Quebec Skilled Workers – Selection Factors Grid

Colin R. Singer
September 13, 2018

Selection under the Quebec skilled Worker Program is made based on several factors. A successful candidate must score enough points to pass both thresholds imposed by the Quebec government.

Factors	Marking scheme	Max	Pts
1. Education Cut-off score =2	1. Education	Max	26
	1.1 Level of Education	Max	14
	a) general high school	2
	b) professional high school	6
	c) general college – CEGEP (2 years)	4
	d) technical college – 1 year	6
	e) technical college – 2 years	6
	g) technical college – 3 years	8
	i) University – 1^st cycle – 1 year	4
	j) University – 1^st cycle – 2 years	6
	k) University – 1^st cycle – 3 years +	10
	l) University – 2^nd cycle -1 year +	12
	m) University – 3^rdcycle	14
	1.2 Area of training	Max	12
	a) Section A – part I or II	12
	b) Section B – part I or II	9
	c) Section C – part I or II	6
	d) Section D – part II	2
	e) Section E – part I	0
2. Experience	2. Professional Experience	Max	8
	a) 6 to 23 months	4
	b) 24 to 47 months	6
	c) 48 months +	8
3. Age	3. Age	Max	16
	18 to 35 years old	16
	36 years old	14
	37 years old	12
	38 years old	10
	39 years old	8
	40 years old	6
	41 years old	4
	42 years old	2
	43+ years old	0
4. Languages	4. Languages	Max.	22
	4.1 French	Max	16
	a) Listening (Compréhension orale)	7
	b) Speaking (Expression orale)	7
	b) Reading (Compréhension écrite)	1
	b) Writing (Expression écrite)	1
	4.2 English	Max	6
	a) Listening	2
	b) Speaking	2
	b) Reading	1
	b) Writing	1
5. Stay in Quebec and Family in Quebec	5.1 Stay in Quebec	Max	5
	a) Study + diploma DEP/AEC 900 h +work experience 6 months in area of training	5
	b) Study + diploma DEC/university undergraduate and graduate degrees	5
	c) Work permit 1 year + work experience 6 months	5
	d) Other stay 3 months +	2
	e) Other stay 2 weeks to 3 months	1
	5.2 Family in Quebec	Max	3
	a) Father/mother/sibling/children/spouse	3
	b) Grand-parents	3
6. Spouse’s Characteristics	6.1 Education	Max	8
	6.1.1 Level of Education	Max	4
	a) general high school	1
	b) professional high school	2
	c) general college – CEGEP (2 years)	1
	d) technical college – 1 year	2
	e) technical college – 2 years	3
	f) University – 1st cycle – 1 year	1
	g) University – 1st cycle – 2 years	2
	h) University – 1st cycle – 3 years +	3
	i) University – 2nd cycle -1 year +	4
	j) University – 3rd cycle	4
	6.1.2 Area of training	Max	4
	a) Section A – part I or II	4
	b) Section B – part I or II	3
	c) Section C – part I or II	2
	d) Section D – part II	1
	e) Section E – part I	0
	6.2 Age	Max	3
	18 to 35 years old	3
	36 to 39 years old	2
	40 to 42 years old	1
	43+ years old	0
	6.3 French	Max	6
	Listening	3
	Speaking	3
7. Job Offer	7. Job Offer	Max	14
	a) Validated job offer in GMR	8
	a) Validated job offer outside GMR	14
	Gaspésie	10
	Bas-St-Laurent Côte Nord Laurentides Mauricie Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean	12
	Abitibi-Témiscamingue Centre-de-Québec Estrie Lanaudière Outaouais	13
	Capital-Nationale Chaudière-Appalaches Montérégie	14
Eliminatory threshold for employability: 43 pts – applicant without a spouse 52 pts – applicant with a spouse
8. Children	8. Children	Max	8
	12 years old and less – per child	4
	13 to 21 years old – per child	2
9. Financial Self-Sufficiency	9. Financial Self-Sufficiency	Max	1
	Contractual subscription	1
Accepted score to pass to the initial screening step: 50 pts – applicant without a spouse 59 pts – applicant with a spouse