389 | 40 points above |
| Healthcare and social servicesSep 4, 2026, round 441, 3,500 invitations | 475 | 46 points below |
| Physicians with Canadian work experienceSep 3, 2026, round 440, 229 invitations | 198 | 231 points above |
| French-language proficiencyAug 19, 2026, round 437, 5,000 invitations | 382 | 47 points above |
| Transport occupationsAug 7, 2026, round 434, 300 invitations | 470 | 41 points below |
| Skilled military recruitsJul 23, 2026, round 430, 4 invitations | 368 | 61 points above |
How this estimate is worked out
The Comprehensive Ranking System gives every candidate in the Express Entry pool a score out of 1,200. It has four parts, and IRCC caps some of them:
| Part | What it covers | Highest score |
|---|---|---|
| A. Core / human capital | Age, education, official languages, Canadian work experience | 500 single, 460 with a spouse |
| B. Spouse or partner | Your partner's education, language and Canadian work | 40 |
| C. Skill transferability | Education, foreign work and trade certificates combined with language or Canadian work | 100 |
| D. Additional points | Provincial nomination, sibling in Canada, French, study in Canada | 600 |
Every table is on the how the CRS is calculated page, built from the same data this calculator uses. Language test results are first converted to Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels, or NCLC levels for French, using IRCC's score charts.
What to enter in each question
These notes follow the wording of IRCC's own questionnaire. IRCC makes the final decision on what counts.
- Age. Your age on the date you were invited to apply. If you have not been invited, use your current age.
- Education. The highest level that is either a Canadian credential or has an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) from an approved agency, done in the last five years. If you have two bachelor's degrees, or a bachelor's degree and a two-year diploma, choose "two or more credentials".
- Language. Use results less than two years old. Each test has four abilities (speaking, listening, reading, writing), and each is scored separately.
- Skilled work in Canada. Within the last 10 years, paid, full-time or an equal amount of part-time, in a job at NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3. IRCC says you must have been physically in Canada and working for a Canadian employer; remote work counts if you were in Canada.
- Skilled work outside Canada. The same rules, but outside Canada and in only one occupation.
- Canadian degree, diploma or certificate. To answer yes, IRCC says English or French as a second language must not be more than half of your study, you must not have studied under an award that required you to return home, the school must be in Canada, and you must have been enrolled full time and physically in Canada for at least eight months. Study completed, in whole or in part, between March 2020 and August 2022 is exempt from the eight-month rules. Distance learning counts for your level of education, but not for this answer.
- Certificate of qualification. A trade certificate issued by a province, territory or federal body. It is not the same as a provincial nomination.
A worked example
The form starts with this profile: a 29-year-old applicant with no partner, a bachelor's degree, IELTS General Training scores of 7.0 for speaking, 8.0 for listening, 7.0 for reading and 7.0 for writing (CLB 9 in all four abilities), no Canadian work experience and three years of work experience outside Canada.
The result is 429 points: 354 from the core factors (age 110, education 120, language 124) plus 75 from skill transferability (25 for education with language, 50 for foreign work with language).
| Factor | Section | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Age | A | 110 |
| Level of education | A | 120 |
| First official language | A | 124 |
| Second official language | A | 0 |
| Canadian work experience | A | 0 |
| Education with language | C | 25 |
| Education with Canadian work | C | 0 |
| Foreign work with language | C | 50 |
| Foreign work with Canadian work | C | 0 |
| Certificate of qualification | C | 0 |
| Provincial or territorial nomination | D | 0 |
| Brother or sister in Canada | D | 0 |
| French-language skills | D | 0 |
| Study in Canada | D | 0 |
What can change a CRS score
These are factual notes on how the tables work, not advice about what you should do. Eligibility rules for each program apply separately.
- Language is scored ability by ability. With a single-applicant profile, moving all four abilities from CLB 8 to CLB 9 adds 32 points to the core section (23 to 31 points per ability), and a higher level can also raise the skill transferability points.
- The lowest ability sets the tier for skill transferability. Those points depend on CLB 7 or CLB 9 in all four abilities, so one weak result holds that part back.
- French can add bonus points. NCLC 7 or higher in all four French abilities earns an extra 25 points, or 50 if your English is CLB 5 or higher in all four abilities. French as a second official language also earns up to 24 points in the core section (22 with a spouse).
- Canadian experience. Canadian work experience is worth 40 to 80 points on its own (single applicant) and also combines with education and foreign work in the skill transferability part. A Canadian credential of one or two years adds 15 points, and three years or longer adds 30.
- Age points fall after 29. A single applicant gets 110 points from age 20 to 29, and the number goes down each year from 30, reaching 0 at 45.
- A provincial or territorial nomination adds 600 points. It comes from a province or territory, not from IRCC, and has its own requirements.
- Your partner's profile can add up to 40 points, but only when your partner comes with you and is not a citizen or permanent resident.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the official CRS calculator?
No. crsboost is an independent site and is not connected to IRCC or the Government of Canada. The points tables come from IRCC's published CRS criteria, and the calculator was checked against IRCC's own Check your score tool.
IRCC's tool page says that if its questionnaire and the Express Entry system ever give different results, the system's result governs. Treat the number on this page as an estimate.
Why might my score here differ from my Express Entry profile?
The most common reasons are the details behind each answer. Age is counted on the date you are invited (or today, if you have not been invited). Language results must be less than two years old. Education outside Canada counts at the level shown on an ECA from an approved agency. Only some work counts: skilled work (NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3), paid, within the last 10 years.
IRCC decides what counts when it assesses your profile and documents. The rules can also change; the tables here were last compared with IRCC's pages on October 8, 2026.
In two rare cases, IRCC's own online tool also gives fewer points than IRCC's published criteria, which this calculator follows. The note under your result appears when that applies to you; the guide explains both cases.
Do job offers still add CRS points?
No. IRCC removed job offer points (200 for Major Group 00, 50 for other skilled jobs) from the CRS on March 25, 2025. A valid job offer can still matter for eligibility where it is part of the criteria: IRCC names the Federal Skilled Trades Program, the Federal Skilled Worker Program and some streams of provincial nominee programs. IRCC asks you to keep the details of any job offer in your Express Entry profile.
What score do I need to get an invitation?
Nobody can say in advance. IRCC invites the highest-ranking eligible candidates in each round, and the lowest score invited changes from round to round and between round types. The recent draws page lists what happened in past rounds. Those numbers describe the past; they do not predict the next round, and a score above a past cut-off is not an invitation.
What if my spouse or partner is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident?
IRCC scores you as if you did not have a spouse or partner. That also applies if your partner is not coming to Canada with you. Choose the matching option in the first question: you then get the single-applicant points and no spouse points. Only a partner who comes with you and is not a citizen or permanent resident adds spouse points.
Does this site save or send my answers?
No answers leave your device. The calculation runs in your browser, and the page remembers your last answers in your browser's local storage so they are there when you come back. The "Reset to the example" button clears them. See the privacy page for details.
Sources
- Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) criteria: all points tables
- Check your score: IRCC's own questionnaire
- Language test results: language test score charts
- Rounds of invitations: cut-off scores of past rounds