The Express Entry uses the Comprehensive Ranking System to rank candidates for immigration to Canada. It takes its basis from core human capital factor, accompanying spouse or common-law factors, skill transferability factors and factors relating to a provincial nomination or qualifying offer of arranged employment.
The maximum points you could earn is 1200 with different points for those without accompanying spouse or common-law partner and those who have.
For candidates without an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, there are a maximum of 500 points available for core human capital factors, a maximum of 100 points available for skill transferability factors and 600 points available for either a provincial nomination of a qualifying offer of arranged employment.
For candidates with an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, there are a maximum of 460 points available for core human capital factors of the principal applicant a maximum of 40 points for the core human capital factors of the spouse or common-law partner, a maximum of 100 points available for skill transferability factors and 600 points available for either a provincial nomination of a qualifying offer of arranged employment.
Under the Core Human Capital factors are age with maximum of 100 points for with accompanying spouse and 110 for without accompanying spouse, Level of education with maximum of 150 points, 140 for the principal applicant and 10 for the spouse, and 150 for the without accompanying spouse, First language ability (English or French) using the Canadian Language Benchmark (CBL) for each language ability, that is speaking, writing, reading and listening respectively, with maximum points of 148 for with accompanying spouse, 128 for principal applicant and 20 for spouse and 136 for the without accompanying spouse. The second language ability with the same basis as of the first language has maximum points of 22 for with accompanying spouse and 24 for the without accompanying spouse. Canadian work experience has a maximum points of 80 for with accompanying spouse, with 70 for the principal applicant and 10 for the spouse and 80 for the without accompanying spouse.
Under Skill transferability, both the without accompanying spouse and with accompanying spouse will have a maximum of 100 points from 5 combinations. Even if score is more than 100 points, only 100 points will be awarded. The 5 categories all have a maximum of 50 points. The categories are education and language ability, education and Canadian work experience, language ability and non-Canadian work experience, Canadian and non-Canadian work experience, and certificate of qualification in Trade and Language Ability.
There will be additional points if you have a nomination certificate from a Canadian Province (except Quebec) or a qualifying job offer of arranged employment from a Canadian employer both with 600 points.