CLB calculator: convert your language test scores

Enter your four ability scores from IELTS General Training, CELPIP-General, PTE Core, TEF Canada or TCF Canada to get your Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level, using IRCC’s official equivalency tables. You also see what that level is worth in the Ontario Workforce Priority Stream. Free and unofficial: estimates only, so check your results at canada.ca and ontario.ca.

Convert your scores

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Enter all four scores to see your CLB level.

Minimum CLB for the OWP Stream

TEER 0 to 3 job offers: CLB 6 or higher in all four abilities, or CLB 5 if the job is a listed skilled trade.
TEER 4 and 5 job offers: CLB 4 or higher in all four abilities.
TEER 0 to 3 applicants who graduated from an eligible Ontario institution in the last 3 years with a qualifying credential (a postsecondary degree or diploma of at least 2 years full-time, an Ontario College Graduate Certificate, a master’s or a PhD) do not need a language test.
The test must be taken within the 2 years before you submit your application. See every requirement in the stream guide.

Official conversion tables

Minimum score for each CLB level, by ability. A score between two rows takes the lower level. Your overall CLB is the lowest of your four ability levels.

IELTS General Training: minimum score for each CLB level
CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	8.5	8	7.5	7.5
9	8	7	7	7
8	7.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
7	6	6	6	6
6	5.5	5	5.5	5.5
5	5	4	5	5
4	4.5	3.5	4	4

CELPIP-General needs no table: each CELPIP level is the same CLB level (CELPIP 7 equals CLB 7).

PTE Core: minimum score for each CLB level
CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	89	88	90	89
9	82	78	88	84
8	71	69	79	76
7	60	60	69	68
6	50	51	60	59
5	39	42	51	51
4	28	33	41	42

TEF Canada (Score / 699): minimum score for each CLB level
CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	546	546	558	556
9	503	503	512	518
8	462	462	472	494
7	434	434	428	456
6	393	393	379	422
5	352	352	330	387
4	306	306	268	328

TEF Canada (Équivalence ancien score): minimum score for each CLB level
CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	316	263	393	393
9	298	248	371	371
8	280	233	349	349
7	249	207	310	310
6	217	181	271	271
5	181	151	226	226
4	145	121	181	181

TCF Canada: minimum score for each CLB level
CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	549	549	16	16
9	523	524	14	14
8	503	499	12	12
7	458	453	10	10
6	398	406	7	7
5	369	375	6	6
4	331	342	4	4

Which test versions count

IELTS: only General Training. IELTS Academic and the One Skill Retake are not accepted.
CELPIP: only CELPIP-General.
PTE: only PTE Core, not PTE Academic.
TEF Canada: results show two columns, Score / 699 and Équivalence ancien score. Pick the converter option that names the column you copy from; IRCC publishes a table for each.
TCF Canada: listening and reading are scored up to 699, writing and speaking from 4 to 20.
If you took both an English and a French test, Ontario scores the test with the higher CLB level.

Tables from IRCC’s Express Entry language test page and its Score / 699 TEF table, checked on 2026-11-05. OWP Stream rules from ontario.ca.

CLB questions

How is my overall CLB level worked out?

Each of your four abilities (listening, reading, writing, speaking) converts to its own CLB level. Your overall level is the lowest of the four, so one weaker ability sets it.

Which TEF Canada score column should I use?

Either, as long as you pick the matching option here. TEF Canada results list a Score / 699 column and an Équivalence ancien score column, and IRCC publishes a conversion table for each. Mixing them (typing one column into the other table) gives the wrong level. If you are nominated through Express Entry, IRCC asks you to enter the Équivalence ancien score column in your Express Entry profile.

What CLB level do I need for the OINP?

For the Ontario Workforce Priority Stream it depends on the job offer: CLB 6 in all four abilities for TEER 0 to 3 (CLB 5 for listed skilled trades) and CLB 4 for TEER 4 and 5. TEER 0 to 3 applicants who recently graduated from an eligible Ontario institution with a qualifying credential need no test. Points start at CLB 6 for your first official language.

Does CLB 10 score more than CLB 9 in the OWP Stream?

No. The first-language factor tops out at CLB 9 or higher, so CLB 9 and CLB 10 earn the same points. See every factor on the scoring factors page.

Have your CLB level? Enter it in the free OINP points calculator to estimate your full EOI score out of 132 points.

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

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

CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	546	546	558	556
9	503	503	512	518
8	462	462	472	494
7	434	434	428	456
6	393	393	379	422
5	352	352	330	387
4	306	306	268	328

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

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

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

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

CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	546	546	558	556
9	503	503	512	518
8	462	462	472	494
7	434	434	428	456
6	393	393	379	422
5	352	352	330	387
4	306	306	268	328

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

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

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

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

CLB	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10	546	546	558	556
9	503	503	512	518
8	462	462	472	494
7	434	434	428	456
6	393	393	379	422
5	352	352	330	387
4	306	306	268	328

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

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