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Which Express Entry program do you qualify under?

Enter your profile once and see Federal Skilled Worker (the 67-point grid), Canadian Experience Class, and Federal Skilled Trades all at the same time. These are separate tests from your CRS score.

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None of these are your CRS score.

These three checks decide whether you can enter the Express Entry pool at all, under one of its three programs. Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) uses a 100-point grid with a 67-point pass mark. Canadian Experience Class (CEC) and Federal Skilled Trades (FST) don’t score — you either meet every listed requirement or you don’t. CRS decides your rank once you are already in the pool, using a completely different table.

Your NOC code

Needed to check CEC (uses your TEER) and FST (uses your exact NOC) below. Find my NOC code →

Age

Highest completed education

First official language

Listening

Reading

Writing

Speaking

CEC and FST both use this same first-language result — they don’t have a separate second-language allowance the way FSW does.

I have a valid test in the second official language (FSW points only)

Years of skilled work experience

Used by FSW (any location) and FST (assumes all in this one trade).

Of those, how many years were in Canada?

Used by CEC — it only counts Canadian experience.

Arranged employment (FSW: maximum 10)I have a job offer that is continuous, paid, full-time (at least 30 hours a week), not seasonal, for at least one year, in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupation.

Trade certificate (FST only)I have a certificate of qualification in this trade, issued by a Canadian provincial, territorial, or federal authority.

FST accepts either this certificate OR the job offer above — it does not need both.

Adaptability (FSW: maximum 10)

I studied in Canada (at least 2 academic years, full time)I worked in Canada (at least 1 year, full time, TEER 0/1/2/3)I (or my spouse) have an eligible relative in CanadaMy spouse or partner is immigrating with me

Estimates only, based on IRCC's published rules for these three programs. FSW tables verified 2026-08-01; CEC/FST tables verified 2026-08-01. None of this confirms eligibility or guarantees any outcome — only an officer decides that. Speak to a licensed RCIC about your own situation.

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