Alberta PNP Points Calculator or Assessment Grid

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The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) is an immigration pathway that nominates candidates who want to reside in Alberta. If you want to immigrate as a worker or entrepreneur this pathway is for you. This blog is about the Alberta Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Points Calculator. 

There are 4 streams that come under both the categories. 

Stream for Workers Stream for Entrepreneurs 
Tourism and Hospitality Stream Rural Entrepreneur Stream 
Alberta Opportunity Stream Graduate Entrepreneur Stream 
Alberta Express Entry Stream Farm Stream 
Rural Renewal Stream Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream 

From the 8 streams, only four are points-based, the names of the streams are: 

  • AAIP Express Entry 
  • AAIP Rural Entrepreneur Stream 
  • AAIP Graduate Entrepreneur Stream 
  • AAIP Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream 

Calculate the points as per your eligibility and check whether you are eligible for Alberta immigration or not. 

Alberta PNP Point Calculator for AAIP Express Entry

The Alberta Express Entry Stream is the stream for workers launched through the AAIP program, it allows Alberta to nominate a few numbers of qualified candidates through the IRCC Express Entry system. 

People who are interested in the Alberta Express Entry Stream should be invited to apply, without an Invitation to Apply (ITA) they will not get nominated. 

Candidates who want to apply through the Alberta Express Entry Stream must have at least 300 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores. 

Here is the CRS score calculator to check your eligibility.  

Criteria Descriptions Points 
Human Capital Factors (Maximum of 500 Points) 
Age Candidate’s age With Spouse/ Common-Law partner (Maximum of 100 Points): Without Spouse/ Common-law partners (Maximum of 110 Points) 
17 years or less 
18 years90 99 
19 years 95 105  
20 to 29 years 100 110 
30 years 95 105 
31 years 90 99 
32 years 85 94 
33 years 80 88 
34 years 75 83  
35 years 70 77 
36 years 65 72 
37 years 60 66 
38 years 5561 
39 years 50 55
40 years 45 50 
41 years 3539 
42 years 2528 
43 years 1517
44 years 5
45 years or more 00
Level of Education With a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Maximum 140 Points) Without a spouse/ common-law partner (Maximum of 150 Points) 
Less than secondary school (high school) 
Secondary diploma (high school graduation)28 30 
One-year degree, diploma or certificate 84 90 
The two-year program at a university 91 98 
3-year program or Bachelor’s degree 112120 
Two or more certificates, diplomas or degrees and one must be the program of three or more years  119 128 
Professional degree (practice in a licensed profession such as dentistry, medicine, etc.) or master’s degree 126135 
Doctoral level degree (PhD.) 140 150 
Official Languages Proficiency First Official Language- English/ French 
CLB Level per ability 
With a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Maximum 128 Points) Without a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Maximum 136 Points) 
Less than CLB 4 00
CLB 4 or 5 66
CLB 6 
CLB 7 16 17 
CLB 8 2223
CLB 9 29 31
CLB 10 or more 3234
Second Official Language- English/ French 
CLB Level per ability 
With Spouse/ common-law partner (Maximum of 22 points) Without a Spouse/ common-law partner (Maximum of 24 points) 
CLB 4 or less 0
CLB 5 or 6 11
CLB 7 or 8 33
CLB 9 or more 66
Work Experience Work Experience With Spouse/ common-law partner (Maximum of 70 Points) Without a Spouse/ common-law partner (Maximum of 80 Points) 
None or less than 1 year 
1 year 3540 
2 years 46 53 
3 years 56 64 
4 years 63 72 
5 years or more 70 80 
Spouse or Common-Law Partner (if applicable) 
Spouse/ Common-Law Partner Level of Education With a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Maximum 10 Points) Without a spouse/ common-law partner (Not applicable in this case) 
Less than secondary school (high school) 0n/a
Secondary school(high school graduation)2n/a
One-year program6n/a
The two-year program at a university 7n/a
3-year program or Bachelor’s degree 8n/a
Two or more certificates, diplomas or degrees and one must be the program of three or more years  9n/a
Professional degree (practice in a licensed profession such as dentistry, medicine, etc.) or master’s degree 10 n/a
Doctoral level degree (PhD.) 10 n/a
Official Languages Proficiency First Official Language- English/ French 
CLB Level per ability 
With a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Maximum of 20 points for section and 5 points per ability) Without a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Not applicable in this case.) 
CLB 4 or less 0n/a 
CLB 5 or 6 1n/a 
CLB 7 or 8 3n/a 
CLB 9 or more 5n/a 
Canadian Work Experience Work Experience With a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Maximum of 10 points) Without a Spouse/ Common-law partner (Not applicable in this case.) 
None or less than 1 year n/a 
1 year n/a 
2 years 7n/a 
3 years 8n/a 
4 years n/a 
5 years or more 10 n/a 
Skill Transferability factors (Maximum of 100 points) 
Education Good official language proficiency (CLB 7 or higher) and a post-secondary degree CLB 7 or more on first official language abilities, with one or more under CLB 9 (Maximum of 25 Points)  CLB 9 or more on all four abilities of the first official language 

