Canada

This information is intended to be read in conjunction with Credit for Prior Learning in the Education of Registered Nurses.

Persons who have completed nursing courses in Canada and have been recognised as "licensed practical nurses"(LPN), "registered practical nurses"(RPN) or "licensed vocational nurses"(LVN) are eligible for Category Three as described in Credit for Prior Learning in the Education of Registered Nurses.

"Registered nurses" and "registered psychiatric nurses" educated at post-secondary level but not at one of the identified universities are eligible for Category Two in that document.

In regard to Canada,  AEI-NOOSR refers users to the Directory of Universities, Colleges and Schools in Canada published by the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials.  Institutions, which offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and which are recognised in that system in Canada, could be considered as being at the standard of Australian universities. The following are identified but it has not been confirmed that all the named universities actually conduct nursing courses at the right level or with content appropriate to achievement of the Australian National Competency Standards:

Alberta:
     University of Alberta
     University of Calgary
     University of Lethbridge

British Columbia:
     Emily Carr University of Art and Design
     Royal Roads University
     Simon Fraser University
     Thompson Rivers University
     University of British Columbia
     University of Northern British Columbia
     University of the Fraser Valley
     University of Victoria
     Vancouver Island University

Manitoba:
     Brandon University
     College universitaire de Saint-Boniface
     University of Manitoba
     University of Winnipeg

New Brunswick:
     Mount Allison University
     Universite de Moncton
     University of New Brunswick
   
Newfoundland and Labrador:
     Memorial University of Newfoundland

Northwest Territories:
     nil

Nova Scotia:
     Acadia University
     Cape Breton University
     Dalhousie University
     Mount Saint Vincent University
     Nova Scotia Agricultural College
     NSCAD University
     Saint Mary's University
     St. Francis Xavier University
     Universite Sainte-Anne

Nunavut:
     nil

Ontario:
     Brescia University College
     Brock University
     Carleton University
     Huron University College
     Lakehead University
     Laurentian University
     McMaster University
     Nipissing University
     Ontario College of Art and Design
     Queen's University
     Royal Military College of Canada
     Ryerson University
     St. Jerome's University
     Trent University
     University of Guelph
     University of Ontario Institute of Technology
     University of Ottawa
     University of St. Michael's College
     University of Toronto
     University of Trinity College
     University of Waterloo
     University of Western Ontario
     University of Windsor
     Victoria University
     Wilfrid Laurier University
     York University

Prince Edward Island
     University of Prince Edward Island

Quebec:
     Bishop's University
     Concordia University
     Ecole de technologie superieure
     Ecole des hautes etudes commerciales
     Ecole nationale d'administration publique
     Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
     Institut national de la recherche scientifique
     McGill University
     Universite de Montreal
     Universite de Sherbrooke
     Universite du Quebec
     Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi
     Universite du Quebec a Montreal
     Universite du Quebec a Rimouski
     Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
     Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue
     Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
     Universite Laval

Saskatchewan:
     First Nations University of Canada
     University of Regina
     University of Saskatchewan

Yukon:
     nil