Psychologist in Canada: your Express Entry path, step by step

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 1.
• 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 registration with a regulator is required in all provinces, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The title "Psychologist" needs a doctorate in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, and a master's in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) is required in most provinces.

• The ACPRO portal: the Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations runs a single application portal for psychologists educated abroad. In the participating provinces, the first step is a credentials evaluation by ICD, a division of CGFNS, with the report sent to the province you choose.
• Not in the portal: Alberta, the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Quebec and Yukon; apply directly to their regulator.
• The EPPP: ASPPB, which owns it, describes it as a two-part exam; each province decides what it requires.

What psychologists earn

The panel above shows Job Bank's median hourly wage for psychologists across Canada, with pay by province and region on Job Bank.