BC PNP Calculator 2026 – Estimate Your SIRS Score

Use this BC PNP calculator to estimate your Skills Immigration registration score under the Skills Immigration Registration System (SIRS). The maximum SIRS score is 200, based on directly related work experience, education, language proficiency, the wage in your B.C. job offer, and employment location. Your result is an independent estimate, not an eligibility or provincial nomination decision, and this site is not operated by WelcomeBC or IRCC.

Scoring source: Current BC PNP Skills Immigration Program Guide
Last checked: June 13, 2026
Calculation: Completed in your browser
Personal details: Not requested or stored
Status: Independent tool not affiliated with the governments of British Columbia or Canada

How the BC PNP calculator works

1. Enter the details shown in your records, including your B.C. job offer, directly related work experience, highest completed education, valid language results, hourly wage, and main workplace.
2. The calculator applies the published Skills Immigration registration grid. For language points, enter your lowest CLB across listening, speaking, reading, and writing rather than your highest test result.
3. Review your estimated points out of 200 and the separate breakdown for work experience, education, language, wage, and employment location.

You do not upload documents or identification to this calculator. If you later receive an invitation to apply, the BC PNP may compare the information in your registration with the documents submitted in your application. Enter each answer exactly as it appears in your employment, education, and language records.

BC PNP score chart

The Skills Immigration registration grid assigns 120 points to human-capital factors and 80 points to economic factors.

Work experience, education, and language make up the human-capital section. These factors reflect the applicant’s employment background, completed qualifications, and English or French ability.

The economic section covers the regular hourly wage stated in the B.C. job offer and the location of the main workplace. Each category has its own limit, so bonus points cannot raise a section above its published maximum.

The calculator also blocks conflicting combinations. For example, it does not award a Canadian education bonus for secondary school, a bilingual bonus without qualifying language results, or two separate regional bonuses when both regional experience and regional alumni conditions are selected. Wage points are calculated automatically from the amount entered, so a full wage-band table is not needed on the page.

How BC PNP points are calculated

The Skills Immigration registration grid awards points across five categories. Each category has its own limit, and the information entered must match the records that could later support an application.

Directly related work experience — up to 40 points

Base points depend on the number of years worked in the occupation connected with the B.C. job offer. Paid experience under the same NOC may count, while a related occupation may require proof that its duties and TEER level are relevant. Ten extra points may be awarded for qualifying Canadian work experience and another 10 for current full-time employment with the supporting employer in the same occupation. Do not count every previous job automatically. Part-time work is credited differently, and related occupations may need closer review.

Education and professional designation — up to 40 points

Education points are based on the highest completed credential entered in the registration. Separate points may apply when that credential was completed in B.C. or elsewhere in Canada. An eligible B.C. professional designation can add five points. Enter only a finished credential; unfinished study does not qualify. Working in a regulated profession is also different from holding the required designation. Examples include certification through SkilledTradesBC, eligible early childhood educator certification, or registration with the provincial nursing regulator.

Language proficiency — up to 40 points

Language points use the lowest Canadian Language Benchmark result across listening, speaking, reading, and writing. CLB 9 or higher receives the highest base score of 30 points. Ten additional points may apply when the applicant has valid English and French test results from the past two years and scores at least CLB 4 in every ability on both tests. Completing two tests alone does not qualify. Using the highest skill result instead of the lowest CLB will produce the wrong score.

Hourly wage — up to 55 points

Wage points come from the regular hourly rate in the B.C. job offer. When only an annual salary is listed, the hourly rate is calculated as annual salary ÷ 52 ÷ weekly hours. The calculation generally cannot use fewer than 30 or more than 40 hours per week. Elementary and secondary school teachers use 30 hours. The calculator’s salary option performs this conversion. Do not include bonuses, commissions, tips, overtime, housing allowances, or similar payments as regular wage.

Area of employment — up to 25 points

Area 1 covers the Metro Vancouver Regional District. Area 2 covers Squamish, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Mission, and Chilliwack. Area 3 covers other B.C. communities. Jobs in Area 2 or Area 3 may receive 10 additional points through qualifying regional experience or regional alumni status. These two conditions are alternatives and cannot be added together. Use the main workplace where the employee regularly and physically reports for work, subject to the rules for home-based employment.

