Canada job guide
Medical radiation technologist in Canada: your Express Entry path
Picture yourself in a Canadian hospital imaging department, helping diagnose and treat patients, with a new life for your family. Medical radiation technologists (NOC 32121, TEER 2) are on IRCC's 2026 healthcare and social services list: 12 months of work in the last 3 years, in Canada or abroad, puts you in the healthcare draws as well as the regular rounds. Registration rules vary by province, and CAMRT certification is required in most of them.
At a glance
- Occupation
- Medical radiation technologists · NOC 32121 · TEER 2
- Express Entry group
- Healthcare and social services
- Latest healthcare round
- September 4, 2026, cut-off 475
- Median wage in Canada
- $40.00 an hour Job Bank, wages updated November 19, 2025
Your way into the Express Entry pool
Every invitation needs a profile in the Express Entry pool. You would usually qualify through:
- Federal Skilled Worker. Experience must be in a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 job; this one is TEER 2.
- Canadian Experience Class. For skilled work experience already gained in Canada.
The healthcare draws
These draws rank only people with recent experience in one of the 37 listed health and social services jobs. The panel above shows the latest one and its cut-off. You need at least 12 months of full-time work (or the same part-time) in this occupation within the last 3 years. The months do not have to be in a row, and the work must match the NOC description of the job.
Getting registered
The NOC says licensure with a regulator is required in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and membership in a provincial association in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. Certification by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) is required in all provinces except Quebec and British Columbia.
- Ontario example: you must be registered with the College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario (CMRITO) to work. It assesses technologists educated abroad through Recognition of Prior Learning, and you need its approval before you can write the CAMRT national certification exam, the only approved written exam in Ontario for radiography, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy and MRI.
What radiation technologists earn
The panel above shows Job Bank's median hourly wage for this occupation across Canada, with pay by province and region on Job Bank.
What to do next
Frequently asked questions
- Is CAMRT certification needed everywhere?
The NOC says it is required in every province except Quebec and British Columbia.
- What is Recognition of Prior Learning?
In Ontario, it is how CMRITO assesses technologists educated outside Canada before approving them to write the CAMRT exam.
- Does my experience abroad count for the healthcare draws?
Yes. The healthcare and social services category counts experience in Canada or abroad.
Last updated October 21, 2026