A guided twelve-month route to CLB 7, taught live by native teachers from France and Québec, for Island PR candidates and public servants training toward the SLE alike.
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From the Island, the whole route is online: six months on the language itself, six on the exam, with a checkpoint result partway through.
You pick up the grammar and vocabulary for daily situations, and you are speaking in full sentences in class well before the third month closes.
Tenses expand to past and future, conversations run to 15 minutes, and a defensible B1 is in place by the six-month mark.
CLB 5 in 6–9 months, enough for Francophone MobilityTraining turns to the exam itself: timed sections, the format quirks TEF and TCF share, and the tactics that move a score.
Full mock sittings and focused speaking and writing work leave you ready to book the TEF or TCF with confidence, not a guess.
CLB 7 in 12 months, the Express Entry milestoneCLB 7 French is worth up to 50 Express Entry points, plus entry into IRCC's French-language draws at far lower cut-offs. And in a government town, French opens one more door: bilingual public-service careers.
Pick your plan, your start date and how you pay. Every class is live on Zoom, shown in Pacific time.
Please note: Due to limited class sizes, registrations are final within 15 days of your class start date. See our full terms and conditions.
A public-service town where bilingualism is tested formally, a competitive Express Entry pool, and a class that never depends on the ferry schedule.
Federal roles across the public service test bilingualism through the SLE exam, and Victoria has more of those postings within commuting distance than almost anywhere else in the country. That test rewards the same skills the TEF and TCF do.
Being on the Island does not soften the Express Entry math: everyone in the federal pool competes on the same score. French is one of the few levers still open once your English test results are already in.
Class runs live online, so a missed ferry, a Swartz Bay lineup or bad weather in the Strait never costs you a session. You attend from wherever the Island puts you that evening.
Enjoyed my 6 month starting my French journey with Martha. Our teacher Martha is a gifted to share knowledge. However I think that groups are overcrowded and if you can keep a maximum of 6 students, it will be more effective. In my group were more then 11 people, therefore we did not have enough time fro everyone to participate.
Justine and Audrey have been excellent French instructors throughout my French journey so far. Patient, friendly and very informative, highly recommend Learn French Toronto for anyone wanting to learn French.
Justine is a wonderful and caring French teacher who makes our online classes enjoyable, engaging, and welcoming. I really appreciate her attention to each student and the time she takes to correct our videos and audio recordings, helping us learn from our mistakes and improve with confidence. She always encourages everyone to participate and makes sure we feel comfortable practising French, even when we make mistakes. I also love how she brings extra examples and introduces new vocabulary, helping us expand our knowledge and use French in everyday situations. Her patience, dedication, and enthusiasm make a real difference in our learning experience. Thank you, Justine, for making our online French classes so positive and motivating!
During Martha's teaching, I was able to learn better. The homework correction also helped. Her Google Drive organization, breakout rooms and lots more. Finally, I enjoyed her classes.
Learning French is a different kind of experience, and having Justine as our teacher makes it so much more enjoyable! She is kind, patient, and very approachable. She encourages us to participate, practice, and learn without being afraid of making mistakes. I truly appreciate her support, patience, and positive attitude. I’m happy to have her as my Level 1 French teacher!
Great french instructors especially Justine, she's confident, really straight forward, helped many outside class time. The instructor made learning french for me fun and simple.
Bonjour de James Bay !Live from FernwoodCLB 7, island timeLiving in Victoria used to mean choosing between a ferry commute and no French school at all. Live online classes ended that trade-off, and the capital's PR candidates and public servants now train with the same native teachers as everyone else.
Small groups after work, on the same Pacific time zone you already live in. The class runs as a conversation: you talk, the teacher corrects, and the group moves together.
Our 26 native teachers run every online cohort: the exact classes Gastown students take, with both accents you might hear on the TEF and TCF.
The platform's self-study lesson covers the same material as that evening's class, so a late sitting, an on-call rotation or a rough ferry crossing costs you nothing.
You sit the exam near the end of your program, when your teacher says you are ready. Victoria has two official centres:
Victoria is a public-service city, and bilingualism inside it is not just encouraged, it is examined. Federal positions test French through the SLE, provincial roles increasingly list it as an asset, and the skills that pass either exam overlap heavily with what the TEF and TCF already require.
Our Intermediate program covers SLE-style tasks alongside standard TEF and TCF preparation, so a student aiming at a public-service file is not training for a third, unrelated exam on top of the other two. Tell us your goal at the placement test and we point you at the track that actually matches it.
Downtown to the Westshore to the Peninsula: if the wifi reaches, so do we. Evenings, Pacific time.
The placement test takes ten minutes and shows you exactly where to start. Tell us your PR or SLE timeline and we'll answer honestly, no pressure attached.
