{
  "name": "Express Entry CRS points table",
  "ruleVersion": "2026-11-03",
  "label": "CRS with Labour Market Integration factor (announced 2026-10-16, effective 2026-11-03)",
  "effectiveFrom": "2026-11-03",
  "effectiveTo": null,
  "verified": "2026-10-18",
  "publisher": "https://canadianenglishtest.org",
  "url": "https://canadianenglishtest.org/crs-points-table",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "disclaimer": "Transcribed from official IRCC / CELPIP / FEI pages fetched 2026-10-18. The Express Entry system's own result governs. Version '2026-11-03' is based on IRCC web guidance published 2026-10-16; the Ministerial Instructions amendment text was not yet published.",
  "columns": {
    "single": "Points without an accompanying spouse or common-law partner (or the partner is a Canadian citizen/PR)",
    "spouse": "Points with an accompanying spouse or common-law partner"
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/changes.html",
    "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2026/10/changes-to-express-entry-for-high-wage-occupations.html",
    "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2026/10/canada-refocusing-express-entry-on-top-talent-that-drives-economic-growth.html",
    "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/check-score/high-wage.html",
    "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/check-score/crs-criteria.html"
  ],
  "formula": "coreExcludingCwe(age+education+FOL+SOL) + LMI(max(workLength+highWage, jobOffer); cap 140/150) + spouse(max 40) + skillTransferability(max 100, uses CWE years) + min(600, additional)",
  "maxTotal": null,
  "maxTotalNote": "NOT officially restated. If LMI simply replaces the core Canadian-work-experience row, the arithmetic maximum would be 1270 for both spouse states (e.g. 110+150+136+24 + 150 LMI + 100 + 600). No 2026 Ministerial Instructions amendment was published on the MI index page as of 2026-10-18; the CRS tool page still says 'out of 1,200'. Treat as UNVERIFIED.",
  "caps": {
    "coreExcludingLmi": {
      "withSpouse": 390,
      "withoutSpouse": 420
    },
    "labourMarketIntegration": {
      "withSpouse": 140,
      "withoutSpouse": 150
    },
    "spouse": 40,
    "skillTransferability": 100,
    "additional": 600,
    "capsNote": "coreExcludingLmi is DERIVED (old core cap minus old CWE max: 460-70, 500-80), not an official figure. Whether IRCC reports LMI inside the 'core' subtotal is not stated."
  },
  "core": {
    "age": [
      {
        "label": "17 or less",
        "minAge": null,
        "maxAge": 17,
        "single": 0,
        "spouse": 0
      },
      {
        "label": "18",
        "minAge": 18,
        "maxAge": 18,
        "single": 99,
        "spouse": 90
      },
      {
        "label": "19",
        "minAge": 19,
        "maxAge": 19,
        "single": 105,
        "spouse": 95
      },
      {
        "label": "20 to 29",
        "minAge": 20,
        "maxAge": 29,
        "single": 110,
        "spouse": 100
      },
      {
        "label": "30",
        "minAge": 30,
        "maxAge": 30,
        "single": 105,
        "spouse": 95
      },
      {
        "label": "31",
        "minAge": 31,
        "maxAge": 31,
        "single": 99,
        "spouse": 90
      },
      {
        "label": "32",
        "minAge": 32,
        "maxAge": 32,
        "single": 94,
        "spouse": 85
      },
      {
        "label": "33",
        "minAge": 33,
        "maxAge": 33,
        "single": 88,
        "spouse": 80
      },
      {
        "label": "34",
        "minAge": 34,
        "maxAge": 34,
        "single": 83,
        "spouse": 75
      },
      {
        "label": "35",
        "minAge": 35,
        "maxAge": 35,
        "single": 77,
        "spouse": 70
      },
      {
        "label": "36",
        "minAge": 36,
        "maxAge": 36,
        "single": 72,
        "spouse": 65
      },
      {
        "label": "37",
        "minAge": 37,
        "maxAge": 37,
        "single": 66,
        "spouse": 60
      },
      {
        "label": "38",
        "minAge": 38,
        "maxAge": 38,
        "single": 61,
        "spouse": 55
      },
      {
        "label": "39",
        "minAge": 39,
        "maxAge": 39,
        "single": 55,
        "spouse": 50
      },
      {
        "label": "40",
        "minAge": 40,
        "maxAge": 40,