(Maximum of 50 Points) 
Secondary school credential or less 0
Post-secondary program of at least 1 year or longer 1325
Two or more post-secondary programs, one of which program qualification should be issued on the completion of the post-secondary program of three years or more 25 50 
Master’s degree or a professional degree of an occupation listed under the NOC at skill-level A 2550 
University-level credentials at the doctorate level 2550 
Canadian Work Experience and a post-secondary degree Education+ 1 year of work experience (Maximum of 25 Points) Education+ 2 years or more of work experience (Maximum of 50 Points) 
Secondary school credential or less 00
Post-secondary program of at least 1 year or longer 1325
Two or more post-secondary programs, one of which program qualification should be issuedon the completion of the post-secondary program of three years or more 2550
Master’s degree or a professional degree of an occupation listed under the NOC at skill-level A 2550
University-level credentials at the doctorate level 2550
Foreign Work Experience along with a good first language proficiency (CLB 7 or higher) Years of experience Foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more in all the first official language abilities, one or more under 9 (Maximum of 25 Points) Foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all the four first official language abilities (Maximum of 50 Points) 
No Foreign Experience 0
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience 1325
3 years or more foreign work experience 2550
Foreign work experience with Canadian work experience Years of experience Foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum of 25 Points) Foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum of 50 Points) 
No foreign work experience 
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience 1325
3 years or more foreign work experience 2550 
Qualification of Certificate (trade occupation) along with good proficiency in official language (CLB 5 or higher) Qualification of  Certificate + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities and one or more under 7 (Maximum of 25 Points) Qualification of Certificate + CLB 7 or more on all 4 first official language abilities (Maximum of 50 Points) 
With a qualification of Certificate 2550
Additional Points (Maximum of 600 Points) 
Additional Points (Maximum: 600 Points) Factors 
Sister/ Brother living in Canada whether as a permanent resident or citizen of Canada. 15
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and CLB 4 or lower in all the English Language skills/ haven’t taken the English test. 25
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and CLB 5 or higher in all the English Language skills 50
Post-secondary education in Canada: Credential of 1 year or 2 years 15
Post-secondary education in Canada: Credential of 3 years or more 30 
Arranged Employment: NOC TEER 0 Major group 00 200 
Arranged employment: NOC TEER 1, 2 or 3/ any TEER 0 other than Major group 0050 
Territorial or provincial nomination 600 
Maximum Points   1,200 

Scoring Factors for Rural Entrepreneur Stream

The rural entrepreneur stream, an economic immigration program for candidates who are planning to start a new business/ buy an already existing business in rural Alberta. From this community, candidates can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). 

Calculate your points for the rural entrepreneur stream by checking your eligibility. 

Criteria Descriptions Points 
Rural Points (Maximum 25 Points) 
Business Location 
(Maximum: 25 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement 
Rural Community 
Community outside Edmonton and Calgary Census Metropolitan Areas and under 100,000 population size. ( It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 
Tier 1: Less than 10,000 of the population 25
Tier 2: 10,001 to 50,000 of the population 17
Tier 3: 50,001 to 99,999 of population 10 
Business Experience Factor (Maximum 20 Points) 
Senior Management or Business owner-manager experience within the last 10 years 
(Maximum: 10 Points) It is a mandatory requirement 
Business owner-manager 
3 to less than 4 years (It is a mandatory requirement) 12
4 to less than 5 years 16 
5 or more years 20 
Or Senior Manager 
4 to less than 5 years (It is a mandatory minimum requirement) 12
5 to less than 6 years 16 
6 or more years 20 
Business Establishment Factors (Maximum 60 Points) 
Total Business Investment 
(Maximum: 20 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
$100,000 to $399,999 ( It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 5
$400,000 to $599,99910 
$600,000 to $799,99915
$800,000 or more20 
Net Worth 
(Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
$300,000 to $399,999 ( It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 
$400,000 to $499,999
$500,000 or more10 
Job Creation Jobs should be created for permanent residents or Canadian citizens that should not include relatives and it should be for at least 6 months period time. 
(Maximum: 20 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. For a succession of business, job creation is not a mandatory requirement; but candidates will be awarded points through job creation. 
1 job (minimum mandatory requirement) 4
2 jobs 8
3 jobs 12
4 jobs 16
5 jobs or more 20 
Business Successions (Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Investment made to purchase an already existing business 10 
Human Capital Factors (Maximum 35 Points) 
Language Proficiency 




