NOC 31302: Nurse practitioners
What nurse practitioners do
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education, advanced knowledge and nursing experience, and a specialty of practice. They provide a range of health services to patients and deliver preventive and continuous care toward the management of patients' health. Nurse practitioners work in conjunction with physicians and collaboratively with other nursing colleagues and health-care providers, or they may work independently. They are employed in community health centres, hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centres. Nurse practitioners may specialize in primary healthcare or acute care.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients
- Advise patients and their families on health care including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team such as family physicians, therapists and nutritionists to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Perform a patient advocacy role
- Prescribe and administer medications
- May coordinate or manage primary patient care.
Job titles under NOC 31302
11 job titles are classified here, including extended class registered nurse, nurse practitioner, pediatric nurse practitioner.
- acute care nurse practitioner
- adult care nurse practitioner
- advanced nurse practitioner
- advanced practice nurse
- anesthesia nurse practitioner
- cardiovascular nurse practitioner
- extended class registered nurse
- geriatric nurse practitioner
- nurse practitioner
- pediatric nurse practitioner
- primary health care nurse practitioner
Employment requirements
- Nurse practitioners usually require a master's degree in nursing; or completion of a nursing program with additional advanced or extended primary health care nursing education; and several years of practice as a registered nurse.
- Registration with a regulatory body is required for nurse practitioners in all provinces and territories.
Nurse practitioners wages in Canada
Low, median and high hourly wages from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data. Annual figures assume full-time work (1,950 hours a year).
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $42.00/hr | $61.54/hr | $75.00/hr |
Toronto ON | $40.00/hr | $62.00/hr | $75.00/hr |
Montréal QC | $40.00/hr | $57.69/hr | $66.26/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $41.89/hr | $59.70/hr | $70.36/hr |
Calgary AB | $38.69/hr | $52.45/hr | $64.27/hr |
Edmonton AB | $39.09/hr | $53.75/hr | $66.08/hr |
Ottawa ON | $40.00/hr | $62.00/hr | $75.00/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $50.00/hr | $55.00/hr | $63.00/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $40.00/hr | $57.69/hr | $66.26/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $40.00/hr | $62.00/hr | $75.00/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $33.33/hr | $61.54/hr | $65.00/hr |
London ON | $44.06/hr | $58.34/hr | $68.21/hr |
Halifax NS | $43.77/hr | $55.96/hr | $64.19/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $38.39/hr | $62.19/hr | $73.51/hr |
Saskatoon Saskatoon–Biggar region, SK | $43.18/hr | $56.35/hr | $73.08/hr |
Regina Regina–Moose Mountain region, SK | $44.46/hr | $56.03/hr | $69.58/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $49.50/hr | $54.00/hr | $62.40/hr |
Nova Scotia | $41.41/hr | $55.88/hr | $67.63/hr |
New Brunswick | $50.00/hr | $59.00/hr | $66.00/hr |
Quebec | $40.00/hr | $57.69/hr | $66.26/hr |
Ontario | $40.00/hr | $62.00/hr | $75.00/hr |
Manitoba | $50.00/hr | $55.00/hr | $63.00/hr |
Saskatchewan | $43.04/hr | $56.14/hr | $67.79/hr |
Alberta | $38.88/hr | $53.25/hr | $67.85/hr |
British Columbia | $42.49/hr | $59.53/hr | $74.59/hr |
Using NOC 31302 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 11 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102)
- Managers in health care (NOC 30010)
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (NOC 31209)
- Physicians assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (NOC 31303)
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 31301)
- Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100)
- Specialists in surgery (NOC 31101)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for nurse practitioners?
Nurse practitioners are NOC 2021 unit group 31302. Example job titles in this group include extended class registered nurse, nurse practitioner, pediatric nurse practitioner.
What TEER is NOC 31302?
NOC 31302 is TEER 1 (University degree). Usually requires a university degree (bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate), or experience from a related TEER 2 occupation. TEER 0, 1, 2 and 3 work counts as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do nurse practitioners earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $61.54/hr, about $120,000 a year full-time, with a range of $42.00/hr to $75.00/hr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.