Registered Nurse Programs

Graduates from another Canadian Province or Territory

Graduates from other Canadian provinces or territories must complete a nursing program that is accepted by the regulatory body for nursing in that province or territory. Applicants who were registered in another Canadian jurisdiction prior to 2005 are not required to meet the new education requirements.

If you graduate after January 1, 2005 from a program other than a four-year baccalaureate degree in nursing, and are registered in another Canadian province, you may be eligible to register in the Transitional Class and work in Ontario while you pursue further education to meet the current program requirement. Please contact the College to find out whether or not you will be eligible for Transitional Class registration. Transcripts are not required for Canadian graduates who are registered in another Canadian province or territory.

Graduates from Outside of Canada (Registered in another Canadian jurisdiction)

Applicants who were registered in another Canadian jurisdiction prior to January 1, 2005 are not required to meet the new education requirements.

Graduates from Outside of Canada (Never registered in Canada)

Graduates from outside Canada must complete a nursing program that is equivalent to Ontario four-year baccalaureate degree in nursing. Your nursing school must verify and send official student transcripts that show you have successfully completed a nursing program. The transcript must include the hours of theory and clinical practice you completed in each subject area.

Your application package will include a Verification of Course Completion and Transcript Request (B-3) form. Send this form to your nursing school to request your transcript.

The theory component must include:

The clinical component of your nursing program must include the provision of nursing care for individuals across the life span in acute care, chronic/long term care and community care practice settings. RN nursing program content must include at least 33 percent nursing theory and at least 50 percent clinical practice.

If your nursing program did not include one of these subject areas, but you have practised as a nurse in that subject area, the College may accept your practice as meeting the education requirement. If you did not practise in the subject area, you will need to complete a course in the subject area at an approved nursing program. If you have taken additional nursing courses in another program or school, please have the school send this information directly to the College.

Note: Education as a medical doctor is not accepted as equivalent to a Registered Nurse program.

If you registered in another Canadian province or territory before January 1, 2005, and you received your basic nursing education outside of Canada, contact CNO.

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