Canada is hiring 10 of our professions.
- 18,500 healthcare invitations in the last 12 months — 6 draws · canada.ca · rounds of invitations · 2026-09-22
Express Entry healthcare category → permanent residence
canada.ca · general framework, not a promise
Canada
Regulated by Provincial colleges
In their own words.
In category-based rounds of invitations, we invite candidates in the Express Entry pool who are eligible for a specific category established by the Minister to meet an identified economic goal.
- Recruiting more doctors, nurses, allied health professionals
- Provinces are turning to U.S. health-care workers to help with shortages. And it's working
- NDP health critic calls reduction in Halifax radiation appointments 'a crisis'
- Occupational therapy services reduced at Royal University Hospital due to vacancies
Where the Canada scale starts.
The entry grade on the employer's own published scale. Your grade depends on the post you are appointed to.
BC health science professionals · P1, first year · entry grade · an hour
Source: hsabc.org · health science professionals agreement · 1 Apr 2025
BC health science professionals · P1, first year · entry grade · an hour
Source: hsabc.org · health science professionals agreement · 1 Apr 2025
BC health science professionals · P1, first year · entry grade · an hour
Source: hsabc.org · health science professionals agreement · 1 Apr 2025
BC health science professionals · P1, first year · entry grade · an hour
Source: hsabc.org · health science professionals agreement · 1 Apr 2025
The same scale sets an entry grade for seven of our twelve.
10 of our 12 are listed here.
PhysiotherapistIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31202)
Occupational TherapistIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31203)
RadiographerIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 32121)
Medical Lab ScientistIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 32120)
DietitianIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31121)
OptometristIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31111)
Speech-Language PathologistIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31112)
Medical Social WorkerIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 41300)
PodiatristIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31209)
Social Care WorkerIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 42201)Not open here today
- Dispensing OpticianNot in the Express Entry healthcare category
- Operating Department PractitionerNot in the Express Entry healthcare category
Provincial colleges.
One regulatory college per province, with national exam bodies (CSMLS, OEBC, the Physiotherapy Alliance)
Full page Provincial colleges·Official sitecanada.ca
10 of our 12 professions sit in the Express Entry healthcare category
- Credential assessment for the province you choose
- A national certification exam for most professions
- Language test — English or French
Registration is provincial, immigration is federal. Express Entry healthcare draws ran six times in the last year.
See the regulator pageOpen on the boards in Canada.
Counts go stale. Each one carries the board it came from, how it was matched, and the day we read it.
Express Entry healthcare draws
canada.ca · rounds of invitations · read 22 sept 2026
Four steps into Canada.
We check your fit
Your degree, syllabus and hours against Provincial colleges's own published standards.
We build the file
Every document in the form Provincial colleges asks for, apostilled in the right order.
We stay to the decision
Filed in your own account. Every query drafted by us, sent by you, tracked to the answer.
Registration, then the visa
Registration comes first. The visa route follows Canada's published framework.
See your own route to Canada.
Two answers. Ten seconds. Then the facts for your profession.