(Maximum: 25 Points) 


It is a mandatory requirement. 
Proficiency in English or French Language 
CLB 4/ NCLC 4  (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 4 score is required) (It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 15
CLB 5/ NCLC 5 (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 5 score is required) 20 
CLB 6/ NCLC 6 (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 6 score is required) 25 
Education (Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
A high school diploma that should be equivalent to Canadian standards
(It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 
4
Associate Diploma or Degree of at least one year
Bachelor’s degree or a higher degree 10 
Adaptability Factors (Maximum 35 Points) 
Alberta/ Canada experience from studies or work from the last 10 years 
(Maximum: 15 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
In rural Alberta 
12 to 24 months 10 
More than 24 months 15
And/ or 
In non-rural Alberta  
18 to 30 months 6
More than 30 months 10 
And/ or In Canada 
24 to 36 months 3
More than 36 months 5
Relatives resided in Alberta or in the community 
(Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Relatives are determined as father, step-father, mother, step-mother, spouse/ common-law partner, etc. 
Relative/ Relatives living in Alberta 5
Or 
Relative/ relatives living in the community where you are planning to live and start a business10 
Spouse or common-law partner’s- language proficiency or education 
(Maximum: 5 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Proficiency in French or English Language  
CLB 4/ NCLC 4 (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 4 score is required) 3
CLB 5/ NCLC 5 (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 7 score is required) 4
CLB 6/ NCLC 6 or above ( in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 6 score or higher are required) 5
And/ or education 
Certificate, associate diploma or degree of at least 1 year 3
Bachelor’s degree or higher degree 5
Age 
(Maximum: 5 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
21 to 49 5
Maximum Points 175 

Assessment Grid for Graduate Entrepreneur Stream

The Graduate Entrepreneur Stream allows the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) to nominate international graduates from Alberta. 

International graduates who are qualified to operate or establish a business in Alberta can apply for permanent residence. 

Here, is the assessment grid for the Graduate Entrepreneur Stream, calculate your points. 

Criteria Descriptions Points 
Business Establishment Factors (Maximum 75 Points) 


(Maximum: 15 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
6 months 5
More than 6 months to 1 year 10 
More than 1 year 15 
Economic benefit 
(Maximum: 15 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Economic benefits Economic development sector (for example such as: agriculture, technology, aerospace, aviation, etc. 15 
Succession 5
Job creation (maximum of 15 points) 
Jobs should be created for permanent residents or Canadian citizens that should not include relatives and it should be for at least 6 months period time.
1 job 5
2 jobs 10 
3 or more jobs 15 
In rural Alberta (outside the Edmonton and Calgary Census Metropolitan Areas) 5
Total Business Investment 
(Maximum: 20 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
$25,000 or less 5
$25,001 to $50,000 10 
$50,001 to $75,000 15
$75,001 or more 20 
Human Capital Factors (Maximum 25 Points) 
Language Proficiency
(Maximum: 15 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement.  
Proficiency in French or English Language 
CLB 7/ NCLC 7 (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 7 score is required) (mandatory minimum requirement to be eligible) 5
CLB 8/ NCLC 8 (in each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 8 score is required) 12
CLB 9/ NCLC 9 or above  (n each reading, writing, learning and speaking section 9 or above score is required) 15
Alberta Education (Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
2 year Diploma or a bachelor’s degree (It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 5
2 or more degrees or diplomas 7
A master’s degree or higher degree 10 
Adaptability Factors (Maximum 25 Points)
Age (Maximum: 5 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
21 to 49 years 5
Spouse or Common-law characteristics (Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Candidates spouse or common-law partner have one or more of the characteristics of the following. Have at least 1 year of continuous full-time employment in Alberta. Completed a minimum of 2-year full-time study at the post-secondary institution of Alberta. At least CLB 5 in English or French Language proficiency test scores in all 4 abilities. 10 
(when one or more characteristics are met) 
Alberta relatives (Maximum: 10 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Relatives are determined as a mother, step-mother, sister, step-sister, spouse/ common-law partner, etc. 10 
Maximum Points 125

Alberta PNP Points calculator for Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream

An Alberta Advantage Immigration Program stream, the Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream is for the graduates who have recently completed their foreign post-secondary credential and have the aim to operate and start their own business in Alberta. 

