IELTS to CLB converter
Turn your IELTS General Training band scores into Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels and see what they are worth in the Comprehensive Ranking System.
Convert your scores
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Lowest level
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CRS points (first official language)
- Single
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- With spouse
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Points for your first official language only. Education, work and the other factors are added in the full calculator.
Score needed for each CLB level
Minimum score in each ability. A level counts only if the score reaches it; there is no rounding up.
| CLB | Reading | Writing | Listening | Speaking |
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| CLB 10+ | 8.0+ | 7.5+ | 8.5+ | 7.5+ |
| CLB 9 | 7.0–7.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| CLB 8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| CLB 7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0–7.0 | 6.0 |
| CLB 6 | 5.0–5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| CLB 5 | 4.0–4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| CLB 4 | 3.5 | 4.0–4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0–4.5 |
IELTS General Training
IELTS bands do not map evenly onto CLB levels: each ability has its own scale. Listening is the strictest (8.0 for CLB 9) while reading is the most generous (7.0 for CLB 9), so an overall band of 7.5 can still leave you at CLB 8 in one ability.
Worked example
With the minimum IELTS General Training score for CLB 9 in all four abilities, you are at CLB 9 everywhere. As your first official language that gives 124 CRS points if you are single, or 116 if your spouse or partner comes with you.
Equivalency tables from IRCC, Express Entry: Language test results.