TCF Canada score to NCLC converter
Enter your four TCF Canada scores to see the NCLC level each ability earns. Speaking and writing use a 0 to 20 scale. Listening and reading use a 0 to 699 scale.
How we calculated this
The converter maps each score to an NCLC level with the official IRCC equivalency table for Express Entry: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/language-test.html (method checked 2026-10-20).
For TCF Canada, the table is the single IRCC table: speaking and writing on 0-20, listening and reading on 0-699. NCLC 10 starts at 16 for speaking and writing and at 549 for listening and reading. Scores below the NCLC 4 band show 0.
Each field accepts only whole numbers inside the TCF Canada range for that ability. A TEF Canada score does not fit here: use the TEF Canada converter for that test.
Rules change. Always confirm your level on the IRCC page above before you submit a profile. This tool is not immigration advice.
Method checked on 2026-10-20.
A restatement of a public IRCC table, not immigration advice. Scores and equivalencies change; the IRCC page named in the method is the authority.
Questions
- Why are speaking and writing only out of 20?
- TCF Canada scores speaking and writing from 0 to 20. Listening and reading run from 0 to 699. IRCC publishes one table with those scales.
- Why does only my lowest ability matter?
- Express Entry reads each ability separately and the French bonus and French-language category require NCLC 7 or higher in all four. Your weakest ability decides whether you qualify.
- How long is my test valid?
- IRCC accepts results less than two years old, both when you create your Express Entry profile and when you apply for permanent residence.
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