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How do I calculate my points for Canada PR?

Your Canada PR points are your Comprehensive Ranking System score, calculated from age, education, language results, work experience and whether you have a spouse, out of 1,200. Add each factor from IRCC's published grid, then add 600 if you hold a provincial nomination. Our calculator runs the same grid and shows what each change would add.

The grid, in plain terms

IRCC publishes the full Comprehensive Ranking System grid. For an applicant without a spouse it works like this:

  • Age: 110 points from 20 to 29, then falling: 105 at 30, 95 at 32, 77 at 35, 50 at 40, none from 45.
  • Education: 30 for secondary school, 90 for a one-year post-secondary credential, 120 for a bachelor's or a three-year diploma, 135 for a master's, 150 for a doctorate.
  • First official language: up to 34 points for each of the four abilities, so 136 in total, and the top band starts at CLB 10.
  • Second official language: up to 24 for French alongside English.
  • Canadian work experience: up to 80 for five years. Indian experience scores nothing in this section.

That is the core human capital section, capped at 500. With a spouse, your own caps are slightly lower and your spouse's language, education and Canadian experience add up to 40.

The second section

Skill transferability, up to 100. It rewards combinations: strong language plus a degree, or foreign experience plus strong language. This is where Indian applicants with three or more years of experience and CLB 9 pick up 50 points that a form filled in casually misses.

The third section

Up to 600 more: 600 for a provincial nomination, 50 for a Canadian sibling, up to 50 for French, and 15 to 30 for Canadian study. Points for an arranged job offer were removed in 2025.

Do it once, properly

Guessing a CLB from an overall IELTS band, or counting an unpaid year, gives a number that draws will not honour. The CRS calculator asks the same questions IRCC does and tells you the cut-off you are measured against.

Sources

Checked against these on by Anu Francis, Head of Sales — Canada Migration. Immigration rules change without notice — if you are reading this much later, check them again.