--- title: "TEF vs TCF Canada: which is easier, and how they differ" description: "Neither is officially easier: both convert to the same NCLC levels and IRCC treats them as equal. What differs is format, timing and section counts." canonical: https://francaisprep.com/tef-vs-tcf last-updated: 2026-10-24 --- TEF Canada vs TCF Canada # TEF vs TCF: which is easier, and which should you take? Both exams are accepted for federal Express Entry, and both are converted to NCLC levels before a single CRS point is calculated, so neither is worth more than the other. Book the one whose format protects your weakest skill and whose test centre can seat you before your deadline. The sharpest real difference is in the writing: the TCF Canada sets three tasks and publishes a minimum and a maximum word count for each, while the TEF Canada sets two tasks and publishes minimums only. [Get a straight recommendation](/book)[Jump to the comparison](#exam-comparison) - Both exams prepared by Adèle, a native French teacher - Writing and speaking marked by hand - Every practice result mapped to an NCLC level ![Adèle, the native French teacher who runs Français Prep](/_next/image?url=%2Fadele.png&w=3840&q=75) Adèle SasonNative French teacher - every class, every correction By [Adèle Sason](/about), Français Prep · Updated 24 October 2026 The short answer ## Take the exam you can sit soonest, in the format that suits your weakest skill. Which is easier, TCF or TEF? Neither is easier on paper: IRCC accepts both and converts both to the same NCLC levels. In practice the TCF Canada tends to feel easier to candidates who want a shorter speaking test and three short, bounded writing tasks, and the TEF Canada to fast readers who write better at length. Neither exam is worth more CRS points. Both are converted to NCLC levels first, and the conversion is what your points are calculated from. The exam you can actually sit inside your application timeline beats the exam that looks marginally friendlier on paper. Your weakest skill decides your points in both exams, so pick the format that protects your weakest skill. For the same question asked one ability at a time, read [TCF vs TEF Canada skill by skill](/blog/which-is-easier-tcf-or-tef-canada). When you know which one you are sitting, the [TCF Canada preparation course](/tcf-canada-course) and the [TEF Canada preparation course](/tef-canada-course) build the plan around your date. Before the differences ## Six things that are true whichever one you book ## What stays the same between TEF Canada and TCF Canada CRS points Neither exam is worth more. Both are converted to an NCLC level before a single point is calculated, and the points come from that level, not from the exam brand. Your weakest skill Sets your CRS points either way, because listening, reading, writing and speaking each convert to NCLC on their own. Result validity Under two years old at two moments: when you complete your Express Entry profile, and again when you submit your application for permanent residence. A guaranteed score Nobody honest offers one. Your result is decided by official examiners that neither exam owner nor Français Prep has any influence over. Registration fees Paid straight to your approved test centre, never to Français Prep, and never bundled into a course tier. The commitment One day, all four abilities in the same sitting, and roughly three hours of testing either way. Side by side ## TEF Canada and TCF Canada, line by line Format, timing, scoring and who each exam tends to suit, for the four-skill version both exams run for Express Entry. Availability and cost matter just as much, and get their own section below rather than a row here, because neither one is a fixed number. | What you are comparing | TEF Canada | TCF Canada | | --- | --- | --- | | Who runs the examTrademark holder | CCI Paris Île-de-France, through Le français des affaires. | France Éducation International. | | ListeningCompréhension de l’oral | 40 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes, scored on a 0 to 360 scale. | 39 multiple-choice questions in 35 minutes, scored on the 331 to 699 scale. | | ReadingCompréhension de l’écrit | 40 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, scored on a 0 to 300 scale. | 39 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, scored on the 331 to 699 scale. | | WritingExpression écrite | Two tasks (25 and 35 minutes) in 60 minutes total, scored on a 0 to 450 scale. | Three tasks in 60 minutes total, marked out of 20. | | SpeakingExpression