        "single": 50,
        "spouse": 45
      },
      {
        "label": "41",
        "minAge": 41,
        "maxAge": 41,
        "single": 39,
        "spouse": 35
      },
      {
        "label": "42",
        "minAge": 42,
        "maxAge": 42,
        "single": 28,
        "spouse": 25
      },
      {
        "label": "43",
        "minAge": 43,
        "maxAge": 43,
        "single": 17,
        "spouse": 15
      },
      {
        "label": "44",
        "minAge": 44,
        "maxAge": 44,
        "single": 6,
        "spouse": 5
      },
      {
        "label": "45 or more",
        "minAge": 45,
        "maxAge": null,
        "single": 0,
        "spouse": 0
      }
    ],
    "education": [
      {
        "level": "LESS_THAN_SECONDARY",
        "label": "Less than secondary school (high school)",
        "single": 0,
        "spouse": 0
      },
      {
        "level": "SECONDARY",
        "label": "Secondary diploma (high school graduation)",
        "single": 30,
        "spouse": 28
      },
      {
        "level": "ONE_YEAR_POST_SECONDARY",
        "label": "One-year degree, diploma or certificate (university, college, trade/technical school, other institute)",
        "single": 90,
        "spouse": 84
      },
      {
        "level": "TWO_YEAR_POST_SECONDARY",
        "label": "Two-year program",
        "single": 98,
        "spouse": 91
      },
      {
        "level": "BACHELORS_OR_3YR_PROGRAM",
        "label": "Bachelor's degree OR a three-or-more-year program",
        "single": 120,
        "spouse": 112
      },
      {
        "level": "TWO_OR_MORE_ONE_3YR",
        "label": "Two or more certificates/diplomas/degrees, one for a program of 3+ years",
        "single": 128,
        "spouse": 119
      },
      {
        "level": "MASTERS_OR_PROFESSIONAL",
        "label": "Master's degree OR entry-to-practice professional degree (medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, pharmacy) for a licensed TEER 1 occupation",
        "single": 135,
        "spouse": 126
      },
      {
        "level": "DOCTORAL",
        "label": "Doctoral level university degree (PhD)",
        "single": 150,
        "spouse": 140
      }
    ],
    "firstOfficialLanguage": {
      "perAbility": [
        {
          "clbMin": 0,
          "clbMax": 3,
          "label": "Less than CLB 4",
          "single": 0,
          "spouse": 0
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 4,
          "clbMax": 5,
          "label": "CLB 4 or 5",
          "single": 6,
          "spouse": 6
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 6,
          "clbMax": 6,
          "label": "CLB 6",
          "single": 9,
          "spouse": 8
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 7,
          "clbMax": 7,
          "label": "CLB 7",
          "single": 17,
          "spouse": 16
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 8,
          "clbMax": 8,
          "label": "CLB 8",
          "single": 23,
          "spouse": 22
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 9,
          "clbMax": 9,
          "label": "CLB 9",
          "single": 31,
          "spouse": 29
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 10,
          "clbMax": null,
          "label": "CLB 10 or more",
          "single": 34,
          "spouse": 32
        }
      ],
      "maxPerAbility": {
        "single": 34,
        "spouse": 32
      },
      "max": {
        "single": 136,
        "spouse": 128
      }
    },
    "secondOfficialLanguage": {
      "perAbility": [
        {
          "clbMin": 0,
          "clbMax": 4,
          "label": "Less than CLB 5",
          "single": 0,
          "spouse": 0
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 5,
          "clbMax": 6,
          "label": "CLB 5 or 6",
          "single": 1,
          "spouse": 1
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 7,
          "clbMax": 8,
          "label": "CLB 7 or 8",
          "single": 3,
          "spouse": 3
        },
        {
          "clbMin": 9,
          "clbMax": null,
          "label": "CLB 9 or more",
          "single": 6,
          "spouse": 6
        }
      ],
      "maxPerAbility": {
        "single": 6,
        "spouse": 6
      },
      "max": {
        "single": 24,
        "spouse": 22
      },
      "note": "With spouse: 4 x 6 = 24 but capped at 22."
