You are taking a distance training from a French university and wish to take your exams in Canada?
You want to take a French exam to be able to study in France? Depending on your situation, several examination centres offer these services in Canada; please contact them directly to get more information!
Taking an exam in Canada when studying by correspondence in France
The French Consulates, in addition to the French Embassy in Ottawa (where Campus France offices are localed) cannot host supervised exams.
However, the network of Alliances Françaises in Canada, whose branches function legally as Canadian institutions, is able to supervise your exam on behalf of organizations and under certain conditions.
Candidates must register with the nearest the Alliance Française to them as soon as they know the dates and conditions of their exams.
The following fees for application processing and examinations apply to each candidate:
- up to 3300$ CAD per academic session and per candidate, depending of the Alliances Françaises. The fees are to be paid at the time of application and are non-refundable.
Lastly, the exams must take place during the Alliance Française business hours and will not be subject to efforts to synchronize with exams in France.
List and contacts of Alliances Françaises in Canada: https://www.af.ca/
Take a French test in Canada
TEF Canada
The TEF from the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie of Paris is recognized for the DAP if you reach a level of 14/20 for the written part. The oral part is not mandatory for the DAP. You can take this test if you have difficulties finding available slots for a TCF-DAP exam near to your home.
TEF centres list in Canada:
Alberta: Alliance Française of Calgary and Campus Saint-Jean
British Columbia: Alliance Française of Vancouver
Manitoba: Alliance Française of Manitoba
New Brunswick: Alliance Française of Moncton
Nova Scotia: Alliance Française of Halifax
Ontario: Alliance Française of Toronto
It is available in an electronic version and the result is immediate. You can sit the TEF exam as many times as you like.
TCF-DAP examination in Canada
The "test de connaissance du français" for the preliminary admission to French higher education (TCF-DAP) is a mandatory examination if you wish to enroll in France, in the first year of a university degree (1st or 2nd year of Bachelor) or in a French architecture school and if you don't already hold the DELF B2 or DALF. The TCF grades are valid for two years.
Contact the TCF examination center closer to your place of residence to confirm that they are offering the test and when. Ask also about the prices and the requirements to register.
TCF-DAP examination centres in Canada:
Alberta: Alliance Française of Calgary
British Columbia: Alliance Française de Vancouver
Manitoba: Alliance Française of Manitoba
Nova Scotia: Alliance Française of Halifax
Ontario: Alliance Française of Toronto and Alliance Française of Ottawa
Québec : Collège Stanislas de Montréal
DELF and DALF
The DELF (Diplôme d'études en langue française) and DALF (Diplôme approfondi en langue française) are a set of diplomas awarded by the French Ministry of Education to assess language skills of people whose first language is not French. They are designed by the Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques (CIEP), and in accordance with the six levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). They are used and recognized all over the world.
The DALF gives access to French universities and to a growing number of European and French-speaking universities. With the DELF B2, you are also exempt to take the pre-admission French language tests (TCF-DAP) if you wish to enter in the first stage of university studies in France.
There are DELF-DALF exam centres in 175 countries, including 39 in Canada.
For more information about DELF-DALFexams in Canada, please visit the dedicated website.