orale | Two tasks with an examiner, about 15 minutes total, scored on a 0 to 450 scale. | Three tasks with an examiner, about 12 minutes total including preparation, marked out of 20. | | Total time in the chair | About 2 hours 55 minutes across all four sections. | About 2 hours 47 minutes across all four sections. | | Score scales | Four separate scales, one per skill. The numbers are large, so a narrow NCLC band can look like a wide gap. | Two scales only: 331 to 699 for the two comprehension sections, out of 20 for writing and speaking. | | What NCLC 7 needsFull table further down this page | 249-279 listening, 207-232 reading, 310-348 writing, 310-348 speaking. | 458-502 listening, 453-498 reading, 10-11 out of 20 writing, 10-11 out of 20 speaking. | | Word counts the board publishesWriting tasks | Minimums only: at least 80 words for section A and at least 200 for section B. No official maximum was found, so an upper limit quoted on a preparation site is not something the awarding body has published. | A minimum and a maximum for each of the three tasks: 60 to 120 words, 120 to 150 words, and 120 to 180 words. Both ends are in the candidate manual. | | How the writing and speaking are marked | A standardised analytic grid whose criteria include communication, lexis, grammar, organisation and fluency. They are aggregated into one final mark, which is then calibrated onto the reported score scale. No per-criterion sub-score is reported to you. | Each marker awards one CEFR level per task, from A1 non atteint to C2, rather than sub-scores. Three tasks and two markers give six levels, which a calculation rule France Éducation International does not publish turns into your final mark. | | Published ways to score the floorAutomatic bottom-of-scale conditions | No equivalent published list was found for the TEF. Do not assume the TCF conditions carry across, and do not assume they do not. | Six named conditions can put an expression écrite paper at A1 non atteint, four of which are procedural rather than linguistic: illegible handwriting, a task under the required word count, an unattempted task, an off-topic production, copying sentences from the prompt, and answering on the rough-work sheet. | | Tends to suit you if | You read and scan quickly, you are comfortable with a high volume of short questions, and you would rather write two longer pieces than three short ones. | You prefer fewer questions per section, you want the shortest speaking test, and you would rather produce three short, tightly framed pieces of writing. | | Tends to punish you if | You lose time on long multiple-choice sections, or your writing collapses when a single task carries a lot of the mark. | You need every mark you can find in writing and speaking, because a whole NCLC level can turn on one point out of twenty. | Section counts, timings and scoring scales reflect the four-skill Express Entry versions of both exams, administered by [CCI Paris Île-de-France](https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/tests-diplomes/test-evaluation-francais-tef/tef-canada/) (TEF Canada) and [France Éducation International](https://www.france-education-international.fr/test/tcf-canada) (TCF Canada). The word counts, marking descriptions and floor conditions in the last three rows come from the France Éducation International Manuel du candidat au TCF, Version L (April 2025), and from Le français des affaires’ own TEF Canada results and preparation pages. Exam owners revise formats from time to time, so treat your official confirmation letter as the final word on exam day. Before you book ## One thing to rule out first: is this even your route? Everything above compares TEF Canada and TCF Canada as IRCC reads them for federal Express Entry, where both convert onto the NCLC scale. Quebec selects its own economic immigrants and does not use the federal Express Entry system. That means a different ministry, a different French scale, and different accepted tests. A result prepared for Express Entry is read against NCLC levels by IRCC; a result prepared for Quebec is read against the échelle québécoise by the Quebec ministry. The French is the same French, but the paperwork is not interchangeable, and this is the single thing candidates most often get wrong. If you are applying through one of Quebec’s own programmes, this comparison does not settle anything for you: your exam and your scale are different from the ones on this page. [TCF Québec 2026: read on the échelle québécoise, not NCLCTCF Québec is read by the