How many CRS points does one more CLB level add?

Enter your four official CELPIP scores. You get your language points today, the skill that adds the most next, what CLB 9 in Speaking and Writing is worth, and an honest answer on whether HABYKA can help. Free, no registration; the address of this page carries your numbers, so you can share or bookmark it.

Your official CELPIP scores

CELPIP levels are CLB levels. Choose 0 for M (minimal proficiency).

Listening

Reading

Writing

Speaking

About you

Marital status

Education

Foreign work experience

Skilled work outside Canada in the last ten years.

I hold a certificate of qualification for a trade occupation

Second official language (optional)

Official French scores (TEF Canada or TCF Canada) as CLB levels.

I also have official French scores

Language points today

118 points

First official language	CLB	Points
Listening	8	23
Reading	8	23
Writing	8	23
Speaking	8	23
First official language		92
Education with language		13
Foreign work experience with language		13
Skill transferability		26

Only the factors that depend on your language scores. Age, education, Canadian work experience, your spouse's factors and the additional points come on top and do not move when your language level does.

Which skill first

What one more CLB level adds in each skill, largest first.

Listening CLB 8 to 9+8
Reading CLB 8 to 9+8
Writing CLB 8 to 9+8
Speaking CLB 8 to 9+8

Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking add the same; HABYKA trains Speaking and Writing.

CLB 9 in Speaking and Writing

+16 points

118 today, 134 with CLB 9 in Speaking and Writing: core language points 92 to 108, skill transferability 26 to 26.

HABYKA can help: To CLB 9

Your Speaking and Writing are at CLB 8 and 8, with Listening and Reading at 8 or above: the profile the HABYKA track trains. Before you pay CAD 314-344 for another attempt, find out which criterion holds your Speaking and Writing below 9: one Speaking set and one Writing task in exam conditions, scored by criterion. Free, no card.

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Then 2-6 weeks, 20-30 minutes a day on the weak criterion. Passes of 7 or 30 days, no auto-renewal.

Informational only, not immigration advice. Points follow the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) grid, version 2026-10-16, in force from 2026-10-16: Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) criteria - Express Entry, page updated 2026-10-16, retrieved 2026-10-22.