What is NCLC? How does it map to CEFR levels? And what score do you actually need for Canadian PR? Explained simply.
Facile French Team
Shubham Deshwal & Dipali Sharma
NCLC stands for Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens — the Canadian language benchmarks for French.
NCLC 4-5 ≈ A2. NCLC 6-7 = B1. NCLC 8 = B2. NCLC 9-10 = C1+. For maximum CRS points, aim for NCLC 9 in all four skills.
Minimum to claim French as second official language: NCLC 5. For significant CRS points: NCLC 7+ in speaking and listening.
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