CELPIP Score Chart

Your CELPIP score is a level from 1 to 12, and it maps one-to-one to a CLB level. The number you get is the CLB number Canadian immigration reads.

That one fact answers most of what people open a score chart to find. The rest is detail: how each skill earns its number, which CLB level your program asks for, and where your four scores land you on the Express Entry table. It's all below, with an interactive chart so you can check your own numbers.

CLB is the exact match. The IELTS column shows the band IRCC sets for Speaking and Writing at each CLB level; IRCC treats CLB 10 and above as one band. Listening and Reading need different bands (IELTS Listening 8.0 for CLB 9 and 8.5 for CLB 10), so check CELPIP vs IELTS score conversion, skill by skill for the exact band in each skill.

CELPIP scores convert to CLB on a one-to-one scale. A CELPIP 9 is CLB 9, a CELPIP 7 is CLB 7, straight down the line. There's no formula and no conversion math: whatever level CELPIP reports for a skill is the CLB level immigration uses for that skill.

Immigration reads each skill on its own, never an average. Your weakest skill is usually what gates a program: three CLB 9s and one CLB 6 does not meet a CLB 7 requirement, because that one skill sits below the line.

For most permanent residence programs the floor is CLB 7, which means a CELPIP 7 in every skill. Competitive Express Entry candidates aim higher. CLB 9 across all four skills is the band where language points climb sharply. Citizenship asks for far less: CLB 4 in listening and speaking only.

The jump from CLB 7 to CLB 9 is the one most people on Celpify are actually working toward. It's the band where Express Entry points move the most for the fewest extra correct answers or marks on the scoring criteria, so it tends to be the best return on study time.

Listening and Reading are scored on correct answers. Listening has 38 questions, and your raw count is converted to a level on a scaled table that adjusts for how hard each test form was. Writing and Speaking are judged by trained raters against four dimensions, then placed on the same 1 to 12 scale, where 12 is the maximum CELPIP score. The full mechanism, rater counts and score equating included, is in our guide to how CELPIP is scored.

Two routes, one scale. A CLB 8 in Reading and a CLB 8 in Speaking carry identical weight for immigration, even though one came from a multiple-choice count and the other from a human reading your response. Want the band-by-band detail for your skill? Each per-skill chart below breaks it down.

Keep exploring: Free CLB Score Converter · CELPIP Listening Score Chart · CELPIP Reading Score Chart · CELPIP Writing Score Chart · CELPIP Speaking Score Chart