RN Education

Registered Nurses and Baccalaureate Education

This table illustrates how the provinces and territories have implemented the transition from diploma entry level to baccalaureate entry level for registered nurses.

Jurisdiction	Target year and status
Atlantic provinces (Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia	1998 completed
Saskatchewan	2000 completed
Ontario	2005 completed
British Columbia	2006 completed
Manitoba	2005 in progress: A few diploma programs remain in Manitoba
Alberta	2009 in progress: Alberta converted to a degree program with diploma exit for some students and has proposed that the transition to baccalaureate as entry to practice be completed by the end of December 2009.
Northwest Territories and Nunavut	2010 in progress: The Northwest Territories and Nunavut will complete the transition to baccalaureate as entry to practice by 2010.
Quebec	Quebec continues to offer diploma programs while supporting the development of baccalaureate partnerships between Collèges d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) and universities.
Yukon	The Yukon has no entry-level educational programs.

The Canadian Nurses Association, Public Policy Department, June 2009