IRCC equivalency charts · checked October 25, 2026

CLB calculator

Turn your language test scores into Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels for English, or NCLC levels for French, the way IRCC does for Express Entry. Then put them into the CRS calculator.

Your test

Speaking0–9—Listening0–9—Reading0–9—Writing0–9—

Express Entry only accepts IELTS General Training, not Academic or One Skill Retake.

Equivalency charts

The lowest score for each level, from IRCC’s charts (source).

IELTS General Training

CLB	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
10+	7.5+	8.5+	8+	7.5+
9	7+	8+	7+	7+
8	6.5+	7.5+	6.5+	6.5+
7	6+	6+	6+	6+
6	5.5+	5.5+	5+	5.5+
5	5+	5+	4+	5+
4	4+	4.5+	3.5+	4+

CELPIP-General

CLB	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
10+	10–12	10–12	10–12	10–12
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

PTE Core

CLB	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
10+	89+	89+	88+	90+
9	84+	82+	78+	88+
8	76+	71+	69+	79+
7	68+	60+	60+	69+
6	59+	50+	51+	60+
5	51+	39+	42+	51+
4	42+	28+	33+	41+

TEF Canada (Équivalence ancien score)

NCLC	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
10+	393+	316+	263+	393+
9	371+	298+	248+	371+
8	349+	280+	233+	349+
7	310+	249+	207+	310+
6	271+	217+	181+	271+
5	226+	181+	151+	226+
4	181+	145+	121+	181+

TCF Canada

NCLC	Speaking	Listening	Reading	Writing
10+	16+	549+	549+	16+
9	14+	523+	524+	14+
8	12+	503+	499+	12+
7	10+	458+	453+	10+
6	7+	398+	406+	7+
5	6+	369+	375+	6+
4	4+	331+	342+	4+

Questions people ask

+What IELTS score is CLB 9?

Speaking 7.0, listening 8.0, reading 7.0 and writing 7.0 on IELTS General Training.

+What IELTS score is CLB 7?

6.0 in each of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

+What CELPIP score is CLB 9?

CELPIP-General levels match CLB levels one for one, so 9 in each ability is CLB 9.

+Which TEF score do I use?

IRCC uses the “Équivalence ancien score” column of your TEF Canada results. Don’t enter the score out of 699: IRCC’s system doesn’t accept it yet.