A route to explore · Ontario

I qualified and worked as a social worker abroad. Do I need another degree to work in Ontario?

Start with recognition of a social-work degree from abroad

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Your starting point

Review the College's foreign-graduate route and the CASW assessment instructions before buying a credential report.

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

Your first steps

Review the College's foreign-graduate route and the CASW assessment instructions before buying a credential report.
Arrange the required direct academic evidence and prepare the College application.
If equivalence or practice currency is uncertain, ask Registration what is needed before enrolling in further study.

02 / Compare real options

Programs and organizations to explore

Open a program to see requirements, costs, funding and the official starting point.

Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), with CASW academic assessment

Social Work Graduate Registration — Social Work Degree Outside Canada and the United States →

Academic assessment followed by application for Ontario social-worker registration.

Ongoing enquiries or individual applications · Confirm cost with provider

Checked October 20, 2026 How we check information

Requirements, funding and where to start →

03 / Check affordability

Possible funding

See each program’s funding section and ask its provider about your eligibility and full costs. No pathway-wide funding is guaranteed.

04 / Before you commit

Important distinctions

CASW assessment and Ontario registration are separate. WES alone does not replace the required social-work assessment.
A related degree may require a different route; no fee grant has been confirmed.