CRS Calculator – Express Entry Calculator for Your CRS Score

The points system IRCC uses to rank Express Entry candidates, out of 1,200: up to 500 core points (age, education, language, Canadian work experience, spouse factors), 100 for skill transferability and 600 additional points.

IRCC's online system for managing permanent residence applications under three federal economic programs — Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades and Canadian Experience Class — and part of the Provincial Nominee Program. Eligible candidates create a profile, receive a CRS score, and the highest-ranked are invited to apply in regular rounds.

Possibly — but usually only through a category-based draw you qualify for. In the last 12 months, the most recent cut-off was at or below 470 in: French (407 on Oct 27, 2026), Senior managers (389 on Sep 16, 2026), Physicians (198 on Sep 3, 2026), Military (368 on Jul 23, 2026). General and CEC rounds have needed more. See Is 470 a good CRS score?

There is no fixed minimum. Each round of invitations sets its own cut-off. Over the last 12 months, the latest cut-offs ranged from 198 to 519 for non-PNP rounds; PNP rounds are much higher because a nomination adds 600 points. Compare your score with the latest Express Entry draws.

No — this is an independent CRS calculator. IRCC publishes its own "Check your score" tool on canada.ca. Ours uses the same points tables and is tested against IRCC's tool, but also shows your pool rank, the latest cut-offs by draw type and personalised ways to raise your score.

A CRS points calculator (also called an Express Entry points calculator or PR score calculator) adds up your points for age, education, language, work experience, spouse factors, skill transferability and additional factors, out of 1,200. Use the calculator at the top of this page.

Yes. Use the calculator above — it is free, needs no sign-up and runs entirely in your browser. Your official score is the one shown in your IRCC Express Entry profile.

IRCC removed job-offer points on March 25, 2025. From November 3, 2026, a qualifying job offer in a high-wage occupation earns 50, 70 or 100 points, with no LMIA needed. It is not added to Canadian work experience points: the higher of the two counts, up to 150 (140 with a spouse). Job offers in other occupations still earn no CRS points. This calculator includes both rules. See high-wage occupations.

1,200 points: up to 500 for core/human capital factors (460 with a spouse plus 40 spouse points), 100 for skill transferability and 600 additional points.

IRCC says it holds rounds of invitations about every two weeks, often several rounds of different types in the same week. Our draws page updates automatically from IRCC data.

The CRS score is the same federal score in every province. Answer "Yes" to the provincial nomination question in the CRS calculator to add the 600 points. Provincial streams have their own eligibility rules and, in some provinces, their own points grids, which are not CRS.

No. The 67-point grid is a pass/fail eligibility test for the Federal Skilled Worker Program only. The CRS score (out of 1,200) ranks everyone already in the Express Entry pool, and decides who is invited. Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades candidates don't need 67 points. Score the grid with the FSW 67 points calculator.

It follows IRCC's published CRS criteria (verified 2026-10-03). On every update we run 5,000 random profiles through the scoring code of IRCC's own tool and check every one: 4,709 give exactly the same total, and the other 291 differ by exactly the amount explained by two documented cases where IRCC's tool does not follow IRCC's published criteria (we follow the criteria). See the published test cases. It is still an estimate — always confirm your score in your Express Entry profile.