    }
  },
  "labourMarketIntegration": {
    "name": "Labour Market Integration factor",
    "rule": "LMI = max(workLengthPoints + highWageOccupationPoints, jobOfferPoints). 'You can only receive points for Canadian work experience or an eligible job offer, not both.'",
    "max": {
      "single": 150,
      "spouse": 140
    },
    "workLength": {
      "byYears": [
        {
          "yearsMin": 0,
          "yearsMax": 0,
          "label": "None or less than a year",
          "single": 0,
          "spouse": 0
        },
        {
          "yearsMin": 1,
          "yearsMax": 1,
          "label": "1 year",
          "single": 40,
          "spouse": 35
        },
        {
          "yearsMin": 2,
          "yearsMax": 2,
          "label": "2 years",
          "single": 53,
          "spouse": 46
        },
        {
          "yearsMin": 3,
          "yearsMax": 3,
          "label": "3 years",
          "single": 64,
          "spouse": 56
        },
        {
          "yearsMin": 4,
          "yearsMax": 4,
          "label": "4 years",
          "single": 72,
          "spouse": 63
        },
        {
          "yearsMin": 5,
          "yearsMax": null,
          "label": "5 years or more",
          "single": 80,
          "spouse": 70
        }
      ],
      "max": {
        "single": 80,
        "spouse": 70
      }
    },
    "highWageExperience": [
      {
        "tier": "TIER_2_0X",
        "multiple": "2.0x",
        "points": 70,
        "minMonths": 12,
        "monthsCountedFromTiers": [
          "TIER_2_0X"
        ],
        "officialText": "At least 12 months in one or more high-wage occupations with median wages at least twice the average median wage"
      },
      {
        "tier": "TIER_1_5X",
        "multiple": "1.5x",
        "points": 40,
        "minMonths": 12,
        "monthsCountedFromTiers": [
          "TIER_2_0X",
          "TIER_1_5X"
        ],
        "officialText": "If not eligible for the 70 points, at least 12 months combined in one or more high-wage occupations with median wages at least 1.5 times the average median wage"
      },
      {
        "tier": "TIER_1_3X",
        "multiple": "1.3x",
        "points": 20,
        "minMonths": 12,
        "monthsCountedFromTiers": [
          "TIER_2_0X",
          "TIER_1_5X",
          "TIER_1_3X"
        ],
        "officialText": "if not eligible for the 40 points, at least 12 months combined in one or more high-wage occupations with median wages at least 1.3 times the average median wage"
      }
    ],
    "highWageNote": "monthsCountedFromTiers for 40/20 is our reading of 'at least 1.5 times' / 'at least 1.3 times' (higher tiers are also 'at least' the lower multiple). Flagged as interpretation.",
    "jobOffer": [
      {
        "tier": "TIER_2_0X",
        "multiple": "2.0x",
        "points": 100
      },
      {
        "tier": "TIER_1_5X",
        "multiple": "1.5x",
        "points": 70
      },
      {
        "tier": "TIER_1_3X",
        "multiple": "1.3x",
        "points": 50
      },
      {
        "tier": "NOT_HIGH_WAGE",
        "multiple": "none",
        "points": 0
      }
    ],
    "jobOfferRequirements": "Valid under Express Entry (generally full-time, continuous, >= 1 year after PR); occupation on the high-wage list; LMIA NOT required and gives no extra points; existing or new position/employer; officer must find it genuine; revoked offer no longer qualifies."