Quebec ministry on the échelle québécoise, not by IRCC on the NCLC. How it differs from TCF Canada, and which one you need.](/tcf-quebec)[TEFAQ 2026: the TEF for Quebec, usually just 2 oral testsThe TEFAQ is the TEF adapted for Quebec, most often sat as compréhension orale and expression orale alone. Shorter than TEF Canada, and read by Quebec.](/tefaq) The recommendation ## So which one should you book? Weigh it in this order: availability first, format second, and cost as the tiebreaker. ### 1\. Availability decides more cases than format does Both exams run at approved centres across Canada and internationally, but how soon you can actually get a seat depends on your city and the month, not on which format you prefer on paper. Check both exams’ current booking calendars for your nearest city before you commit to one. A seat you can sit in eight weeks beats a marginally better-fitting exam five months out, every time. 2\. Format: pick the one that protects your weakest skill ### Book the TEF Canada if - You read quickly and do not mind 80 multiple-choice questions across the two comprehension sections. - You write better at length, and you would rather put your marks into two longer pieces. - The nearest centre with a seat before your deadline runs the TEF Canada. ### Book the TCF Canada if - You want fewer questions per comprehension section and the shorter speaking test. - You prefer three short, tightly framed writing tasks over two long ones. - You are already studying with TCF Canada material and changing exam would cost you weeks. ### 3\. Cost, as the tiebreaker, not the decision Registration is paid straight to the approved centre running your session, not to Français Prep, and the fee is set by the centre rather than by CCI Paris Île-de-France or France Éducation International, so it varies by country and changes over time. We are not going to publish a figure here that could be wrong by the time you read it. What we can tell you is that the fee gap between the two exams at a given centre is rarely the deciding factor: the cost of sitting an exam you were not ready for, and having to book it again, is almost always bigger. Still torn? That is normal, and it is usually a sign that the real question is your level rather than the exam. A short diagnostic answers both at once. [Book a diagnostic with Adèle](/book) Preparation tiers ## Prepare for whichever exam you book. Every tier covers listening, reading, writing and speaking in both the TEF Canada and the TCF Canada formats, and tracks you against a target NCLC level. Tell us your exam and your date, and the plan follows it. - ### Weekly plan The whole practice platform: every TCF and TEF Canada series, unlimited AI corrections, timed mock tests and the course lessons. CA$9.99per week Canadian dollars (CAD) Billed weekly, cancel any time. 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What we can commit to is the work: the corrections, the practice papers and the teaching hours you paid for. ### What we do not claim - We do not guarantee a TCF Canada or TEF Canada score, an NCLC level, or a number of CRS points. - We do not register you for the exam, and we have no influence over marking, exam dates or seat availability. - We are an independent preparation service, not an examiner and not an official test centre. ### Our commitment, in writing - On the live tiers, every writing and speaking task you submit is marked by Adèle herself, never by software. The weekly plan gives unlimited AI corrections instead, and the free plan includes three. - Prices are in Canadian dollars and include any tax that applies. Exam registration is never included: that fee goes to your test centre. - We will never invent a testimonial, a statistic or a pass rate. Score targets ## The numbers each exam needs for the same NCLC level This is why a TEF score cannot be compared with a TCF score directly. The scales are different, the bands are different, and only the NCLC level on the right of your report card matters to IRCC. ### TEF Canada scores and their NCLC level | NCLC level | TEF Canada | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Listening | Reading | Speaking | Writing | | | NCLC 10 | 316-360 | 263-300 | 393-450 | 393-450 | | NCLC 9 | 298-315 | 248-262 | 371-392 | 371-392 | | NCLC 8 | 280-297 | 233-247 | 349-370 | 349-370 | | NCLC 7 Level highlighted on this pageThe level most Express Entry candidates target | 249-279 | 207-232 | 310-348 | 310-348 | | NCLC 6 | 217-248 | 181-206 | 271-309 | 271-309 | | NCLC 5 | 181-216 | 