FGES is an immigration pathway to get permanent residence in Alberta. 

FGES is a point-based EOI system for ranking the candidates. The candidates who are highly ranked are asked to submit a detailed version of their business application. After that candidate having a successful business application gets nominated by the province for Canadian permanent residence

Tabled below is the Alberta PNP Points calculator for the Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream. 

Criteria Descriptions Points 
Human Capital 
Language Proficiency 
(Maximum: 30 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
First official language- Proficiency in English language 
CLB 5 (in each section writing, listening, reading and speaking 5 should be scored) (It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 10 
CLB 6 (in each section writing, listening, reading and speaking 6 should be scored) 15
CLB 7 (in each section writing, listening, reading and speaking 7 should be scored) 20 
CLB 8 or higher (in each section writing, listening, reading and speaking 8 or higher should be scored) 30 
Education 
(Maximum: 35 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
The minimum mandatory requirement is the completion of a degree from a post-secondary institution, outside of Canada within the last 10 years along with an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA). 

The education credential should be equivalent to Canadian educational standards. 
2 year diploma or a bachelor’s degree (It is a mandatory requirement) 5
Master’s degree 10 
Doctoral degree 15
Candidates will be preferred who have the following degrees. 
At the time of submission of EOI (Expression of Interest), must have completed a degree within the 5 years 10 
STEM Field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) 5
Business 5
Business management, ownership or equivalent 
Equivalences are work experience with a business accelerator (a program designed to help establishing startups scale rapidly) or business incubator (institutions that help entrepreneurs in developing their businesses) 
(Maximum: 35 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
Business ownership or management experience (additional years of experience: more points will be allocated) 
6 months (It is a minimum mandatory requirement.)5
More than 6 months to less than 1 year 10 
1 to 2 years 15
More than 2 years 20 
Candidates will be preferred who have business ownership experience. 15
Business Factors 
Business Plan 
(Maximum: 25 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
A business plan along with projected financial information. 40 
Investment- Before coming to Alberta 
(Maximum: 25 Points) 
It is a mandatory requirement. 
Candidate must have the ability to make a minimum level of investment from their own equity, and/ or from a well-known Canadian financial institution, venture capital or angel investment firm before moving to Alberta. 
The first investment should be made within the 12 months of launching the start-up. 
(Candidates who have made higher investments before coming to Alberta will be awarded additional points. Points will be awarded either for the urban centre or regional area, not for both.) 
Urban Centre: Edmonton and Calgary Census Metropolitan areas. 
Regional Area: The communities outside the urban centre. 



Urban Centre: 
$100,000 (It is a minimum mandatory requirement.)5
$100,001 to $150,000 11
$150,001 to $200,000 18 
Over $200,000 25
Or, regional area: 
$50,000 (It is a minimum mandatory requirement) 5
$50,001 to $100,000 11
$100,001 to $150,000 18 
Over $150,000 25
Proposed Investment: Additional investment after the launch 

(Maximum: 20 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 

Candidate must have the ability to make a minimum level of investment from their own equity, and/ or from a well-known Canadian financial institution, venture capital or angel investment firm before moving to Alberta. 
(Candidates who have made higher investments will be awarded with additional points. Points will be awarded either for the urban centre or regional area, not for both.) 


Urban Centre: Edmonton and Calgary Census Metropolitan areas. 
Regional Area: The communities outside the urban centre. 
Urban Centre: 
$100,000 to $150,000 5
$150,001 to $200,000 10 
$200,001 to $250,000 15 
Over $250,000 20 
Or, regional area: 
$50,000 to $100,000 5
$100,001 to $150,000 10 
$150,001 to $200,000 15
Over $200,000 20 
Job Creation 
(Maximum: 15 Points) 
It is not a mandatory requirement. 
Jobs should be created for permanent residents or Canadian citizens that should not include relatives and it should be for at least 6 months period time. 
1 job 5
2 jobs 10 
3 jobs or more 15
Total Maximum Points 200 

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