Other Provinces and Territories
Certification
As education in Canada is a provincial responsibility, you must be certified to teach by a particular province’s certification body in order to teach in a publicly-funded school. To acquire certification in another province, as Ontario graduates, you must first be certified in Ontario. Please see our section on certification with the Ontario College of Teachers.
You will need to submit similar documentation that you submitted to the OCT to the certification body in the province or territory in which you wish to be certified. In most provinces you will need to submit a Statement of Standing from your initial certification body. This statement will indicate that you are a teacher “in good standing”, i.e., that your certification to teach has not be suspended or falsified. If you are an OCT certified teacher, then you will need to contact the OCT to issue a statement on your behalf. Please see the OCT web site for more information
Certification Bodies
British Columbia: Ministry of Education Teacher Regulation Branch: http://bcteacherregulation.ca
Alberta: Teacher Certification and Development Alberta Learning: www.education.ablberta.ca/teachers/certification.aspx
Saskatchewan: Teacher Services, Department of Education: www.education.gov.sk.ca
Manitoba: Professional Certification Unit: www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/profcert
Ontario: Ontario College of Teachers: www.oct.ca
Quebec: La direction de la Formation et de la Titularisation du Personnel Scolaire: www.meq.gouv.qc.ca
New Brunswick: Director, Teacher Certification: www.gnb.ca/0000/index-e.asp (follow link for services)
Nova Scotia: Registrar, Teacher Certification: www.ednet.ns.ca
Prince Edward Island: Registrar, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development: www.gov.pe.ca/go/eecd
Newfoundland and Labrador: Registrar, Teacher Certification Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education: www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/index.html
Yukon: Director, Teacher Certification: www.education.gov.yk.ca
Northwest Territories: Registrar, Teacher Certification: www.ece.gov.nt.ca
Nunavut: Teacher Qualification and Certification: http://www.edu.gov.nu.ca/apps/authoring/dspPage.aspx?page=77
How to Apply
Out-of-province applications procedures are quite consistent. Please check each school district’s individual web sites for specific application information including documents, application procedures and when to apply.
A list of web sites of all Canadian school districts organized by province can be found at the Canadian Education Association’s (CEA) web site.
Teaching vacancies also may be posted on educationcanada, Jobs in Education and/or applytoeducation. For B.C. many positions are listed on Make a Future. Other general job search web sites such as Workopolis may also list teaching vacancies. Also be sure to check the web sites of the Ministry of Education for each province or territory for specific information about teaching in that province or territory. Links to Ministries of Education can be found on our Canadian Job Search Links.