International English Language Testing Skills (IELTS) is one of the popular English Language test accepted by many countries. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) accepts IELTS test score and is furthermore accepted by colleges and universities across Canada.
The score required depends upon the organization where a candidate want to study or work. IELTS paper assesses the candidates on the scale of 1-9 on 4 skills named as follows:-
The standard for Canada the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) describes, recognizes and measures language ability of the immigrants who have plans to live and work in Canada. Following is the table showing different CLB standards:-
| IELTS General Training Score | ||||
| Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
| CLB1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CLB2 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
| CLB3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 |
| CLB4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| CLB5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| CLB6 | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| CLB7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| CLB8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| CLB9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| CLB10 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| CLB11 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 8 |
| CLB12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
IELTS Band Requirement for Canada Permanent Residency (PR)
Under the Canadian PR system there is a point allocated to each score. Moreover express entry system is one of the most popular immigration system of Canada assessing the candidates on various basis like age, education, work experience, language skills, adaptability etc. It has 2 major key point criteria i.e. Federal Skilled Worker Program and CRS points calculator.
Under the Federal Skilled Worker Program a candidate needs to score atleast 67 points out of 100. If the candidate scores the required points then they get qualified for Canada Express Entry
Points allocated to first official language are as follows:-
| CLB | Speaking | Listening | Reading | Writing | Points |
| 7 | 6 | 6 to 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 10 or above | 7.5 to 9 | 8.5 to 9 | 8 to 9 | 7.5 to 9 | 6 |
English is considered as first official language. Maximum points allocated under this as follows:-
| CLB level | With Spouse (128 points Max.) | Without Spouse (136 points) |
| Less than CLB 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 or 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | 16 | 17 |
| 8 | 22 | 23 |
| 9 | 29 | 31 |
| 10 or more | 32 | 34 |
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