Your lowest CELPIP score
sets your Ontario points.
The OINP Workforce Priority stream awards up to 15 Expression of Interest points for language, scored on your weakest ability. Enter four CELPIP scores and see where you stand.
Calculate your language points
Four CELPIP scores in, your points out of 15 and your eligibility check out.
Ontario's Workforce Priority stream accepts CELPIP-General (not General LS) and scores language on your lowest CLB level across listening, reading, writing, and speaking. CELPIP levels convert to CLB one to one, so a CELPIP 8 in every skill except a 7 in writing counts as CLB 7: 8 points instead of 12. The minimum to apply ranges from CLB 4 to CLB 6 depending on your job offer's TEER category.
EOI language points
8 / 15
Your lowest ability (CLB 7) clears the CLB 6 minimum for TEER 0-3 occupations.
+4Raising writing to CLB 8 takes you to 12 points.
EOI is your Expression of Interest: the profile Ontario scores out of 130 points, with invitations to apply going to the highest-ranked profiles in each draw. Ontario scores language on your lowest CLB level across all four abilities, in your stronger official language. CELPIP levels 4-12 convert to CLB one to one. TEER is the job's skill level in the National Occupational Classification: the second digit of the NOC code on your job offer, where 0-3 covers managerial, professional, and technical work and 4-5 covers jobs learned through on-the-job training.
The official numbers
Points bands and minimums, as published by the Government of Ontario.
EOI points · language factor
| Lowest CLB (all four abilities) | Points |
|---|---|
| CLB 9 or higher | 15 |
| CLB 8 | 12 |
| CLB 7 | 8 |
| CLB 6 | 4 |
| CLB 5 or lower | 0 |
Minimum CLB to apply
| Job offer | Minimum | CELPIP |
|---|---|---|
| TEER 0-3 occupations | CLB 6 | 6 in each ability |
| TEER 0-3 skilled trades | CLB 5 | 5 in each ability |
| TEER 4-5 occupations | CLB 4 | 4 in each ability |
New to the stream? Our guide to CELPIP scores for the Ontario Workforce Priority stream walks through the accepted tests, the exemptions, and a worked example of the lowest-score rule. For other programs, the CLB converter covers Express Entry and CRS points.
Next step
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