Nurse practitioners
Occupation · NOC 2021 31302 · Canada
- NOC 2021 code
- 31302
- TEER
- 1
- Positions on positive LMIAs, all lists
- 6
- Median wage, Canada
- C$61.54 per hour
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 1,890
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About this occupation
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education, advanced knowledge and nursing experience, and a specialty of practice. They provide a range of health services to patients and deliver preventive and continuous care toward the management of patients' health. Nurse practitioners work in conjunction with physicians and collaboratively with other nursing colleagues and health-care providers, or they may work independently. They are employed in community health centres, hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centres. Nurse practitioners may specialize in primary healthcare or acute care.
Example job titles
- extended class registered nurse
- nurse practitioner
- pediatric nurse practitioner
Main duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients
- Advise patients and their families on health care including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team such as family physicians, therapists and nutritionists to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Perform a patient advocacy role
- Prescribe and administer medications
- May coordinate or manage primary patient care.
Employment requirements
- Nurse practitioners usually require a master's degree in nursing; or completion of a nursing program with additional advanced or extended primary health care nursing education; and several years of practice as a registered nurse.
- Registration with a regulatory body is required for nurse practitioners in all provinces and territories.
Temporary foreign worker positions (LMIA)
Positions on positive LMIAs in ESDC employer lists, by year of the list.
Approved positions by year
Data table
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 |
- Dr. Julie Wilson Inc.5
- Homewood Health Centre1
Wages
Median wage by province and territory (2025 release). Hourly unless marked per year.
| Area | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | C$42.00 | C$61.54 | C$75.00 |
| Alberta | C$38.88 | C$53.25 | C$67.85 |
| British Columbia | C$42.49 | C$59.53 | C$74.59 |
| Manitoba | C$50.00 | C$55.00 | C$63.00 |
| New Brunswick | C$50.00 | C$59.00 | C$66.00 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | C$49.50 | C$54.00 | C$62.40 |
| Nova Scotia | C$41.41 | C$55.88 | C$67.63 |
| Ontario | C$40.00 | C$62.00 | C$75.00 |
| Quebec | C$40.00 | C$57.69 | C$66.26 |
| Saskatchewan | C$43.04 | C$56.14 | C$67.79 |
- Job Bank postings, Jan–Sep 2026
- 1,890
- Vacancies advertised
- 2,327
- Median advertised minimum hourly wage
- C$52.59
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