The Online Self-Assessment is a tool to measure your language ability and assign an approximate score range based on Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) for English and Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) for French. It is not a test that a user can pass or fail. The Online Self-Assessment results can inform language learning, settlement, and career related goals.

To learn more about Online Self-Assessment, please visit About Us page.

This online assessment is fully funded by the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada and the Government of Ontario, and it is available at no cost.

This web-based assessment is available to anyone with access to the internet. It is intended for prospective immigrants and newcomers to Canada who are learning English and/or French. Professionals assisting them have also found this tool useful as a component of needs assessment.

To register and take the assessment at no cost, please visit Our Testing Centre page.

A valid email address is required to register a new user account. You will also need to provide basic personal information such as your name, native language, approximate age range, etc.

The note sheet is provided at the beginning of each Listening test as is illustrated below. Please click on “Note Sheet PDF” to print it out before you begin the test. Alternatively, you can use a regular piece of paper to take notes.

To date, individuals from 152 different countries have utilized the Online Self-Assessment.

The assessment itself is in two languages of Canada (English and French). The introductory welcome pages and benchmarks information pages are available in 12 languages:
Arabic
Chinese - Simplified
Chinese – Traditional
Farsi
French
Hindi
Korean
Punjabi
Russian
Spanish
Tagalog
Urdu

The assessment benchmarks indicate what you can do in English or French. Benchmarks that are high usually indicate high English or French language skill levels. Benchmark results may be different for each of the language skills.

The online self-assessment does not report CLB levels greater than 8.

To learn more about Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), please visit the Benchmarks Section

The assessments measure receptive skills (Listening and Reading). Upon successfully completing an assessment, a benchmark range instead of a specific score is displayed on the screen. For example, a client could receive a benchmark range of 2-3 or 5-6 or 7-8 in Listening and/or Reading.

The Online Self-Assessment results are unofficial and cannot be used for employment, academic, immigration or citizenship purposes. They are intended to give you an approximate indication of your language ability in English or French. These results can inform planning and decision making towards achieving language training, settlement, and career related goals.

For more information on the purposes and appropriate uses of the Online Self-Assessment, please visit About Us Page.

The Online Self-Assessment Results are unofficial and cannot be used for placement into ESL and LINC. Completing an official language assessment is the first step to accessing language classes in your community. Language Assessment Centres provide language assessments in English and French at no cost and referrals to classes for eligible newcomers to Canada. Please book an in-person appointment at a Language Assessment Centre to take an official standardized CLB-based assessment and to be referred to a government-funded language training program.

To locate a Language Assessment Centre in Ontario, please visit: https://achev.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Assessment-Locations-in-Ontario.pdf

To locate a Language Assessment Centre in Canada (outside Ontario): https://achev.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Assessment-Locations-in-Canada.pdf

No. The assessment results are not intended for immigration or citizenship purposes. For information regarding language requirements for citizenship, please refer to the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada website at: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/language-proof.html

The government funds a number of different language programs which are free for eligible adult learners. To register in one of these English or French classes, you have to go to a language assessment centre to take a test in order to determine your level. The test is available at no cost.

Language training options in Ontario:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/improve-your-english-and-french

Language training options in Canada:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/new-life-canada/improve-english-french/classes.html

For information on how to book an in-person appointment to take an official CLB-Based assessment, please click here

Please follow the steps below to ensure your sound settings are properly configured:

• Check the volume settings of your device.
• Check and make sure that your device speakers are not muted or at the lowest volume setting.
• Ensure that the speaker icon in the browser tab which is playing the video is not muted.
• Try to open the test in other web browser to check if the problem resolves.

For MAC OS - Safari browser users:
Please be advised that the Safari browser may be blocking video audio content on our website to play automatically. Please follow the steps below to allow all auto-play content from our website:

• Step 1: While on Safari browser.
• Step 2: Select “Settings for This Website.”

• Step 3: On http://www.test.clb-osa.ca In the Auto-Play Option - Select “Allow All Auto-Play.”