The Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC; , CLIC) program is a

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programme—funded and regulated by the Canadian government's Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship—that offers

full-time Full-time or Full Time may refer to: * Full-time job, employment in which a person works a minimum number of hours defined as such by their employer * Full-time mother, a woman whose work is running or managing her family's home * Full-time fat ...

and

part-time Part-time can refer to: * Part-time job, a job that has fewer hours a week than a full-time job * Part-time student, a student, usually in higher education, who takes fewer course credits than a full-time student * Part Time Part Time (styliz ...

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- (excluding

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) and

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-language lessons to adult permanent residents (or those with approval-in-principle) and Convention refugees.Immigration Canada - Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada website
/ref>What is the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program?
''Settlement.org''. 2020 April 30. Retrieved 2020 December 11. The LINC is ''not'' available for Canadian citizens, refugee claimants, temporary residents (e.g., foreign students, foreign workers, or visitors). The program is designed to meet English language needs, ranging from day-to-day living to job searching. This includes improving reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Language classes are facilitated by local immigrant-service agencies; for example, ISS''of''BC is a community organization that provides LINC in British Columbia. The program is primarily provided in English; the French-language program, CLIC, is provided by institutions such as: * Educacentre College in Vancouver, BC * La Cité des affaires (affiliated with Collège La Cité) in Ottawa *

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in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan *

Collège Boréal Collège Boréal is a French-language College of Applied Arts and Technology serving Northern and Central Southwestern Ontario. Youngest of the 24 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, Collège Boréal has for the 12th time in 13 years ach ...

in Southern Ontario * L'École des adultes Le Carrefour (affiliated with the

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario The Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario, also widely known as CEPEO, is the public school board responsible for education in the French language in Eastern Ontario, including the Ottawa area. The board consists of 12 trustees and ...

) LINC classes are based the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB; ), the official national standards for the assessment/measurement of adult immigrants' ability in English (or French) as a second language.

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External links

Immigration Canada - Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada website
Federal departments and agencies of Canada English-language education Immigration services {{Canada-gov-stub Immigration to Canada