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About:About Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada
- Who Developed the Gateway:About the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
- Why We Developed the Gateway: About why the Pharmacists' Gateway Canada was developed
- Online Tools: About online tools for International Pharmacy Graduates
What You Need to Know: What you need to know to prepare for the Canadian Pharmacist licensure
- Steps to Licensure: What you need to know about the steps to become a licensed pharmacist in Canada
- Licensure Requirements: What you need to know about provincial and territorial requirements for licensure
- Alberta: What you need to know about Alberta requirements for licensure
- British Columbia: What you need to know about British Columbia requirements for licensure
- Manitoba: What you need to know about Manitoba requirements for licensure
- New Brunswick: What you need to know about New Brunswick requirements for licensure
- Newfoundland and Labrador: What you need to know about Newfoundland and Labrador requirements for licensure
- Northwest Territories: What you need to know about Northwest Territories requirements for licensure
- Nova Scotia: What you need to know about Nova Scotia requirements for licensure
- Nunavut:What you need to know about Nunavut requirements for licensure
- Ontario: What you need to know about Ontario requirements for licensure
- Prince Edward Island: What you need to know about Prince Edward Island requirements for licensure
- Quebec: What you need to know about Québec requirements for licensure
- Saskatchewan: What you need to know about Saskatchewan requirements for licensure
- Yukon:What you need to know about Yukon Territory requirements for licensure
- Costs and Time to Licensure: What you need to know about the various fees and costs for each stage of the licensure process
- Costs and Time to Licensure Calculator: The time and cost calculator will help you to estimate both the costs and length of time required to complete the licensure process.
- Language Proficiency: What you need to know about the language proficiency requirements for licensure
- Criteria: What you need to know about the testing criteria.
- English Language Testing: What you need to know about the English language testing requirements.
- French Language Testing: What you need to know about the French language testing requirements.
- Courses to Improve Communication Skills: What you need to know about additional available courses to improve communication skills.
- Practice Environments: What you need to know about Canada’s health care system, the pharmacist’s role, and the roles of pharmacy technicians and assistants.
- Canada’s Healthcare System: What you need to know about the Canadian Healthcare System.
- The Pharmacist’s Role: What you need to know about the pharmacist's role in the practice environment.
- The Pharmacy Technician’s Role: What you need to know about the pharmacy technician's role in the practice environment.
- The Pharmacy Assistant’s Role: What you need to know about the pharmacy assistant's role in the practice environment.
- Scope of Practice: What you need to know about what pharmacists can do.
- Education: What you need to know about education for educational requirements
- The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC): What you need to know about the PEBC processes and examinations.
- Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ): What you need to know about the OPQ evaluation processes
- Bridging Programs: What you need to know about the educational courses offered by a recognized Canadian institution designed specifically for international pharmacy graduates (IPGs).
- Jurisprudence Examinations and Courses: What you need to know about Canada’s laws on pharmacy practice, including dispensing drugs and the ethics of professional practice. As part of the licensing process, you must either take a compulsory course or write an examination on jurisprudence.
- Helpful Resources: What you need to know about helpful resources.
- Coming to Canada: What you need to know to help you understand some of the practical aspects of working and living in Canada.
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to know about Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
- Living Costs: What you need to know about living costs.
- Settlement Agencies: What you need to know about settlement agencies.
- Pharmacy Careers: What you need to know about pharmacy work environments, career options, salaries, hours of work and where to find pharmacy jobs
- Work Environments: What you need to know about work environments.
- Career Options: What you need to know about the careers options.
- Salaries: What you need to know about salaries.
- Hours of Work: What you need to know about hours of work.
- Where to Find Pharmacy Jobs: What you need to know about finding a pharmacy job.
Obtaining a Licence: Obtaining a License: Three-step guide to licensure, including pharmacy self-assessment tools
- Step 1:Create your profile on Pharmacists' Gateway Canada: This profile will allow you to purchase a self-assessment tool and enrol as a candidate to start the licensure process.
- Step 2: Assess Your Readiness for Pharmacy Practice in Canada: Gain a basic awareness of Canadian health care system and the practice of pharmacy in Canada.
- Step 3: Enrol to Start the Licensure Process: Create a New Candidate Account by enrolling in the Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada.
- Step 4: Assess Your Pharmacy Practice Skills and Knowledge: Determine how your pharmacy skills and knowledge might compare with the standards required for Canadian practice and to help you identify areas where you may require additional education or training.
Frequently Asked Questions: Review frequently asked questions and understand words and phrases used to describe licensure
- Glossary of Terms: Understand words and phrases used to describe licensure
Contact Us: How to contact the Pharmacists' Gateway Canada for international pharmacists Office of the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
- Email: Email for Pharmacists' Gateway Canada for international pharmacists Office
- Phone: Telephone number for Pharmacists' Gateway Canada for international pharmacists Office
- Mail: Mailing address for the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities