Foreign Credential Recognition Program

The Foreign Credential Recognition Program supports the labour market integration of skilled newcomers by:

• simplifying and harmonizing credential recognition processes
• providing loans and support services to help with the foreign credential recognition processes, and
• helping skilled newcomers gain their first Canadian work experience in their profession or field of study

The Foreign Credential Recognition Program also supports joint initiatives among provinces and territories and other partners to improve the mobility of Canadian workers in regulated occupations as they seek jobs across Canada.

The objectives of the program are to:

• develop and strengthen Canada’s foreign credential assessment and recognition capacity
• contribute to improving labour market integration outcomes of skilled newcomers, and
• support interprovincial labour mobility

Services

• Foreign Credential Recognition Program - How to Apply for Funding
• Foreign Credential Recognition Program: Approved Projects
• Learn about foreign credential recognition in Canada
• Foreign Credential Recognition in Canada Tool
• Job Bank and Job Alerts

Related information

• Evaluation of the Foreign Credential Recognition Program (2020)
• Evaluation of the Canadian Work Experience Pilot Projects – Final Report (2020)
• Best Practices in Foreign Credential Recognition for Regulators (2017)
• Forum of Labour Market Ministers: Foreign Qualification Recognition
  • 2009 Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
  • 2014 An Action Plan for Better Foreign Qualification Recognition PDF (659 KB)
  • A Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications: 10-Year Anniversary Report PDF (1.42 GB)
• Forum of Labour Market Ministers
  • Reducing barriers in labour mobility from coast-to-coast