What can you do with a health professions degree?

Routes that need more than the degree

1. 01

   Register as a nurse (RN or RPN)

   The College of Nurses of Ontario says you must complete a nursing education program designed to prepare you for the type of nursing you want to practise, pass the registration examination approved for that category, and pass the jurisprudence examination. It also lists recent practice, English or French proficiency, authorization to work in Ontario, and character, conduct and health standards. College of Nurses of Ontario: registration requirements
2. 02

   Register as a physiotherapist

   The College of Physiotherapists of Ontario says applicants complete a physiotherapy program and then pass the Canadian Physiotherapy Examination, a five-hour virtual exam with written and oral parts. It also lists practice hours, professional liability insurance and, for people educated outside Canada, a credential assessment. College of Physiotherapists of Ontario: how to apply
3. 03

   Register as a pharmacist

   The Ontario College of Pharmacists lists completion of an accredited pharmacy degree program, the PEBC Qualifying Examination, and the Jurisprudence, Ethics and Professionalism Exam among its requirements, along with language proficiency, suitability for registration, legal status in Canada and professional liability insurance. Ontario College of Pharmacists: registration

• The Census is from 2021. Jobs and hiring have moved since. Job Bank's outlook is current to 2025 to 2027.
• It counts employed people and what they do, not whether they wanted that job or use their degree in it. A graduate working as a retail supervisor is counted in the data exactly like one working in their field.
• It is a 25% sample, and Statistics Canada rounds every count to a multiple of five. Small groups are noisy.
• For Ontario the Census publishes bachelor's degree or higher together, so those tables include master's and doctoral graduates.
• Each person is counted once, by their highest credential. A person who finished a diploma and then a degree appears under the degree, not the diploma.
• The 12 jobs shown are the most common, not all of them. The rest of the graduates are spread across hundreds of other jobs.

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, tables 98-10-0447-01 and 98-10-0403-01; Job Bank (Employment and Social Development Canada) Ontario outlooks and wages, linked on each job. We join them by occupation code and change neither.