Demonstrate your knowledge of French through the Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (Skilled Worker Selection Program)

To demonstrate your knowledge of French, even if French is your mother tongue, you must submit one of the following documents.

The French language assessment tests and diplomas accepted by the Ministère are: 

• Test de connaissance du français pour le Québec (TCF-Québec) from France Éducation international;
• Test de connaissance du français pour le Canada (TCF-Canada) from France Éducation international;
• Test de connaissance du français (TCF) from France Éducation international;
• Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) from France Éducation international;
• Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) from France Éducation international;
• Test d’évaluation du français adapté pour le Québec (TEFAQ) from the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Paris Île-de-France (CCIP-IDF);
• Test d’évaluation du français pour le Canada (TEF Canada) from CCIP-IDF;
• Test d’évaluation du français (TEF) from CCIP-IDF.

To find out which level of the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français your result corresponds to, please refer to the result correspondence tables (PDF 159 Kb) (in French only).  

Your results must be two years or less from the date you apply for permanent selection. You must provide a complete scan of the results certificate. For DELF and DALF, full digitization of the diploma is required.

ATTENTION! Only the results issued by the providers of these tests (France Éducation international and the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris Île-de-France) are accepted by the Ministère. You must take these tests in a centre approved by the organization that provides them.

Listed below are the secondary school diplomas accepted by the Ministère:

• General, vocational and technological baccalaureates awarded by the French Department of Education;
• Certificate of higher secondary education (CESS) issued by the Government of the French Community of Belgium;
• Maturité certificate awarded on completion of studies at a school located in a French-speaking canton of Switzerland. 

Listed below are the documents provided by a professional order that are accepted as recognition of spoken and written French:

• A regular permit to practice from a professional order in Québec that is valid or has expired within the last two years. Please note that a regular temporary permit to practice is not accepted;
• An attestation proving that you have passed the Office québécois de la langue française exam for professional orders within the last two years.

As part of the Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés, documents from a professional order are only accepted for Stream 3: Regulated professions.  

The Ministère may call you for an interview to verify the level of French you declared in your application for permanent selection.  

There is no English language requirement in the PSTQ. However, you can include your knowledge of English in your declaration of interest if you wish. You will then have to submit your results from the test accepted by the Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration: The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test.