151-180 | 226-270 | 226-270 | | NCLC 4 | 145-180 | 121-150 | 181-225 | 181-225 | Conversion bands follow the IRCC equivalency chart for French-language tests, and each skill converts on its own. Full table, every NCLC level from 4 to 10: [TEF Canada score chart 2026: NCLC 7 = 207 CE, 249 CO](/tef-canada/score-chart). A TEF Canada attestation prints each ability twice, as a Score / 699 figure and as an equivalence under Equivalence ancien score, and the bands above are the second of the two. Express Entry reads that column, other programmes may not: [which column to enter, and why](/tef-canada/score-chart#two-score-columns). ### TCF Canada scores and their NCLC level | NCLC level | TCF Canada | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Listening | Reading | Speaking | Writing | | | NCLC 10 | 549-699 | 549-699 | 16-20 | 16-20 | | NCLC 9 | 523-548 | 524-548 | 14-15 | 14-15 | | NCLC 8 | 503-522 | 499-523 | 12-13 | 12-13 | | NCLC 7 Level highlighted on this pageThe level most Express Entry candidates target | 458-502 | 453-498 | 10-11 | 10-11 | | NCLC 6 | 398-457 | 406-452 | 7-9 | 7-9 | | NCLC 5 | 369-397 | 375-405 | 6 | 6 | | NCLC 4 | 331-368 | 342-374 | 4-5 | 4-5 | Conversion bands follow the IRCC equivalency chart for French-language tests, and each skill converts on its own. Full table, every NCLC level from 4 to 10: [TCF Canada score chart 2026: NCLC 7 = 453 CE, 458 CO](/tcf-canada/score-chart). ![Overhead view of hands arranging books and planners on a desk](/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbooks-planners-desk.jpg&w=3840&q=75) The exam brand rarely decides readiness. The gap between your level and your target does. What actually decides readiness ## The variable that matters is your starting level, not the exam brand Both exams are accepted, both convert onto NCLC, and both are prepared the same way in the weeks before the test: timed listening, timed reading, marked writing and marked speaking. What decides whether you are ready is not which exam you picked. It is the gap between where your four skills sit today and the NCLC level your application needs. A diagnostic answers that gap in about an hour: one writing task, one speaking task, one timed comprehension section, marked the way the real exam marks it. From there, the exam choice usually settles itself. ## Already chosen your exam? Each exam has its own course page with the tiers, what a block looks like and how the marking works: [TEF Canada course](/tef-canada-course) or [TCF Canada course](/tcf-canada-course). Most marks lost here have nothing to do with your French. Ten questions on how the exam actually works, twenty-five seconds each. Candidates at every level drop marks on these, and they are the cheapest ones to win back. [Play the ten-question quiz](/tools/exam-game) Free, with a free account. Nothing to pay. Before you book ## TEF or TCF: the questions candidates actually ask Straight answers, including the ones where the honest answer is that we cannot promise you anything. ### Which is easier, TCF or TEF? Neither is officially easier, and no honest preparation service can promise you that one will score you higher. The formats differ in ways that suit different candidates: the TEF Canada asks more comprehension questions and sets two longer writing tasks, while the TCF Canada asks fewer questions, gives you a shorter speaking test and sets three shorter writing tasks. Pick the format that protects your weakest skill. ### What is the difference between TEF and TCF? The TEF Canada is run by CCI Paris Île-de-France and the TCF Canada by France Éducation International, and both test the same four abilities for Express Entry. The differences are format: the TCF Canada asks 39 multiple-choice questions in each comprehension section and reports them on a 331 to 699 scale, while the TEF Canada asks 40 and uses a separate scale per skill; the TCF Canada sets three writing tasks with a minimum and a maximum word count, the TEF Canada two with minimums only; and the TCF Canada speaking test is three tasks in about twelve minutes against two tasks in about fifteen for the TEF Canada. ### TEF or TCF: which one should I take? The one you can sit before your deadline, in the format that protects your weakest skill. Neither earns more CRS points, because both are converted to NCLC first. If seats are open for both, take a timed section of each and book the one where your weakest ability lands higher. ### Is it easier to lose marks by accident on one exam than the other? On the published evidence, the