Which university of Canada accepts Duolingo?
Short answer: Several do, program by program. Do not treat a 2024 blog list as your offer. Open the English-language page for that faculty and that term. University of Toronto undergraduate still publishes DET cutoffs and tells you to send results to "University of Toronto - Undergraduate" with your U of T applicant number. Waterloo undergraduate still publishes DET cutoffs and tells you to select "University of Waterloo - Undergraduate." If those pages later drop DET, the printed cutoff is dead. If they keep DET and you cannot take it, use the other tests on the same page. IELTS for these schools is Academic, not the General Training version IRCC wants for Express Entry. Sitting Academic for admission does not give you an Express Entry language document. You may need two tests: Academic or TOEFL for the LOA, then General Training, CELPIP-General, or PTE Core later for PR or a PGWP.
A cancelled DET sitting is not an IRCC refusal. It is a missing school document. Email the admissions office now, name the Iranian-ID limit, and ask which listed test they will take before the deadline.
Is Duolingo harder than IELTS?
Short answer: IRCC does not grade which test is harder. It names versions. For Express Entry you need IELTS General Training, not Academic, and not One Skill Retake. Duolingo is not an IRCC Express Entry test, so a "harder than IELTS" debate does not change a permanent residence file. If a Canadian school accepts Duolingo for admission, that school sets its own cutoff. IRCC will not convert a Duolingo score into CLB for Express Entry or for the PGWP tables.
People mixing this week's U.S. test news with IELTS are mixing vendors. ETS is TOEFL and GRE. Duolingo is the Duolingo English Test. IELTS is British Council and IDP. IRCC's June 22, 2026 language page still lists IELTS General Training. I did not find an IRCC page that copies the Duolingo Iranian-ID limit onto IELTS. If a booking site returns an error, that is a test-centre or identity rule from that vendor, not an IRCC draw. Screenshot the error, check the vendor, and still plan CELPIP-General or PTE Core if IELTS seats are tight.
CELPIP-General is the Canadian computer test IRCC names. Compare formats on our CELPIP vs IELTS page. Book the one you can actually sit while the 2-year clock still covers your invitation.
Is DELF accepted for Canada PR?
Short answer: Not for Express Entry. The Express Entry approved French tests are TEF Canada and TCF Canada. Diplôme d'études en langue française (DELF) and Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) appear on IRCC's citizenship third-party test list, together with TCF, TCF pour le Québec, TEF, TEFAQ, and TEF Intégration, Résidence et Nationalité. That page is citizenship. It is not the Express Entry document page. Do not upload DELF as your Express Entry language test. If you want French points in the pool, sit TEF Canada or TCF Canada. Score charts for those tests are on our TEF and TCF pages.
French remains a real alternative if English seats are hard to book. IRCC still scores NCLC the same way it scored it last month. This week's OFAC change is about U.S. vendors in Iran, not about TEF or TCF.
We are Go Far Global, a licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) firm. If a Duolingo ID limit is blocking an LOA, or a cancelled TOEFL date is blocking a profile, book a consultation. Bring the school name, the English page, the test date, and whether you need a study permit, Express Entry, or a PGWP. Also see work permit, provincial nominee, family immigration, processing times, and news.
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