CELPIP Results: How Long, How to Check, and the Score Report

CELPIP results post in your CELPIP Account 2-4 business days after your test date. That's the figure on celpip.ca's results page. You'll get an email when your scores are ready, and you can choose to get SMS notifications as well. So if you tested on a Friday or a Saturday, expect your results between Tuesday and Thursday of the following week.

You may have seen 3-4 days instead. Google's AI answer says so, and so do a few celpip.ca pages. Plan for day 4, and don't start worrying before it. Just tested? The calendar below shows when your CELPIP test results should land. If your scores are already in, the labelled score report is further down.

Business days run Monday to Friday. celpip.ca says they "do not include weekends or holidays". We start counting on the first business day after the test, so the test itself is day 0.

• Test on a Friday or a Saturday, and Monday is day 1. Your window is Tuesday to Thursday.
• After a Wednesday test, Thursday is day 1 and Friday is day 2. The weekend doesn't count, so the window runs from Friday to Tuesday.
• If a statutory holiday falls on the Monday after a Saturday test, that Monday drops out of the count. The window moves to Wednesday to Friday.

That's how long CELPIP results take in practice: find your test day above. Two things celpip.ca doesn't tell you are which holidays it counts and what time of day results come out.

If day 3 passes with nothing, that's still normal. In celpip.ca's words, "If it's been 3 business days or less since your test, your scores should be posted soon!"

Why you'll read 3-4 days, or even 4-5

On October 13, 2026, we read celpip.ca's pages and two of its guidebooks side by side. They don't all give the same number.

We plan by 2-4. That's what the page about results says, and the newest guidebook agrees with it.

The AI answers picked up the other numbers. When we searched "celpip result" on October 13, Google's AI Overview said 3 to 4 business days. For "celpip result time", it offered an "Express Rating": results in 1 to 2 calendar days for an extra $80 plus tax. We couldn't find that service on celpip.ca. Its results page lists two options, the Official Score Report and the Re-evaluation Request, and nothing faster. And when its FAQ asks "Can the release of scores or re-evaluation results be expedited?", the answer begins "Unfortunately, we cannot speed up" and says you'll get an email once your scores are posted.

1. Sign in to your CELPIP Account, the account you made when you registered.
2. Click the "Check Scores" button.
3. Click "Download CELPIP Official Score Report" and save the PDF.

That's the whole CELPIP result check, download included. If you're searching for a CELPIP login for results, it's the same sign-in you used to book the test.

celpip.ca says hard copy score reports "have been discontinued", so nothing comes in the mail. One official document still says otherwise. The July 2026 Guidebook for Test Takers has a line about two print copies sent by registered mail, but the same sentence sits in the 2023 guidebook too, so it looks like old text that was carried over. We go by the results page, so don't wait for an envelope.

Download the PDF the day your scores arrive and keep a copy somewhere safe. You'll need it whenever someone asks for proof of your results.

1. Title and test. The report is headed CELPIP Official Score Report and names the test. The official sample says General.
2. Your name and photo. The photo is the one taken at check-in. celpip.ca's test day page says, "The picture will be printed on your score report."
3. Registration Number and PIN. They sit together in a box. The Registration Number is what IRCC asks for as your certificate number, and organizations use both numbers to verify your scores.
4. Date of birth. Check it, and your name, against the ID you'll use in your application.
5. Test information: your test date, your test centre and a "Printed" date.
6. Your CELPIP levels. Each component gets one CELPIP level from 0 to 12. From level 3 up, it's the same as the CLB level, so a 9 is CLB 9. Level 2 equals CLB 1 or 2, levels 0 and 1 mean there wasn't enough to assess, and NA means you didn't receive that component. The CELPIP score chart has the full table. No raw score is printed, so if you want to see what a practice raw score out of 38 works out to, try our calculator.
7. Footer with CELPIP's address and logo.
8. Average Score. Only CELPIP-General reports have one. It's the average of your four component scores, and celpip.ca says it's "not relevant for IRCC purposes". Our guide to the CELPIP Average Score and maximum score explains it.

Is there a separate CELPIP score card or certificate? No. This PDF is your result. Your scores are valid for two years from the date the score report is issued.

Express Entry

IRCC tells you to "enter the test results into your Express Entry profile (and the language test result form or certificate number and test PIN, if the system asks for it)". For CELPIP, the certificate number is your Registration Number. Enter each level exactly as it's printed. You need CELPIP-General, not LS, and your results must be less than 2 years old when you complete your profile and again when you apply for permanent residence. The minimums for each program are in our guide to CELPIP scores for Express Entry.

Employers, regulators and schools

Send them the PDF. They check it through SIVS, CELPIP's Score and Identity Verification System, using the Registration Number and PIN on your report.

CELPIP result verification happens in SIVS, and SIVS is for organizations. Only CELPIP score users can apply for access, so if a search sends you to its sign-in page, you can skip it.

Receiving institutions in your account

Your CELPIP Account can also hold receiving institutions. Under "My Test Registrations", click "Actions", then "Update receiving institution" to add one or change one. celpip.ca doesn't explain what adding one does, so still send the PDF yourself whenever someone asks for it.

When CELPIP exam results are held back, celpip.ca says it's for one of these reasons:

• Your test needed extra review before the scores could be released. CELPIP may contact you for more information.
• You reported a test-day issue within 24 hours, and CELPIP is still looking into it.
• CELPIP needs more confirmation of your identity, or it's looking into possible testing irregularities.

When to contact CELPIP: after day 4 or day 5?

celpip.ca gives two answers. Its contact page says to get in touch once it's been "more than 4 business days" without an email. Its results page says "more than 5". We'd contact them after day 4. For a Saturday test, that's the Friday of the next week.

Before you call or write, have your test date and the email address on your CELPIP Account ready. That's our tip, not a celpip.ca rule, but it saves a round of questions. Asking won't make your scores come faster, though. celpip.ca's FAQ says it can't speed things up, and that you'll get an email once your scores are posted.

A CELPIP re-evaluation has to be requested within six months of your test date. You can pick one component or several, but each component can be re-evaluated only once, and you'll hear back in about one to two weeks. Listening and Reading rarely change, because a computer scores them. celpip.ca calls a change there "unlikely".

If you're retaking, you can't register for more than one sitting within five calendar days, so check the retake rules before you pick a date.

Keep exploring:CELPIP score calculator · CLB converter