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A route to explore · Ontario
Return to nursing after training abroad
Your starting point
Start with CNO’s outside-Canada registration guide and your own application.
A pathway helps you explore. It does not decide eligibility or guarantee admission, funding, licensing or work. Each program has its own checked date.
01 / Start with your situation
02 / Compare real options
Open a program to see requirements, costs, funding and the official starting point.
Case management for registration planning, exam preparation, language support and employment.
Current intake not confirmed · No program fee
Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →Preparation for non-licensed healthcare roles, including administration and community health.
Current intake not confirmed · No program fee
Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →The route for nurses educated outside Canada to become registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
Ongoing enquiries or individual applications · Confirm cost with provider
Checked October 24, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →Supervised practice with CNO-approved employers so internationally educated nurses can meet CNO's evidence-of-practice requirement.
Ongoing enquiries or individual applications · Confirm cost with provider
Checked October 23, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →Online college courses for internationally educated nurses, including TTPN, which meets CNO's transition-to-practice requirement.
Ongoing enquiries or individual applications · Confirm cost with provider
Checked October 24, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →03 / Check affordability
These are leads to assess individually. Loans must be repaid, and grants have conditions.
Approved credential recognition, exams, short training and related career-plan expenses; living support is case-specific.
Current intake not confirmed · loan
Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →Specified CNO application, examination, language, background-check, Transition to Practice and registration expenses.
Current intake not confirmed · reimbursement
Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information
Requirements, funding and where to start →04 / Before you commit