The fastest way to get the Canada PR visa is by applying via the federal government’s Express entry program It is the most popular immigration pathway that provides an immigration pathway for skilled immigrants to settle permanently in Canada. Canada PR visa is the best way for immigrants who are looking to live in Canada on a permanent basis. Having a Canada PR visa allows the holder to live, work or study in Canada for duration of five years.

The Canadian government’s Express Entry program is point-based and is calculated using the Canada CRS points calculator. It manages the profile of the candidates who have applied under Canada’s three skilled immigration programs –Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), and Canadian Experience Class (CEC). Candidates are required to create an Express profile once they are able to clear the 67 points eligibility criteria.

After creating an express profile, all the candidates' profiles are submitted together into an express pool. In an express pool, express profiles are ranked with the help of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), and the profiles of the candidate with the highest ranked are issued the Invitation to Apply (ITA) via regularly held express draws. With the help of ITA, candidates are able to apply for a Canada PR visa to the Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada (IRCC).  

CRS Calculator Canada uses the points that are awarded to the express profiles based on the credentials that are submitted by the candidates while creating the express profiles. Mainly these points are awarded based on the following factors:

What is the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)?

Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Calculator is a calculating tool that will help you to check your eligibility for Canada PR through Express Entry Program in 2024. Based on selection factors like age, education, language proficiency etc, you will be able to calculate your CRS score and apply for Canada PR visa.

Core factors

Core factors total up to 600 CRS points. These points are awarded based on the following factors:

• Skills and experience factors
• Spouse or common-law partner factors like language skills and educational qualifications
• Skill transferability including work experience

Additional Points in CRS Score Calculator Canada

Additional factors also total up to 600 CRS points. These are awarded based on the following factors:

• Canadian degrees, diplomas or certificates
• Valid job offer
• Provincial Nomination
• Siblings living in Canada as a citizen or permanent residents
• Language proficiency in French

The total sum of Core factors and Additional factors comes to 1200 points. These are maximum points one can score in CRS. To know your CRS score use our express entry crs calculator 2024.

It is established to apply for a Canada PR visa via the express entry program, candidates have to clear the minimum required CRS score. In case you are not able to clear the CRS cut-off, there are ways to increase the CRS score in the Canada Express Entry CRS Calculator. Some of them are as follows:

Core/Human Capital Factors

Factors	Points – With a spouse or common-law partner	Points – Without a spouse or common-law partner
Age	100	110
Level of Education	140	150
Official Language proficiency	150	160
Canadian Work Experience	70	80

Spouse or Common-law partner factors

Factors	Points
Level of education	10
Official language proficiency	20
Canadian Work Experience	10

Skill Transferability factors

Education	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
With good/strong official languages proficiency (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
With good/strong official language proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50

Additional Points

Factor	Points
Siblings living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident)	15
French Language Skills	30
Post-secondary education in Canada	30
Arranged employment	200
Provincial Nomination	600

Now, we will breakdown points section by section, how the Canada immigration points calculator 2024 awards point for the candidate’s credentials.

Age

Age (In years)	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
17 years of age 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	5	6
45	0	0

Educational Qualifications

Level of Education	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or 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 university, college, trade or technical school, or another institute	84	90
The two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or another institute	91	98
Bachelor’s degree OR  a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or another 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	126	135
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	140	150

First official language Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking, and listening):

• 32 with a spouse or common-law partner
• 34 without a spouse or common-law partner

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

Second official language Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking, and listening):

• 6 with a spouse or common-law partner
• 6 without a spouse or common-law partner

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or more	6	6

Work Experience

Canadian work experience	With a spouse or common-law partner	Without a spouse or common-law partner
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

Spouse or common-law partner factors

Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education	Points
Less than secondary school (high school)	0
Secondary school (high school graduation)	2
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or another institute	6
The two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or another institute	7
Bachelor’s degree OR  a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or another institute	8
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years	9
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.)	10
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)	10

 

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening )	Points
CLB 4 or less	0
CLB 5 or 6	1
CLB 7 or 8	3
CLB 9 or more	5

 

Spouse’s Canadian work experience	Maximum 10 points
None or less than a year	0
1 year	5
2 years	7
3 years	8
4 years	9
5 years or more	10

  

Skill transferability factors

Educational Qualification

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	Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities
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

With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience	Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience
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

   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	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities
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	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work 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 a certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7	Points for a certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities
With a certificate of qualification	25	50

  

Additional points

Factors	Points
Siblings 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)	15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills	30
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 – under occupation classified as NOC 00	200
Arranged employment – under occupation classified as any other NOC 0, A or B	50
Provincial or territorial nomination	600

After calculating your CRS points with our CRS points calculator 2024, you will needing to know the minimum CRS score requirement for express entry program. IRCC issues ITA via regularly held express draws to the candidates who are able to clear the CRS score cut-off. The latest express draw held on Jan 08 set the minimum CRS point requirement at 473 points. This means the candidates who are able to score 473 or more were issued the ITA to apply for Canada PR visa to IRCC.

It is established in order to apply for Canada PR visa via express entry program, Candidate have to clear the minimum required CRS score. In case you are not able to clear the CRS cut-off, there are ways one can increase their CRS score. Some of them are as follows:

• Improve your score in language proficiency factor. For this candidate who has taken the IELTS examination can increase their exam score to get more CRS points.
• Pursue higher level of education to get maximum points for educational qualification.
• Get a job offer from an eligible employer of Canada to get 200 extra CRS score. Earlier it was used to 600 points awarded.
• Provincial nomination is the best way to increase the CRS score. On landing the provincial nomination, express entry candidates are given 600 CRS points.