Language Assessment Services provides free English/French language assessments and class referrals to eligible immigrants seeking language training in York, Simcoe and Durham.

Completing a language assessment is the first step to accessing language classes in your community.

• - Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Assessment (CLBPA)
• - Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment (CLBA)
• - Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment for Literacy Learners (CLBA-LL)
• - Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLBPT)
• - Enhanced Language Training Placement Assessment (ELTPA)
• - Literacy Placement Tool (LPT)
• - Batterie de tests de classement (BTC-NCLC)

• - Generally available at no cost to eligible newcomers to Canada
• - Must be verified when scheduling an appointment
• - 18 years of age or older
• - Under 18 years of age with proof of high school completion from country of origin
• - Canadian Citizen (born outside Canada who doesn’t speak English as a first language)
• - Permanent Resident
• - Convention Refugee/Protected Person
• - Application for Permanent Resident status is being processed in Canada and has been informed by a letter from the Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada of the initial approval of their application subject to an admissibility assessment
• - Refugee Claimant
• - Temporary Worker or Student who has obtained initial approval for a concurrent Application for Permanent Residence
• - Foreign Domestic Worker admitted under the Live-In Caregiver program
• - Foreign Domestic Worker admitted under the Home Child Care and Home Support Worker pilots
• - Provincial Nominee (or Dependant) approved through Opportunities Ontario
• - Temporary Foreign Worker (or Dependant) approved through Canadian Experience Class

Head Office

90 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Suite 210

Mississauga, ON, L5B 3C3

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