TCF Canada is for any individual, regardless of his or her nationality and native language (including French citizens and citizens of Francophone countries), who would like to initiate the process for permanent economic immigration or for Canadian citizenship through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). There are no exemptions for the TCF Canada.
The TCF Canada is a test that has been approved by IRCC.
The TCF Canada consists of four mandatory parts. It evaluates general French language proficiency in listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking and writing.
There are :
- 39 multiple choice questions for listening comprehension
- 39 multiple choice questions for the reading comprehension with only one correct answer possible
- 3 speaking tasks, organized according to a progressively increasing level of difficulty
- 3 writing tasks, also with a progressively increasing level of difficulty.
The levels correspond to the benchmarks specified by the European Framework for Language Learning, Teaching and Evaluation as well as the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB).