Requirement 4: Evidence of fluency in written and spoken English or French
The ability to communicate in English or French is essential in providing safe and effective nursing care in Ontario. Before you can be registered as a nurse in Ontario, you must provide proof that you can read and speak in either English or French.
English Fluency
You meet the language fluency requirement if you completed your nursing program in English in one of the following countries:
| Antigua |
Grenada |
Singapore |
| Australia |
Guyana |
South Africa |
| Bahamas |
Ireland |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Barbados |
Jamaica |
Uganda |
| Bermuda |
Kenya |
United Kingdom |
| Botswana |
Malawi |
United States |
| British Virgin Islands |
Mauritius |
Virgin Islands |
| Cameroon |
New Zealand |
Zambia |
| Canada |
Nigeria |
Zimbabwe |
| Cayman Islands |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
|
| Dominica |
St. Lucia |
|
| Ethiopia |
St. Vincent |
|
| Ghana |
Seychelles |
|
French Fluency
You meet the language fluency requirement if you completed your nursing program in French in one of the following countries:
| Belgium |
Guinea |
| Benin |
Haiti |
| Burundi |
Ivory Coast |
| Cameroon |
Lebanon |
| Canada |
Madagascar |
| Chad |
Mali |
| Congo (formerly Zaire) |
Martinique |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Morocco |
| Djibouti |
Rwanda |
| France |
Seychelles |
| French Guiana |
Senegal |
| French Polynesia |
Switzerland |
| Guadeloupe |
|
Employment and Registration
You meet the language fluency requirement if you are registered and have practised nursing in one of the following countries, where English or French is the official or predominate language, in the last five years:
| Antigua |
French Guiana |
South Africa |
| Australia |
French Polynesia |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Bahamas |
Guadeloupe |
United Kingdom |
| Barbados |
Guinea |
United States |
| Benin |
Guyana |
Virgin Islands |
| Bermuda |
Haiti |
|
| Botswana |
Ireland |
|
| British Virgin Islands |
Jamaica |
|
| Cameroon |
Martinique |
|
| Canada |
New Zealand |
|
| Cayman Islands |
Nigeria |
|
| Chad |
Senegal |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(formerly Zaire) |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
|
| Dominica |
St. Lucia |
|
| Djibouti |
St. Vincent |
|
| Ethiopia |
Sierra Leone |
|
| France |
Seychelles |
|
Other education
The College will consider other education courses and programs completed in English or French on a case-by-case basis. Please submit an official transcript of the course and course description.
Written and spoken fluency in English or French can also be demonstrated by successfully completing one of several approved language fluency tests.
Have you met the language fluency requirement?
|
 |
 |
Adobe Reader is required to view files.