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IELTS to CLB calculator

IRCC converts each skill of IELTS General Training on its own row of its table, not the overall band, so Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking each get their own Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level. Express Entry asks for IELTS General Training and does not accept IELTS One Skill Retake.

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Convert Your Bands to CLB Levels

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From your four IELTS bands

Pick the IELTS General Training band for each skill. Each skill is read on its own row of IRCC's table.

Select all four bands to see the CLB level of each skill.

    Each result is IRCC's conversion for IELTS General Training. Programmes set their own minimums, so read IRCC's page for yours.

    Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Language testing for Express Entry: IELTS, read 30 September 2026. The page showed "Date modified: 2026-06-22".

    How to read it

    Understanding the Result

    Five things to know about IRCC's table before you rely on a level.

    • A band between two rows gives the lower level. Listening 7.0 is CLB 7, not CLB 8, because CLB 8 asks for 7.5.
    • A band under the CLB 4 row gives "below CLB 4 on this table", because the table has no lower row.
    • CLB 10 and above starts at the CLB 10 row and runs to band 9.0.
    • On IRCC's page, CLB 4 to 6 appear in the Federal Skilled Trades Program table only, and CLB 7 to 10 appear in both tables.
    • As read on 30 September 2026, the Federal Skilled Worker Program minimum is CLB 7 in all four abilities. Other programmes set their own minimums, so read IRCC's page for yours.
    Where to go next

    The CLB Answers

    The general answer carries the whole table, and each level has its own page with a worked case.

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    You came here with a band to reach. Here is who the app is for, who it is not for, what happens if it does not work for you, and what it does not promise.

    It is for you if

    • You are preparing for Academic IELTS and practise on your own.
    • You want your Speaking and Writing assessed against the four official criteria, with a band range rather than a single guess.
    • You want full Reading and Listening papers under exam timing, with the evidence behind every answer.
    • You can use an app whose interface is in English; this site explains it in nineteen languages.

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    • You need the General Training Reading paper. It is not in the app.
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    If it does not work for you

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    What it does not promise

    A range, not a result. Speaking and Writing come back as a band range from strict to lenient, with the sentences that moved it, because no software can promise the band an examiner will give; only the test does. Whether AI scorers work sets out the evidence.

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    Speaking questions by topic

    Part 1 and Part 3 questions, each with a tip.

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