Essentially, the key purpose of the Canada Express Entry is to give the control over the selection of prospective migrants under skilled workers category to Canadian Government through Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Towards, that objective and as a precursor to minimum 67 points criteria, a system whereby the applicants interested in migrating are ranked against each other, using a set of parameters. The tool containing these parameters, ranking and selection is called the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). The key components and parameters of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) are as follows:

Parameters related to Core human capital;
Parameters related to accompanying spouse or common-law partner;
Parameters related to Skill transferability; and
Parameters relating to a provincial nomination or a qualifying job offer of arranged employment.

Total number of points available under the Express Entry CRS is 1,200. Where candidates are filing the application without an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, the break of points under CRS is as follows:

Core human Capital: Maximum 500 points;
Skill transferability: Maximum 100 points; and
With a valid job offer Maximum 200 points
Provincial nomination of a qualifying offer: Maximum 600 points available

Where candidates are filing the application with an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, the break of points under CRS is as follows:

Core human Capital of Principal Applicant: Maximum 460 points;
Core human Capital of Spouse: Maximum 40 points
Skill transferability: Maximum 100 points; and
Provincial nomination of a qualifying offer 600 points

Summary of points per factor for Express Entry candidates

A) Core / human capital factors

Factors	Points per factor – With a spouse or common-law partner	Points per factor – Without a spouse or common-law partner
Age	100	110
Level of education	140	150
Official languages proficiency	150	160
Canadian work experience	70	80

B) Spouse or common-law partner factors

Factors	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)

C) Skill Transferability factors

Factors	Points per factor
Education	Maximum 50 points
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a post-secondary degree	50
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree	50

Factors	Points per factor
Foreign work experience	Maximum 50 points
With good/strong official languages proficiency and foreign work experience	50
With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience	50

Factors	Points per factor Maximum 100 points
Certificate of qualification (for people in trade occupations)	Maximum 50 points
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a certificate of qualification	50
A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points

D) Additional Points

Factors	Points per factor (Maximum 600 points)
A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors + C. Transferability factors + D. = Grand total – 1,200
Post-secondary education in Canada	30
Arranged employment	200
PN nomination	600

Points breakdown, section by section

CRS – A. Core / human capital factors

With a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 460 points total for all factors.
Without a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 500 points total for all factors.

Age	With a spouse (Maximum 460 points) Number of points (100 maximum)	Without a spouse (Maximum 500 points) Number of points (110 maximum)
17 years of age or less	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	50	55
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 – Number of points (140 maximum)	Without a spouse – Number of points (150 maximum)
Less than Secondary school (high school) credential	0	0
Secondary school (high school) credential	28	30
One-year post-secondary program credential	84	90
Two-year post-secondary program credential	91	98
Post-secondary program credential of three years or longer	112	120
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	119	128
University-level credential at the Master’s level OR an entry-to-practice professional degree. CIC only accepts as an entry-to-practice professional degree, those degrees issued in relation to an occupation listed at NOC Skill level A and for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required.	126	135
University-level credential at the Doctoral level	140	150

Official languages proficiency – first official language Reading, writing, speaking and listening total points for each ability:

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 Maximum 128 points	Without a spouse 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

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

Spouse factors	With spouse – number of points per factor	Without spouse (0 points – does not apply)
Less than secondary school (high school) credential	0	n/a
Secondary school (high school) credential	2	n/a
One-year post-secondary program credential	6	n/a
Two-year post-secondary program credential	7	n/a
Post-secondary program credential of three years or longer	8	n/a
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	9	n/a
University-level credential at the Master’s level OR an entry-to-practice professional degree. CIC only accepts as an entry-to-practice professional degree, those degrees issued in relation to an occupation listed at NOC Skill level A and for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required.	10	n/a
University-level credential at the Doctoral level	10	n/a

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (Reading, writing, speaking and listening)	Maximum 20 points	0 (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
Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.

Spouse’s Canadian work experience	Maximum 10 points	0 (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 : A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points

CRS – C. Skill transferability factors

Education (Maximum 100 points for this section)

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, one or more under 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 was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50

CRS – D. Additional points

(Maximum 600 points)

Additional points	Maximum 600 points
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
Subtotal: D. Additional points – Maximum 600 points
Grand total: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors + D. Additional points = Maximum 1,200 points

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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 (levels 1&2)	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer (levels 3,4 & 5)	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 (levels 6,7 & 8)	25	50

Years of experience	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first OL abilities, one or more under 9 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first OL 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

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 and a certificate of qualification	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first OL abilities, one or more under 7 (Maximum 25 points)	Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first OL 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

CSR (Comprehensive Ranking System)