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The Community Development Council Durham is the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) office for English language assessment and referral for newcomers, 18 years and over, living in the Durham Region.

The LINC Assessment program at CDCD is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). In addition to various Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) assessments, we provide LINC and other English language class referrals (ELT, ESL, TOEFL) and access to other settlement information. We offer assessments across Durham Region (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa). Classes are also located across the Durham Region.

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For Permanent Residents and Convention Refugees, click here.
For Canadian Citizens and visitors, click here.