Last full review: 14 November 2026. Rules version: Comprehensive Ranking System as amended on 3 November 2026.
Official sources
- Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) criteria, Canada.ca, modified 3 November 2026
- High-wage occupations for Express Entry, effective 3 November 2026
- Changes to Express Entry for high-wage occupations, IRCC news release, October 2026
- Express Entry: Language test results (CLB/NCLC equivalency)
- Federal Skilled Worker Program: six selection factors
- Educational credential assessment (FSW education points)
- Federal Skilled Worker Program: minimum requirements, modified 3 November 2026
- Canadian Experience Class: eligibility, modified 16 October 2026
- Federal Skilled Trades Program: eligibility, modified 16 October 2026
- Proof of funds (table updated 7 July 2025), modified 16 October 2026
- Category-based selection, modified 16 October 2026
- Create your Express Entry profile, modified 16 October 2026
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, section 1 (definition of common-law partner)
- Express Entry rounds of invitations (draw data)
How the CRS calculator computes your score
- Each language result is converted to a CLB or NCLC level per skill using IRCC's equivalency charts.
- The "with spouse" column is used only when a married or common-law partner is coming to Canada and is not a citizen or permanent resident.
- Labour market integration: we compute the Canadian work route (length points plus the high-wage bonus where you have at least 1 year) and the job offer route, and keep the higher, as IRCC states.
- Skill transferability uses your lowest first-language skill to pick the CLB 7 or CLB 9 column, and caps each pair at 50 and the section at 100.
- Additional points are capped at 600.
Limitations
We cannot check the duration, hours or TEER of your work, or whether an ECA or job offer is valid. Physician-specific provisions and rare edge cases are not modelled.