  },
  "spouse": {
    "appliesWhen": "Spouse/common-law partner is accompanying AND is not a Canadian citizen or PR. Otherwise use the 'withoutSpouse' columns everywhere and spouse factors = 0.",
    "education": [
      {
        "level": "LESS_THAN_SECONDARY",
        "label": "Less than secondary school (high school)",
        "points": 0
      },
      {
        "level": "SECONDARY",
        "label": "Secondary diploma (high school graduation)",
        "points": 2
      },
      {
        "level": "ONE_YEAR_POST_SECONDARY",
        "label": "One-year degree, diploma or certificate (university, college, trade/technical school, other institute)",
        "points": 6
      },
      {
        "level": "TWO_YEAR_POST_SECONDARY",
        "label": "Two-year program",
        "points": 7
      },
      {
        "level": "BACHELORS_OR_3YR_PROGRAM",
        "label": "Bachelor's degree OR a three-or-more-year program",
        "points": 8
      },
      {
        "level": "TWO_OR_MORE_ONE_3YR",
        "label": "Two or more certificates/diplomas/degrees, one for a program of 3+ years",
        "points": 9
      },
      {
        "level": "MASTERS_OR_PROFESSIONAL",
        "label": "Master's degree OR entry-to-practice professional degree (medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, pharmacy) for a licensed TEER 1 occupation",
        "points": 10
      },
      {
        "level": "DOCTORAL",
        "label": "Doctoral level university degree (PhD)",
        "points": 10
      }
    ],
    "firstOfficialLanguagePerAbility": [
      {
        "clbMin": 0,
        "clbMax": 4,
        "label": "Less than CLB 5",
        "points": 0
      },
      {
        "clbMin": 5,
        "clbMax": 6,
        "label": "CLB 5 or 6",
        "points": 1
      },
      {
        "clbMin": 7,
        "clbMax": 8,
        "label": "CLB 7 or 8",
        "points": 3
      },
      {
        "clbMin": 9,
        "clbMax": null,
        "label": "CLB 9 or more",
        "points": 5
      }
    ],
    "canadianWorkExperience": [
      {
        "yearsMin": 0,
        "yearsMax": 0,
        "label": "None or less than a year",
        "points": 0
      },
      {
        "yearsMin": 1,
        "yearsMax": 1,
        "label": "1 year",
        "points": 5
      },
      {
        "yearsMin": 2,
        "yearsMax": 2,
        "label": "2 years",
        "points": 7
      },
      {
        "yearsMin": 3,
        "yearsMax": 3,
        "label": "3 years",
        "points": 8
      },
      {
        "yearsMin": 4,
        "yearsMax": 4,
        "label": "4 years",
        "points": 9
      },
      {
        "yearsMin": 5,
        "yearsMax": null,
        "label": "5 years or more",
        "points": 10
      }
    ],
    "max": {
      "education": 10,
      "language": 20,
      "canadianWorkExperience": 10,
      "total": 40
    }
  },
  "skillTransferability": {
    "formula": "min(100, min(50, eduXLang + eduXCdnWork) + min(50, fwXLang + fwXCdnWork) + certXLang)",
    "caps": {
      "educationGroup": 50,
      "foreignWorkGroup": 50,
      "certificate": 50,
      "total": 100
    },
    "educationCategoryOf": {
      "LESS_THAN_SECONDARY": "NONE",
      "SECONDARY": "NONE",
      "ONE_YEAR_POST_SECONDARY": "ONE_CREDENTIAL",
      "TWO_YEAR_POST_SECONDARY": "ONE_CREDENTIAL",
      "BACHELORS_OR_3YR_PROGRAM": "ONE_CREDENTIAL",
      "TWO_OR_MORE_ONE_3YR": "ADVANCED",
      "MASTERS_OR_PROFESSIONAL": "ADVANCED",
      "DOCTORAL": "ADVANCED"
    },
    "languageBands": {
      "BELOW_CLB7": "any first-official-language ability < CLB 7",
