TCF Canada score chart and NCLC calculator

Enter your scores to see your NCLC level in each skill. IRCC uses your weakest skill, so that is your overall level.

Listeningout of 699 · Your NCLC: –Readingout of 699 · Your NCLC: –Writingout of 20 · Your NCLC: –Speakingout of 20 · Your NCLC: –

Overall (weakest skill)

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Enter all four scores for the overall level.

Writing is your weakest skill? Get a writing mark out of 20 in a minute.

TCF Canada writing simulator

TCF Canada → NCLC (IRCC)

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

TEF Canada → NCLC (IRCC)

NCLC	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
10+	316–360	263–300	393–450	393–450
9	298–315	248–262	371–392	371–392
8	280–297	233–247	349–370	349–370
7	249–279	207–232	310–348	310–348
6	217–248	181–206	271–309	271–309
5	181–216	151–180	226–270	226–270
4	145–180	121–150	181–225	181–225

TEF Canada: IRCC uses the « Équivalence ancien score » column of your certificate (reading /300, listening /360, writing and speaking /450), not the /699 score.

Source: IRCC, Express Entry language test equivalency charts (read October 2026).