How to Calculate Your 67 Points for Canada PR: A Worked Example

Updated September 17, 2026 · 5 min read

The grid isn't complicated — six factors, one addition — but most miscalculations come from feeding it the wrong inputs. Here's the calculation done properly, start to finish, using one realistic profile.

The profile

Priya, 33, a software developer in Hyderabad. IELTS General Training: L 8.0 / R 7.0 / W 6.5 / S 7.0. A four-year B.Tech with a WES assessment of "bachelor's degree (four years)". Seven years of continuous developer experience. Married; her husband hasn't tested his English. Her uncle is a citizen in Toronto. No job offer.

Step 1 — Convert language to CLB first

Never score from raw IELTS bands. Converted per ability: L 8.0 = CLB 9, R 7.0 = CLB 9, W 6.5 = CLB 8, S 7.0 = CLB 9. Points per ability: 6 + 6 + 5 + 6 = 23. No second language: +0.

Step 2 — Score the education the ECA states

The report says four-year bachelor's — a credential of three years or longer: 21 points. (Had she added any one-year diploma, the two-credential row pays 22.)

Step 3 — Experience, capped early

Seven years, but the table tops out at six: 15 points. Years beyond six buy nothing.

Step 4 — Age

33 falls in the 18–35 full-points band: 12 points.

Step 5 — Arranged employment

No offer: 0. (A qualifying offer would add 10 here plus 5 under adaptability.)

Step 6 — Adaptability, mind the cap

Uncle in Canada: +5. Husband's untested English: +0 — spouse language needs CLB 4+ proven on an approved test. Total: 5 (ceiling is 10).

The total

Comfortably past 67 — and one retake (writing 6.5 → 7.0) would add a point, while her husband taking CELPIP and reaching CLB 4 would add five more. But check the trap: had Priya's writing been 5.5 (CLB 6), her total would still read 75 — and she'd be ineligible anyway, because CLB 7 everywhere is a minimum requirement, not a scoring matter.

Two edge cases worth knowing

Part-time work converts pro-rata — 15 hours a week for two years equals one qualifying year — and experience can combine across employers within the same occupation after the first continuous year. And check dates: language results expire two years after the test, and an ECA five years after issue; both must still be valid the day you apply.

The four mistakes that break calculations

• Scoring raw IELTS bands instead of converting each ability to CLB.
• Using your diploma's title instead of the ECA's stated equivalency.
• Counting TEER 4/5 work — or unpaid work — as skilled experience.
• Stacking adaptability past its 10-point cap.