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The CLB has also been used to identify the level of curricula, courses and requirements for entry into post-secondary training in some parts of Canada, e.g. in Manitoba, some Ontario community colleges and in British Columbia where it is part of an articulation agreement. See work done by [http://www.arucc.ca/conferences/arucc2008/CIITE%20-%20Systemic%20Change%20in%20Ontario's%20Colleges%20and%20Institutes%20Part%201.pdf CIITE].
Since 2002, the CLB has been used increasingly as a scale to help define the language demands that are used in some occupations and professions. The first benchmarking projects were done at the provincial level by Red River College in Manitoba. In 2002, CCLB did the first national benchmarking project to identify the language demands of the nursing profession.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.language.ca/documents/FINAL_NURSING_REPORTS_cclb.pdf |title=Benchmarking the English Language Demands of the Nursing Profession Across Canada |access-date=2014-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819013457/http://www.language.ca/documents/final_nursing_reports_cclb.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was followed by the development of a national test to verify the language competency of internationally trained nurses, the Canadian English Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN). Further research was done by the Centre for occupations in the following industries: Travel and hospitality, Trucking, Trades, Food and Grocery, and professions like Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology. Many of these profiles have been captured in documents called "Occupational Language Analyses" (OLAs) which reflect the communication skills extrapolated from occupational competency documents, the Essential Skills and aligned to the CLB/NCLC. Many of these are available on the website, [
== CLB and Assessment ==
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* Portfolio-based language assessment (PBLA)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140701144300/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17369&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Can Do Statements]
== CLB and Immigration Language Requirements ==
Canada has strict language requirements for immigration. Federal Skilled Workers are expected to have a minimum CLB level 7 score in order to be eligible for immigration<ref>{{Cite web|last=Immigration|first=Refugees and Citizenship Canada|date=2007-03-31|title=Language testing—Skilled immigrants (Express Entry)|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/language-requirements/language-testing.html|access-date=2020-08-18|website=aem}}</ref>. Canada accepts popular English testing reports of IELTS-GT and CELPIP-G and French testing reports of TEF/TCF for immigration purposes<ref>{{Cite web|last=Immigration|first=Refugees and Citizenship Canada|date=2007-03-31|title=Language testing—Skilled immigrants (Express Entry)|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/language-requirements/language-testing.html|access-date=2020-08-18|website=aem}}</ref>. The bands have to be converted to CLB /NCLC equivalent levels using the below conversion chart<ref>{{Cite web|last=Immigration|first=Refugees and Citizenship Canada|date=2015-01-01|title=Language requirements — Skilled immigrants (Express Entry)|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/language-requirements.html|access-date=2020-08-18|website=aem}}</ref> or by using a [https://www.immiboards.com/clb-calculator/ CLB Calculator] which converts IELTS/CELPIP-G/TEF/TCF scores to their CLB/NCLC equivalents:
== Federal Skilled Worker Program ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+First official language
!Language
!Minimum level for all four abilities
|-
!English
|CLB 7
|-
!French
|NCLC7
|}
Second official language: Minimum level of CLB or NCLC 5.
== Canadian Experience Class ==
{| class="wikitable"
!NOC skill type or level
!Minimum level for all four language abilities (English)
!Minimum level for all four language abilities (French)
|-
!NOC 0 or A
|CLB 7
|NCLC 7
|-
!NOC B
|CLB 5
|NCLC 5
|}
== Federal Skilled Trades Program ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Language
!Abilities
!Minimum level
|-
!English
|Speaking and listening
|CLB 5
|-
!English
|Reading and writing
|CLB 4
|-
!French
|Speaking and listening
|NCLC 5
|-
!French
|Reading and writing
|NCLC 4
|}
== See also ==
* [[Task-based language learning]]
* [[Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program|CELPIP]] (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program)
* [[International English Language Testing System|IELTS]]
== References ==
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* [http://www.coe.int/ Common European Framework home]
* [http://www.actfl.org/ American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages home]
* [https://www.immiboards.com/clb-calculator/ Canada CLB Calculator]
[[Category:Education in Canada]]
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