      "CLB7_TO_8": "all four abilities >= CLB 7, at least one < CLB 9",
      "CLB9_PLUS": "all four abilities >= CLB 9"
    },
    "educationXLanguage": {
      "NONE": {
        "BELOW_CLB7": 0,
        "CLB7_TO_8": 0,
        "CLB9_PLUS": 0
      },
      "ONE_CREDENTIAL": {
        "BELOW_CLB7": 0,
        "CLB7_TO_8": 13,
        "CLB9_PLUS": 25
      },
      "ADVANCED": {
        "BELOW_CLB7": 0,
        "CLB7_TO_8": 25,
        "CLB9_PLUS": 50
      }
    },
    "educationXCanadianWork": {
      "NONE": {
        "0": 0,
        "1": 0,
        "2PLUS": 0
      },
      "ONE_CREDENTIAL": {
        "0": 0,
        "1": 13,
        "2PLUS": 25
      },
      "ADVANCED": {
        "0": 0,
        "1": 25,
        "2PLUS": 50
      }
    },
    "foreignWorkCategoryByYears": {
      "0": "NONE",
      "1": "ONE_OR_TWO",
      "2": "ONE_OR_TWO",
      "3": "THREE_PLUS"
    },
    "foreignWorkXLanguage": {
      "NONE": {
        "BELOW_CLB7": 0,
        "CLB7_TO_8": 0,
        "CLB9_PLUS": 0
      },
      "ONE_OR_TWO": {
        "BELOW_CLB7": 0,
        "CLB7_TO_8": 13,
        "CLB9_PLUS": 25
      },
      "THREE_PLUS": {
        "BELOW_CLB7": 0,
        "CLB7_TO_8": 25,
        "CLB9_PLUS": 50
      }
    },
    "foreignWorkXCanadianWork": {
      "NONE": {
        "0": 0,
        "1": 0,
        "2PLUS": 0
      },
      "ONE_OR_TWO": {
        "0": 0,
        "1": 13,
        "2PLUS": 25
      },
      "THREE_PLUS": {
        "0": 0,
        "1": 25,
        "2PLUS": 50
      }
    },
    "certificateBands": {
      "BELOW_CLB5": "any ability < CLB 5",
      "CLB5_TO_6": "all four >= CLB 5, at least one < CLB 7",
      "CLB7_PLUS": "all four >= CLB 7"
    },
    "certificateOfQualificationXLanguage": {
      "BELOW_CLB5": 0,
      "CLB5_TO_6": 25,
      "CLB7_PLUS": 50
    },
    "notes": [
      "First official language only (CLB for English, NCLC for French).",
      "Canadian work experience LENGTH (years) only; the 2026 high-wage points are NOT used here.",
      "Outside Canada, TEER 0/1/2/3, full-time or equivalent, paid, within last 10 years (MI s.25). Note: IRCC tool asks 'in only one occupation'."
    ]
  },
  "additional": {
    "provincialNomination": 600,
    "canadianEducation": {
      "NONE_OR_SECONDARY": 0,
      "ONE_OR_TWO_YEAR": 15,
      "THREE_YEAR_PLUS_OR_MASTERS_PROF_DOCTORAL": 30,
      "requirements": "Canadian institution in Canada; >= 8 months full-time study and >= 8 months physically in Canada (waived for programs taken wholly/partly 2020-03-01..2022-08-31); ESL/FSL > half, distance learning > half (except 2020-03..2022-08), or return-home scholarship -> ineligible (MI s.30)."
    },
    "sibling": {
      "points": 15,
      "requirements": "Applicant or accompanying spouse has a sibling (biological/adoptive child of their father or mother or of a parent's spouse/common-law partner) who is 18+, Canadian citizen or PR, living in Canada (MI s.31)."
    },
    "french": {
      "NCLC7_ALL_FOUR_AND_ENGLISH_NOT_ALL_CLB5": 25,
      "NCLC7_ALL_FOUR_AND_ENGLISH_ALL_CLB5": 50,
      "rule": "+25 if all four French abilities >= NCLC 7 (TEF Canada/TCF Canada, < 2 years old); a further +25 if, in addition, all four English abilities >= CLB 5. Applies whether French is the first or second official language (MI s.32)."
    },
    "jobOffer": {
      "points": 0,
      "note": "Job offers are scored inside labourMarketIntegration, not in additional points (not subject to the 600 additional cap)."
    },
    "max": 600,
    "formula": "min(600, pnp + canadianEducation + sibling + french)"
  }
}