Working as a nurse in Canada
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Canada: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Canada, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 2,735 EUR/month (gross, 2014). Nurse is a regulated profession in Canada. Foreign qualifications go through: Eligible internationally educated applicants submit records to NNAS, receive an Advisory Report, then apply to the selected regulator; alternate routes apply in Quebec, territories and some nurse types. In Canada, nurses are listed on the Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 2,735 EUR/month (gross, 2014)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Eligible internationally educated applicants submit records to NNAS, receive an Advisory Report, then apply to the selected regulator; alternate routes apply in Quebec, territories and some nurse types.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Canada: ≈ 2,735 EUR/month (gross, 2014), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Canada.
- Recognition route
- Eligible internationally educated applicants submit records to NNAS, receive an Advisory Report, then apply to the selected regulator; alternate routes apply in Quebec, territories and some nurse types.
- Recognition authority
- The local nursing regulator issues registration; NNAS is an assessment step for most provinces, excluding Quebec and territories.
- Language requirement
- NNAS no longer collects language scores; the selected regulator sets language evidence and any test.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Canada: Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in Canada: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9fe8f76fb7f4403701bdbd7c4526d5bd]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/canada/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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