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CLB to CRS Points: What Each CELPIP Level Is Worth

Move each skill and watch your CRS change, or enter a target score and see which CELPIP levels reach it. Calculated in your browser with IRCC’s tables.

What a level is worthScores for a target CRS

Example profile: 28, bachelor’s, 3 years abroad, single · Current rules

Target CRS

For example a recent cut-off. Cut-offs change every round.

Recent cut-offs (not PNP rounds)

Starting from your levels in the gauge

L 9 · R 9 · W 9 · S 8 → 384

Only levels at or above these are considered — nobody plans to score lower.

Not reachable with English alone

Not reachable with English alone — 39 points short.

Even CLB 10 in all four skills gives 441 on this profile. Other levers — Canadian work, a second language, a further credential — are in the full calculator.

See other levers in the CRS calculator

Each first-language skill at CLB 9 is worth 31 CRS points if you are single (29 with a spouse), versus 23 (22) at CLB 8 and 34 (32) at CLB 10+. Reaching CLB 9 in all four skills can also unlock up to 50 skill-transferability points. In our example, CLB 8 to 9 in all four skills adds 69 points.

How many CRS points is one CLB level worth?

For a single applicant, each first-language skill earns 17 points at CLB 7, 23 at CLB 8, 31 at CLB 9 and 34 at CLB 10 or above (16, 22, 29 and 32 with a spouse). Multiply by four for all skills — and add skill-transferability points once all four reach CLB 7, and more at CLB 9.

CRS points per first-language skill by CLB level
Level	Single, per skill	With a spouse, per skill	Single, all four	With a spouse, all four	Skill transferability (if all four reach it)
CLB 4CELPIP 4	6	6	24	24	—
CLB 5CELPIP 5	6	6	24	24	—
CLB 6CELPIP 6	9	8	36	32	—
CLB 7CELPIP 7	17	16	68	64	Unlocks the CLB 7 band: 13 or 25 per pair
CLB 8CELPIP 8	23	22	92	88	—
CLB 9CELPIP 9	31	29	124	116	Unlocks the CLB 9 band: 25 or 50 per pair
CLB 10+CELPIP 10–12	34	32	136	128	—

CRS points per first-language skill by CLB level · IRCC — CRS criteria (Oct 18, 2026)

CELPIP levels map one-to-one to CLB for immigration (CELPIP 9 = CLB 9), and the CRS stops at CLB 10. Using IELTS, PTE Core, TEF or TCF? Convert your scores to CLB first.

Why is CLB 9 the big jump?

Skill transferability looks at your lowest first-language skill. With all four at CLB 9, the education and foreign-work pairs move to their higher band — so CLB 8 to CLB 9 in all four skills is worth 69 points in our example: 32 from language and 37 from transferability. CLB 9 to 10 adds only 12.

That is also why one weak skill costs so much. At 9/9/9/8 the example scores 384; lifting only speaking to 9 gives 429 (+45: 8 language + 37 transferability). Drop one skill to 6 and transferability falls to 0.

What scores do you need for a target CRS?

Switch the tool above to “Scores for a target CRS”, enter the score you want, and it lists every minimal combination of CELPIP levels that reaches it, easiest first. If no combination works — the example profile tops out at 441 with English alone — it tells you how many points are missing.

Try a target of 480, or build your own profile in the CRS calculator and follow its language link back here — the target search then uses your profile.

Worked example: 336 → 360 → 429 → 441

Example profile (28, bachelor’s with ECA, 3 years’ foreign work, single) with all four skills at the same level — current rules
Language	Language points	Transferability	Total CRS	Change
CLB 7 ×4	68	38	336	—
CLB 8 ×4	92	38	360	+24
CLB 9 ×4	124	75	429	+69
CLB 10 ×4	136	75	441	+12

Example profile (28, bachelor’s with ECA, 3 years’ foreign work, single) with all four skills at the same level — current rules · IRCC — CRS criteria (2026-10-18)

Language points are the same under the current rules and the November 3, 2026 rules, so this table holds for both.

Is CLB 9 good for Express Entry?

CLB 9 in all four skills is a strong result: it earns 124 of the 136 first-language points available to a single applicant and the full language band for skill transferability. Whether it is enough depends on the rest of your profile and on the round — the latest round on Oct 16, 2026 invited candidates from 435 (see recent cut-offs).

Second language and the French bonus

A second official language adds up to 24 points (22 with a spouse). French at NCLC 7 or higher in all four skills also earns an additional 25 points, or 50 if your English is CLB 5 or higher in all four.

Questions people ask

Is CELPIP 12 worth more CRS points than 10?

No. The CRS counts up to CLB 10; CELPIP 10, 11 and 12 earn the same points.

Can I average my four scores?

No. Each skill converts to a CLB level separately, and transferability uses your lowest skill.

Why are the points lower with a spouse?

When your spouse counts, the “with a spouse” tables apply: 29 instead of 31 per skill at CLB 9, with up to 40 spouse points available instead.

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