Ontario fast-tracks process for U.S. doctors, nurses to work in province / Globe and Mail / Canada
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 2:22 pm
Ontario has unveiled an expedited process for U.S.-trained doctors and nurses, allowing them to work in the province for up to six months while securing full registration. This initiative aims to ease staffing shortages in healthcare amid ongoing challenges and underscores the province’s proactive response to labor demands.
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On Thursday, the Ford government announced it would allow nurses and board-certified physicians to move from the United States to Ontario and begin working immediately.
Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced today by the minister of health. Sylvia Jones says the move will increase the number of health-care professionals working in the province. The province is enabling…
The health care professionals will be allowed to work for up to six months while they seek registration with a regulatory college
TORONTO - Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced today by the minister of health.
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