Immigrate Federal Skilled Trades Eligibility Criteria

Federal Skilled Trades Program - Language Requirements

FSTP applicants must meet the minimum level of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 5 for speaking and listening, and CLB 4 for reading and writing, in one of Canada's Official languages: English or French

Language tests accepted are IELTS and CELPIP for English, and TEF for French.

The following table shows the minimum required scores in the above-mentioned tests:

 


Speaking

CLB 5


Listening

CLB 5


Reading

CLB 4


Writing

CLB 4


English - IELTS

5.0 5.0 3.5 4.0


English - CELPIP

3L 3L 2H 2H


French - TEF

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