Express Entry Points Calculator: Canadian Immigration

Determining Your Total Points With Our Express Entry Points Calculator Tool

Legal Disclaimer: Kahane Law Office is pleased to offer the below Express Entry points calculator tool. This tool can be used to estimate your points under the Express Entry program’s Comprehensive Ranking System. KLO wants to help you reach your Canadian immigration goals and this tool provides you with an estimate of your points.

This tool is for guideline purposes only and your actual points will be determined based on the laws and regulations set out in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, and Minister's Instructions issued under IRPA s.10.3. Changes or updates may occur to this tool to reflect changes to governing laws.

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1) Describe your marital status

2) i. Are you married to, or in a common-law relationship with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident?

2) ii. Will your spouse or common-law partner accompany you to Canada?

3) How old are you?

Choose the best answer:

If you’ve been invited to apply, enter your age on the date you were invited.
OR
If you plan to complete an Express Entry profile, enter your current age.

4) What is your highest level of education?

Please tell us the highest level of education you have earned. Education points in the Express Entry Points Calculator can only be gained where you have earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate or obtained an Educational Credential Assessment ("ECA") for any studies outside of Canada. ECAs must be from an IRCC approved body, obtained in the last 5 years. Where can I get an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)?

Please be advised that Canadian education (degrees, diplomas or certificate) must have been earned at a Designated Learned Institute (DLI). Distance learning cannot have made up greater than half of your overall studies.

4b) Have you earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate?

To answer yes:

English or French as a Second Language ("ESL") must be less than half of your overall study program
You cannot count Canadian studies which were based on an award which requires you to return to your home country following graduation to apply your acquired skills
Canadian studies must have been completed on Canadian soil (international campuses will not count)
The program must be made up of at least 8 months of full-time studies wherein you were physically present in Canada

4c) Choose the best answer to describe your level of education.

5) Official languages: Canada's official languages are English and French.

You need to submit language test results that are less than two years old for all programs under Express Entry, even if English or French is your first language.

i. Did you take the test in the last two (2) years?

ii. Tell us which test you took.

Enter your test scores:

Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:

iii. Have you challenged any other language tests in the last two (2) years (Other official language)?

Enter your test scores for:

Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:

6) Work Experience

i. How many years of skilled work experience (NOC level B or higher) in Canada do you have in the last 10 years?

If uncertain, you can find your NOC here.

To qualify, work must be full-time, paid (or an equal amount in part-time). Work that forms part of a co-op work term, or work completed while on a study permit does not count.

ii. How many total years of skilled work experience do you have over the last 10 years?

To count, the work must be full-time (or an equal amount in part-time), and in only one occupation (NOC level B or higher).

7) Do you have a certificate of qualification from a Canadian province, territory or federal body?

Note: Individuals with a certificate of qualification can work in some skilled trades in Canada. These certificates will be issued only by the provinces, territories or a federal body. To obtain a certificate of qualification, individuals must have their training, skills, and trade experience assessed and successfully pass a certification exam.

The certificate of qualification is different than a provincial nomination.

Additional Points

8) Do you have a job offer for which a Labour Market Impact Assessment was obtained by your prospective employer (if needed)? To obtain points, the job offer must be:

A valid job offer must be:

full-time
skilled (NOC level B or higher)
Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exempt or support by a Labour Market Impact Assessment
offered for at least one year from the time you become a permanent resident

Job offers are excluded if they are from:

an embassy, high commission or consulate in Canada or
on the list of ineligible employers

Other factors to consider when determining whether your job offer is valid can be found here.

8a) What NOC level is your job offer?

9) Do you have a valid nomination from a province or territory?

10) Do you or your spouse or common law partner (if accompanying you to Canada) have one or more siblings living in Canada (must be a citizen or permanent resident)?

To qualify, the sibling must be:

at least 18 years old or more
related to you or your partner by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption
share a common parent with you or your partner

A sibling is related to you by:

blood (biological)
adoption
marriage (step-brother or step-sister)

11) Tell us about your spouse or common law partner's highest level of education. Have they:

earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate; or
had an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)? (ECAs must be less than 5 years old and issued by an IRCC approved agency)

12) How many years of skilled work experience (NOC level B or higher) in Canada does your spouse/common-law partner have in the last 10 years?

If uncertain, you can find your NOC here.

To quality, work must be full-time, paid (or an equal amount in part-time). Work that forms part of a co-op work term, or work completed while on a study permit does not count.

13) i) In the last two years, did your spouse or common-law partner take a language test? If so, which one?

ii) Enter the test scores for:

Speaking: Listening: Reading: Writing:

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