Language testing — Atlantic Immigration Pilot

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• How to prove your language ability
• Language tests you can take
• How to find your Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) language level based on your test results

How to prove your language ability

To immigrate through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program, you must prove your English or French language ability.

To do so, you must take an approved language test. The test shows your abilities in writing, reading, listening and speaking.

To measure your levels, we use the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) for English or the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadien (NCLC) for French.

You must:

• schedule your test and pay the fees
• have a language level of CLB 4 or higher
• have results that are less than 2 years old when you apply
• include the results of your test when you apply
  • If you don’t, we’ll send your application back to you without processing it

Language tests you can take

You can take any of these approved language tests:

English

• Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP)
  • you must take the CELPIP-General test
  • we don’t accept the General-LS test
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
  • you must take the General Training option
  • we don’t accept the Academic option

French

• Test d’évaluation de français (TEF) – You must submit results from these TEF tests as proof of your French language skills:
  • compréhension de l’écrit
  • compréhension de l’orale
  • expression écrite
  • expression orale
• TCF Canada : Test de connaissance du français (French only) – You must submit results from these TCF Canada tests as proof of your French language skills:
  • compréhension de l’écrit
  • compréhension de l’oral
  • expression écrite
  • expression orale

How to find your CLB language level based on your test results

You need to have a CLB of level 4 or higher.

Use your test results to find your CLB (or NCLC) level in the tables below: