NP Initial Application

• all nurse practitioners who are currently registered elsewhere in Canada and who wish to register with the CANNN for the first time,
• individuals who are registered as registered nurses with the CANNN and who wish to register as an NP for the first time, and
• graduates of a Canadian NP program who wish to register with the CANNN for the first time.

• Create an account on the Applicant Portal
• Check your email for a temporary password for your first log in
• Once signed in, click on Start New Application.  You will be prompted to complete information like places of work, current registrations, etc
• Upload a copy of your valid government issued photo ID. The ID must be in colour, and includes photo, signature, and expiry date
• If you have had a legal name change, please submit a legal name change form
• Pay processing fee – $65.63

Check your Applicant Portal on a regular basis to view what documents are required and/or outstanding

• Valid government issued photo ID
• Verification of Registration is required from all jurisdictions in which you are current or were formerly registered
• Evidence of successful completion of one of the following prescribing controlled drugs and substances courses (see Policy R02). If the course was not completed as part of your NP program (on your official transcript), a copy of the certificate or the official transcript which shows course completion is required.
• Form A1 Employer Reference is required from each of your 2 most recent employers.  If you were employed by only one employer for the last 5 years or more, we require a reference from only that one employer. Forms must be sent directly by the employer to CANNN
• Form A2 Evidence of Practice Hours 2024: For applications of registration starting in 2024, this form is to be completed with hours going up to 2023 and is required from all employers in the past 5 years. Forms must be sent directly by the employer to CANNN. 
• Form B Colleague Reference Form is required if you have less than five years work experience as a nurse and/or have only had one employer, or if you have only been self-employed as a nurse. The form must be sent directly from the referee to CANNN.
• Legal name change: Where there has been a name change, one of the following is required:
  • • a marriage certificate, or
    • divorce decree, or
    • notarized statutory declaration of legal name change
• Information Sharing Consent Form – this form is used to grant permission to provide updates on an applicant’s registration status to their NT and/or NU employer.  The form is recommended but optional.
• Review Policy R.02 

Upon application to CANNN for registration, all applicants must demonstrate proficiency in the English language by meeting one of the following requirements:

• Graduation from an approved Canadian nursing program where theory and clinical instruction was in English (on-line or distance education programs are not acceptable for evidence of fluency); or
• Employer English proficiency reference showing evidence of safe practice and where the primary language, practice setting, and services are in an English-speaking and writing environment for the previous two years as a nurse in Canada – Form D Employer Confirmation of English Language Proficiency
• Applicant met the English language proficiency test requirement at the time of registration with another Canadian jurisdiction and has continued to work in an English-speaking and writing environment since that time; or
• Demonstration of English language competence through successful completion of one of the following tests of English within the last 2 years:
  Canadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN)
  International English Language System (IELTS) Academic Version.  The online version of IELTS is not accepted

• Evidence of successfully passing an entry-to-practice exam accepted by CANNN is required
• Transcript Request Form
• Recommendation Form – Graduate Nurse is required, if not previously provided for a Temporary Certificate. The form must be submitted directly to CANNN by the licensing body of the education institution where an applicant completed their education program
• Form C Instructor Reference Form – this form is to be completed and submitted by a nursing faculty member from the applicant’s school of nursing and must be sent directly to CANNN from the referee.

R02 – Nurse Practitioner Requirements