CRS score calculator
Your Express Entry score on the current grid, compared with the draws that actually happened.
The CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) is the score Canada uses to rank candidates inside the Express Entry pool. In each round, IRCC invites everyone above a cut-off — and that cut-off moves from round to round.
About you
First official language
Your CLB level in each ability, from your IELTS, CELPIP, TEF or TCF result. CLB is the Canadian scale the test converts into.Second official language
Leave as “no test” if you have not taken one.Work and credentials
Your spouse
Extra points
0 out of 1,200
How this score would have compared with the most recent Express Entry rounds published on this site:
This is an estimate from IRCC's published grid, not an official score: only your Express Entry profile produces that. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere or stored — the calculation runs in your own browser.
There is no job-offer field on purpose: IRCC removed arranged-employment points (50 and 200) on March 25, 2025. A calculator that still adds them overstates your score.
Grid checked against canada.ca on September 19, 2026. Official CRS criteria
Why this calculator does not ask about a job offer
Because since March 25, 2025 a job offer is worth no points. It used to add 50, or 200 for senior management roles. Many calculators still add them, which overstates a score by up to 200 points — enough to believe you are in range when you are not. A job offer is still an eligibility requirement for some programmes; it is simply no longer score.
What the score is made of
- Core human capital (max 500 without a spouse, 460 with): age, education, official languages and Canadian work experience.
- Spouse factors (max 40): your partner’s education, language and Canadian experience, if they come with you.
- Skill transferability (max 100): combinations of education, language and experience that are worth more together than apart.
- Additional points (max 600): provincial nomination, study in Canada, French, and a sibling in Canada.
A provincial nomination is worth 600 points on its own — in practice it secures the invitation. Which is why the provincial draws are worth watching too, not just the federal ones.
Frequently asked questions
Is this score official?
No. It is an estimate from IRCC’s published grid. The official score comes from your Express Entry profile with your verified documents; an error in an education assessment or a CLB level changes the result.
What is a CLB level?
It is the Canadian scale your language test converts into. IELTS, CELPIP, TEF and TCF all have official conversion tables, and each ability — speaking, listening, reading, writing — converts separately.
Can I raise my score?
There is nearly always room: one more CLB level, another year of experience, a French test, or a provincial nomination. Which one is worth it depends on your profile — and that is exactly the conversation to have before you create the profile.
What score do I need?
Whatever the round you are in requires. That is why this calculator compares your result with recent cut-offs instead of giving you a fixed number: category-based rounds usually close lower than general ones.
Do you store my data?
No. The calculation runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is kept.
Want the real score, reviewed by an RCIC?
A review looks at what a calculator cannot see: whether your experience counts as skilled, whether your education assessment was done correctly, and which change would add the most points in the least time.