What your estimated score means

A registration score ranks information submitted to the applicable Skills Immigration pool. It does not confirm that the applicant meets every requirement for a stream.

Stream eligibility covers separate conditions involving the applicant, occupation, employer, B.C. job offer, qualifications, and supporting documents. An invitation to apply allows a person to submit an application for assessment; it does not confirm that the application will be approved. A provincial nomination follows only after the BC PNP accepts the application.

A nomination is also not the final permanent-residence decision. The nominee must apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and IRCC completes its own assessment.

There is no permanent universal passing score. Selection criteria may change by invitation date, occupation, sector, offered wage, registration score, or other program priorities.

A high score cannot replace missing stream requirements, guarantee an invitation, or guarantee nomination.

Latest BC PNP invitation results

Recent Skills Immigration invitations show that the BC PNP may use sector-specific scores or high-economic-impact conditions rather than one cutoff for every registration.

Values separated by slashes follow the order of the selection types shown in each row. These figures cover Skills Immigration only and do not include Entrepreneur Immigration invitations.

A previous BC PNP draw does not predict the criteria or minimum score used in the next invitation round. Check the official WelcomeBC invitations page for changes published after the date above.

Is the BC PNP score the same as an Express Entry CRS score?

No. SIRS and CRS rank candidates in different systems.

This page estimates a provincial registration score; it is not an IRCC CRS calculator. Express Entry BC is an option for applicants who qualify for an eligible BC PNP stream and one of the federal programs managed through Express Entry.

A BC PNP nomination through the Express Entry BC option may add points to a valid federal Express Entry profile. Those federal points are separate from the SIRS score calculated on this page. Applicants using Express Entry BC must meet both the provincial stream requirements and the applicable IRCC requirements.

Healthcare, childcare, veterinary, construction and technology occupations

Healthcare and other priority occupations

The BC PNP may invite workers through sector-specific selections. Recent rounds have included childcare, healthcare, veterinary care, and construction, but the sectors, occupations, scores, and other conditions may change.

Healthcare workers should confirm their stream before relying on this calculator. Eligible applicants under the Health Authority stream can apply directly and do not submit a registration, so a SIRS score may not control that route. Other healthcare applicants may still use a registration-based stream.

A calculated score does not confirm that an occupation appears on a current priority list or meets every licensing, employer, or job-offer condition. Check the occupation’s NOC, the selected stream, and the criteria published for the relevant invitation round.

Is there a separate BC Tech PNP calculator?

There is no separate block of technology points in the Skills Immigration registration grid. A technology worker uses the same scored factors: work experience, education, language, offered wage, and employment location.

The applicant’s NOC, stream, employer support, job offer, and current invitation criteria may still affect the available route. A search for a BC Tech PNP calculator therefore leads back to the same SIRS scoring grid, not a separate technology scoring system.

Common mistakes that change the calculated score

• Entering the highest CLB: Language points use the lowest result across listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Using total compensation: Enter the regular hourly wage in the B.C. job offer, excluding bonuses, tips, commissions, overtime, and allowances.
• Counting unrelated employment: Previous work must meet the rules for directly related experience; sharing a broad industry is not enough.
• Adding both regional bonuses: Regional experience and regional alumni status can each meet the condition, but only one 10-point bonus is awarded.
• Choosing the wrong education location: B.C. education points apply only when the highest completed credential entered was earned at an eligible institution in B.C.

Compare any uncertain answer with the current official program guide before relying on the calculated result.

How this calculator is maintained

The scoring logic is checked against the current BC PNP Skills Immigration Program Guide. A verification date beside the calculator shows when the rules were last compared with the official source. When the program changes, the published material is reviewed before the calculator version and change log are updated.

Our Methodology and Update Policy explains how rules are checked and revisions are recorded. Errors or outdated details can be reported through the Contact page, and our Corrections Policy explains how reports are handled. Calculator answers are processed in the visitor’s browser and are not stored or sent to this website. See the Privacy Policy for details. This is an independent site and does not claim government affiliation or legal review.

BC PNP calculator FAQs

Source and disclaimer: This independent informational tool uses the current BC PNP Skills Immigration Program Guide as its scoring source. The result is not legal or immigration advice and does not guarantee an invitation to apply or provincial nomination. Review recent selections on the official invitation-results page. Last reviewed: June 13, 2026.