About these statistics

This page contains statistics about the number of applicants currently seeking CNO registration. The table below represents applicants who:

• have an active application,
• do not currently hold any CNO registration and
• live in Ontario. 

These statistics represent the number of new nurses most likely to be immediately available to the system once they complete registration.

For more data related to new CNO registrants, see our Registrant Statistics webpage.

Active applicants without current CNO registration residing in Ontario

The following table shows the number of active applicants to the RPN General, RN General and RN Extended Classes who reside in Ontario and don’t have a current CNO registration. They are categorized by Application Type, as of December 1, 2025.

Application Type

Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) statistics

The Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) is a program designed to match international applicants with Ontario nursing employers to help them meet registration requirements.

• the total number of applicants eligible for SPEP since the program began
• the number of people who have applied for it
• the number of people who have completed the program

All data are current as of November 28, 2025.