TCF Canada is the one that tells you how. France Éducation International names six conditions that can put an expression écrite paper at the floor of the scale, and four of them are procedural rather than linguistic: illegible handwriting, a task written under the required word count, a task left undone, and an answer written on the rough-work sheet. Le français des affaires publishes no equivalent list for the TEF Canada. That is an absence of published information, not evidence that the TEF is more forgiving, so treat both exams as unforgiving on word counts and on finishing every task. ### Does one of them give me more CRS points than the other? No. IRCC converts both exams to NCLC levels before any points are calculated, so the points come from your NCLC level, not from the exam brand. A candidate at NCLC 7 in all four skills earns the same French points whether that level came from the TEF Canada or the TCF Canada. ### Can I sit both exams and use the better result? Nothing stops you sitting both, and some candidates do exactly that when a first result lands one band short. You submit one language result per language in an application, so you would submit the stronger one. What you cannot do is mix results: all four abilities in the result you submit have to come from the same test, so you cannot combine, for example, your best TEF Canada speaking score with your best TCF Canada writing score. ### I have already booked the TEF Canada. Can you still prepare me? Yes. Most of the work is the same French either way: listening under pressure, reading fast enough to finish, structuring an argument in writing, and speaking for a set number of minutes without drying up. What changes is the drilling in the final weeks, where you practise the exact task types and timings of the exam you booked. ### Which exam does your preparation cover? Both. The lesson library covers all four skills for the TCF Canada and the TEF Canada, and the practice papers exist in both formats. When you book, you tell us your exam and your date, and the study plan is built around that sitting. ### Do you guarantee that I will reach NCLC 7? No, and you should be suspicious of anyone who does. Your result is decided by official examiners we have no contact with. What we commit to is the work: marked writing, marked speaking, timed practice papers and the teaching hours you paid for. ### Is the exam fee included in your course tiers? No. Registration is paid directly to the approved test centre that runs your session, and it is never part of a Français Prep tier. Centre fees differ by country and change over time, so book your seat before you plan your budget around any figure you read online. ### Do you register me for the exam? No. Français Prep is an independent preparation service. Registration, exam dates, seat availability and marking are all handled by the exam owners and their approved centres, and we have no influence over any of them. ### How long should I prepare before I book the exam? It depends on the distance between where you are now and the NCLC level your profile needs, which is why the first thing we do is a short diagnostic: one writing task, one speaking task and a timed comprehension section. From that we can tell you how far you have to travel, and whether your planned exam date is realistic. ### How long is my result valid? Under two years old at two separate moments: when you complete your Express Entry profile, and again when you submit your application for permanent residence. Validity is measured from your test date, not from either of those dates, so time your sitting so the result still has room to spare once the rest of your file is ready. ### Does this comparison apply if I am applying through Quebec instead of Express Entry? No. Quebec runs its own economic immigration programmes, reads results against the échelle québécoise rather than NCLC, and accepts a different set of tests, including the TEFAQ and the TCF Québec. If Quebec is your route, start from our TCF Québec or TEFAQ pages rather than this one. WHY PREPARE HERE ## What the preparation looks like, whichever exam you sit The four things every tier includes, from the free plan to one-to-one work with Adèle. - ### Marked against the real criteria Every writing and speaking task comes with a model answer and the marking grid, so you can see exactly what an examiner rewards. On the live tiers, Adèle marks your own work by hand and tells you which mistakes are costing you the most points. - ### Timed practice in the real