Working as a teacher in Canada
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Canada: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Canada, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014). Teacher is a regulated profession in Canada. Foreign qualifications go through: Ontario internationally educated applicants submit education and supporting records for OCT certification assessment; certificate route depends on teaching level and qualifications. In Canada, teachers are listed on the Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Ontario internationally educated applicants submit education and supporting records for OCT certification assessment; certificate route depends on teaching level and qualifications.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Canada: ≈ 3,687 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 teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Canada.
- Recognition route
- Ontario internationally educated applicants submit education and supporting records for OCT certification assessment; certificate route depends on teaching level and qualifications.
- Recognition authority
- OCT is the certifying authority for Ontario publicly funded schools; other jurisdictions have separate regulators.
- Language requirement
- OCT may require English/French proficiency evidence for internationally educated applicants; accepted tests, scores and exemptions depend on education history.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Canada: Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions; Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Canada: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6f222887528a316ebbe560df59f1510b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/canada/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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