Our CRS Calculator Now Scores the November 2026 Express Entry Changes

Our Express Entry CRS calculator now scores the changes IRCC made to the Comprehensive Ranking System on November 3, 2026. That includes the new Labour Market Integration factor and IRCC’s list of high-wage occupations, so you no longer need to work out your occupation’s wage level yourself.

What changed in the CRS

From November 3, 2026, points for Canadian work experience and for a job offer sit together in one factor, the Labour Market Integration factor. IRCC gives points for either your Canadian work experience or a high-wage job offer, not both:

The factor is worth up to 140 points with a spouse or common-law partner and 150 without. A job offer no longer needs an LMIA to earn points, but it still has to be a valid job offer.

Whether an occupation is “high-wage”, and at which level (at least 1.3, 1.5 or 2 times the average median wage in Canada), depends on the occupation’s National Occupational Classification (NOC) code, not on your own salary. IRCC publishes the list. For what these changes mean in practice, read Vanessa’s article on the new Express Entry points for Canadian experience and job offers.

What is new in the calculator

• Your Canadian jobs, by occupation. After your years of Canadian work experience, add each job in a high-wage occupation and the months you worked in it. The calculator adds the months across your jobs: 12 or more at 2 times the average median wage earn 70 points; at 1.5 times or higher, 40; at 1.3 times or higher, 20.
• Your job offer, by occupation. Choose the occupation of the offer. The list shows the points each occupation earns: 100, 70 or 50.
• Whichever counts more. The calculator compares your Canadian work experience points with your job offer points and counts the higher one, as IRCC does.
• The full list on the page. Below the calculator, next to the other points tables, you will find all 186 occupations on IRCC’s list, with their NOC codes and levels and a link to the official page. Occupation titles are shown in English, as IRCC publishes them.

Every other part of the CRS is unchanged and still scored in full: age, education, official languages, your spouse or partner’s factors, skill transferability, and additional points such as French skills, studies in Canada, a sibling in Canada and a provincial nomination.

What the result means

The calculator gives an estimate based on your answers and the points tables IRCC publishes. It does not submit anything to IRCC, and a score does not guarantee an Invitation to Apply. On November 3, IRCC said it was recalculating the scores of profiles already in the pool, which could take up to two weeks, so the score in your Express Entry profile may differ for a while.

Try the updated Express Entry CRS calculator. To talk through your result and your options, book an Extended Consultation with Vanessa Constantino de Almeida, RCIC.