Midwifery programs in Canada
Essential first steps for internationally educated midwives (IEMs) in Canada:
Learn about Midwifery in Canada
Choose your Province/Territory
Check Language Requirements
Assess Your Language Skills
Check Your Immigration Status
Explore the Licensing Pathways: Short and Long Roadmaps (Ontario, British Columbia and Québec) and Notes on New Brunswick, Alberta
Short Roadmap (to registration as RM in Canada for IEHPs)
- Determine province or territory (and language requirements) where wish to practice as a midwife.
- Complete approved midwifery bridging program or orientation and assessment program.
- Complete Canadian Midwifery Regulators Council (CMRC) national midwifery examination, called the Canadian Midwifery Registration Exam (CMRE).
- Register with midwifery regulatory body as midwife in province or territory.
- Secure work as midwife (this step may need to happen before 4.)