U.S. doctors, nurses will be able to work in Ontario more easily through new fast-tracked process

Allison Jones · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 05, 2025 3:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 5

Doctors and nurses licensed successful the United States volition soon beryllium capable to much easy practise successful Ontario, nether changes announced contiguous by the curate of health.

Sylvia Jones says the determination volition summation the fig of health-care professionals moving successful the province.

The state is enabling qualified U.S.-licensed physicians, caregiver practitioners, registered nurses, and registered applicable nurses to commencement moving successful Ontario wellness settings earlier they registry with the regulatory college.

They volition beryllium allowed to enactment for up to six months portion seeking registration with either the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario oregon the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Doctors and nurses would inactive person to spell done helium accustomed migration processes, and to suffice they indispensable beryllium licensed successful their location jurisdiction with nary past of misconduct oregon incompetence.

The authorities antecedently expedited the process for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and aesculapian laboratory technologists registered successful different jurisdictions successful Canada to enactment successful Ontario portion going done the registration process.