Language test equivalency charts

How to find your language level based on test results

Use your test results to find your CLB/NCLC level in the tables below:

• CELPIP (General)

Club level	Post	Written	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)

Club level	Post	Written	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

• PTE Core

Club level	Post	Written	Listening	speaking
10	88-90	90	89-90	89-90
9	78-87	88-89	82-88	84-88
8	69-77	79-87	71-81	76-83
7	60-68	69-78	60-70	68-75
6	51-59	60-68	50-59	59-67
5	42-50	51-59	39-49	51-58
4	33-41	41-50	28-38	42-50
3	24-32	32-40	18-27	34-41

• TEF Canada

If you took your exam after December 10, 2023

NCLC level	Post	Written	Listening	speaking
10	546-699	558-699	546-699	556-699
9	503-545	512-557	503-545	518-555
8	462-502	472-511	462-502	494-517
7	434-461	428-471	434-461	456-493
6	393-433	379-427	393-433	422-455
5	352-392	330-378	352-392	387-421
4	306-351	268-329	306-351	328-386

If you took your test between October 1, 2019 and December 10, 2023

NCLC level	Post	Written	Listening	speaking
10	566-699	566-699	566-699	566-699
9	533-565	533-565	533-565	533-565
8	500-532	500-532	500-532	500-532
7	450-499	450-499	450-499	450-499
6	400-449	400-449	400-449	400-449
5	350-399	350-399	350-399	350-399
4	300-349	300-349	300-349	300-349

If you took the test before September 30, 2019

NCLC level	Post	Written	Listening	speaking
10	263-300	393-450	316-360	393-450
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 Canada

NCLC level	Post	Written	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

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