exam format You practise each section under the clock, in the order and the length you will meet on test day, so the paper itself is never the surprise. - ### The NCLC threshold always in view Every section is worked against the NCLC thresholds IRCC publishes. A practice result is not an NCLC level; only your attestation gives one. Practice shows you where you lose marks. - ### Study from anywhere, in your timezone Everything is online, for candidates in Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, India, France and Canada. The free plan and the weekly plan run entirely on your own clock. On the live tiers, if you miss a class the recording and the correction still reach you. Next step ## Pick the exam, then pick the plan. Book a short assessment with Adèle: one writing task, one speaking task, and an honest answer on which exam to sit and whether your target date holds. [Book an assessment](/book)[See the course tiers](#tiers) Exam registration is paid to your test centre and is never included in a Français Prep tier. ## Keep reading - ### [TCF Canada 2026: NCLC 7 needs 453 reading, 458 listening](/tcf-canada) Four tests in 2 h 47: listening 39 questions in 35 min, reading 39 in 60, writing 3 tasks in 60, speaking 3 in 12. Scored to 699 and out of 20. - ### [TEF Canada 2026: 4 tests for PR, 2 for citizenship](/tef-canada) Permanent residence needs four TEF Canada tests, citizenship only two. Reading 40 questions in 60 min, listening 40 in 40, writing and speaking 2 each. - ### [NCLC 7 on the TCF Canada 2026: 458 listening, 453 reading](/nclc-7) CLB 7 in French is NCLC 7: TCF Canada 453 reading, 458 listening, 10/20 in production; TEF Canada 207, 249, 310, 310 in the Équivalence ancien score column. - ### [French Express Entry points: turn a TCF/TEF score into CRS](/french-express-entry-points) How a TCF or TEF Canada result becomes CRS points: the NCLC 7 thresholds per exam, the 25 versus 50 French bonus, and worked examples. - ### [TCF Canada preparation course 2026: from CA$9.99/week](/tcf-canada-course) Prepare with Adèle, a native French teacher. Weekly plan CA$9.99 a week, small-group live CA$449 per 8-week block, one-to-one CA$800 per 10 sessions. Where these facts come from Neither board publishes a comparison with the other, so every claim that one exam is easier comes from somewhere that is not an exam board. The formats below are each board's own; the conversion that makes them comparable at all is IRCC's, and it is the only one an Express Entry file is read against. - [France Éducation International: TCF Canada](https://www.france-education-international.fr/test/tcf-canada) - [Le français des affaires: TEF Canada](https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/candidat/test-evaluation-francais/tef-canada/presentation/) - [IRCC: Express Entry language test results and NCLC equivalencies](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/language-test.html) Exam boards reissue formats, fees and conversion tables without announcing it. Where a number here matters to a decision that costs money, check it against the source above rather than trusting any preparation site, including this one. From the blog ## Choosing and comparing: guides from the blog - [ComparisonTCF vs TEF Canada skill by skill: listening to speakingBoth exams convert to the same NCLC, so the real differences sit inside each skill. Listening, reading, writing and speaking compared, one at a time.](/blog/which-is-easier-tcf-or-tef-canada) - [ComparisonTEF vs IELTS for Express Entry: which earns more CRS pointsTEF vs IELTS is usually not a choice: French adds up to 50 CRS points on top of your English, not instead of it. How the additional-points rule works.](/blog/tef-canada-vs-ielts) - [ComparisonTCF Canada vs DELF: which one does immigration want?The DELF is a lifetime diploma, but IRCC reads the TEF Canada or TCF Canada instead. Which one your file needs, and when the DELF is still the right exam.](/blog/tcf-canada-vs-delf) - [ComparisonTEF Canada vs TEFAQ: can one result cover both routes?TEF Canada and the TEFAQ are one test aimed at two authorities. What separates them, and whether a single sitting can serve Express Entry and Quebec.](/blog/tef-canada-vs-tefaq) --- For agents: site index https://francaisprep.com/llms.txt, developer access https://francaisprep.com/developers, and TCF or TEF to NCLC conversion over a plain GET at https://api.francaisprep.com/v1/score/convert?exam=tcf_canada&listening=512&reading=470&writing=12&speaking=11 (exam is tcf_canada or tef_canada).