Medical doctors who haven’t worked in Canada

Explore the programs below if you’re an internationally-trained medical doctor and:

  • you’re interested in practicing in Canada, but
  • you don’t have Canadian experience as a medical doctor yet

You need to have your credentials assessed and a licence to work in Canada

To work as a medical doctor in Canada, first you must:

It can take time to complete both these steps.

You can apply to come to Canada as a medical doctor through one of these programs

Provincial Nominee Program

Choose this program if:

  • you can get a job offer or letter of support to work as a medical doctor in one of Canada’s provinces or territories

New Provinces and territories have up to 5,000 federal immigration spaces reserved to nominate medical doctors with job offers or letters of support.

Apply through the Provincial Nominee Program

Express Entry

Choose this program if:

  • you’re eligible for 1 of the 3 programs managed through Express Entry
  • you have experience working as a medical doctor
  • you don’t have a job offer in Canada yet

Create or update your Express Entry profile

Atlantic Immigration Program

Choose this program if:

  • you have work experience or you completed your post-secondary education in Atlantic Canada
  • you can get a job offer from a designated employer
  • you’re interested in living in Atlantic Canada

Apply through the Atlantic Immigration Program

Rural Community Immigration Pilot

Choose this program if:

  • you have at least 1 year of work experience as a medical doctor in the last 3 years or you graduated from an eligible post-secondary school
  • you can get a job offer from a designated employer
  • you’re interested in living in a smaller, rural community

Apply through the Rural Community Immigration Pilot

Francophone Community Immigration Pilot

Choose this program if:

  • you have at least 1 year of work experience as a medical doctor in the last 3 years or you graduated from an eligible post-secondary school
  • you can get a job offer from a designated employer
  • you can communicate in French
  • you’re interested in living in a Francophone community outside Quebec

Apply through the Francophone Community Immigration Pilot

You already have experience working as a medical doctor in Canada?

We have different options you may be eligible for, if your foreign credentials are already assessed and you have a license in Canada.

Options for medical doctors with experience in Canada

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2025-12-23