Temporary public policy for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area: Language tests

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 CELPIP General-LS Test
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
- you must take the IELTS General Training option
- we don’t accept the IELTS Academic option

French

Use your test results to find your CLB or NCLC level in the tables below.

CELPIP General 2014 – Test score equivalency chart

CLB level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	10	10	10	10
9	9	9	9	9
8	8	8	8	8
7	7	7	7	7
6	6	6	6	6
5	5	5	5	5
4	4	4	4	4

IELTS General Training – Test score equivalency chart

CLB level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	8.0	7.5	8.5	7.5
9	7.0	7.0	8.0	7.0
8	6.5	6.5	7.5	6.5
7	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
6	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.5
5	4.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
4	3.5	4.0	4.5	4.0

TEF – Test score equivalency chart

CLB level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	263-277	393-415	316-333	393-415
9	248-262	371-392	298-315	371-392
8	233-247	349-370	280-297	349-370
7	207-232	310-348	249-279	310-348
6	181-206	271-309	217-248	271-309
5	151-180	226-270	181-216	226-270
4	121-150	181-225	145-180	181-225

TCF – Test score equivalency chart

CLB level	Reading	Writing	Listening	Speaking
10	549-699	16-20	549-699	16-20
9	524-548	14-15	523-548	14-15
8	499-523	12-13	503-522	12-13
7	453-498	10-11	458-502	10-11
6	406-452	7-9	398-457	7-9
5	375-405	6	369-397	6
4	342-374	4-5	331-368	4-5