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Licensed practical nurses provide direct patient care under an RN's or physician's direction, and the occupation sits in Canada's Express Entry healthcare & social services category. Licensing runs through the same provincial nursing regulators as RNs.
CAD 58,000
/year
~470
points
26 weeks
Required
Internationally educated LPNs also go through NNAS for an Advisory Report, then register with the provincial regulator (e.g., College of Nurses of Ontario) in the practical nurse class.
A longer read on this occupation's route into Canada: the category rule, the cutoffs recent rounds actually cleared, and how licensing runs alongside immigration.
How Nurses Immigrate to Canada: Express Entry's Healthcare Category, NNAS, and the Real CutoffsWhat this does not include: Provincial licensing nuances and the latest in-demand lists change frequently. Always verify against the current NOC and provincial bodies.
What would change this answer: A new category-based draw round, an updated NOC version, or a province changing its in-demand list.