The domestic route to practising as a medical radiation technologist in Canada: one of four CAMRT disciplines, an Accreditation Canada-listed program in that discipline, the CAMRT certification exam, and registration with the regulator or association where you will practise. Quebec runs its own OTIMROEPMQ permit and exam route with a French requirement, and diagnostic medical sonography is a separate profession with its own exam body, not a fifth CAMRT discipline.
This guide covers one route only: a student in Canada who completes an accredited program in one of the four disciplines of medical radiation technology, passes the CAMRT certification exam for that discipline, and registers with the regulator or association where they will work. It is not the route for a technologist who trained abroad, it is not the Quebec route, and it is not a route to practising diagnostic medical sonography or medical electrophysiology without the credential and registration those professions require. An internationally educated technologist follows the IEMRT assessment route the assessing body states, starting from the general foreign-credentials guide linked below. Quebec follows the OTIMROEPMQ route in Step 4. Do not mix the steps: a program alone does not certify you, passing an examination alone does not register you, and a program in one discipline does not qualify you in another. This guide gives administrative process only. It gives no clinical, imaging, or treatment advice, and it does not assess whether any individual reader qualifies for admission, examination, or registration.
Three kinds of bodies divide the work, and confusing them is the expensive mistake. Accreditation Canada lists the accredited education programs and, as the CAMRT certification page states, is the most up-to-date source for program accreditation status. The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) is the national professional association and certifying body: it sets and administers the entry-to-practice certification exam for the four disciplines outside Quebec. The regulator or college in the province where you will practise licenses you to practise and to use the title, where the profession is regulated at all. Job Bank, for medical radiation technologists under National Occupational Classification 32121, states the national shape this guide starts from: completion of a two- to three-year college or other approved program in diagnostic radiography or magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine technology, or radiation therapy, or a bachelor of health sciences in radiography, nuclear medicine, or radiation therapy, and a period of supervised practical training; magnetic resonance technologists require completion of a graduate certificate program in magnetic resonance imaging; licensure with a regulatory body is required in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta; membership with a provincial association is required in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and Northwest Territories; and certification by the CAMRT is required in all provinces except Quebec and British Columbia. That Job Bank framing is the starting point, not the last word, and it is stale or misleading in three respects the linked regulator pages correct: it omits Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador from the licensure list, although both now regulate the profession, as Step 3 sets out; its "except British Columbia" certification wording conflicts with the BC Health Careers page, which requires CAMRT certification for eligibility to work in British Columbia; and its regulatory-body names are out of date for several provinces, where the current college names in Step 3 govern. Confirm the current rule on the regulator or CAMRT page on the day you rely on it, because registration rules change and older summaries linger.
What the work itself involves
Medical radiation technologists perform diagnostic imaging examinations and administer radiation therapy treatments, applying prescribed forms of energy, ionizing radiation or electromagnetism, to patients for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. The CAMRT career page describes them as caring professionals, high-tech specialists, and essential members of the healthcare team, found in emergency departments, operating rooms, mobile breast screening vans, diagnostic imaging departments, and clinics, serving as advisors to radiologists, radiation oncologists, and other healthcare providers, and as patient advocates and educators. The four disciplines are distinct scopes of work. A radiological technologist, in the CAMRT career page's wording a radiologic technologist, produces images of a body part or system using equipment that emits X-rays, and is responsible for the quality of the images and for the correct view of specific structures, across general radiology, mammography, angiography, fluoroscopy, and computerized tomography. A nuclear medicine technologist carries out diagnostic imaging and some treatment procedures using radiopharmaceuticals to evaluate the function of specific organs, including evaluating coronary disease, studying how organs function, locating tumours, monitoring cancer treatment, and diagnosing hormonal disorders. A magnetic resonance technologist produces diagnostic images using equipment that generates radio waves and a strong magnetic field, drawing on physics, anatomy, pathology, and physiology to obtain images and monitor and care for patients during scans. A radiation therapist is a key member of the cancer treatment team, using focused beams of radiation to destroy tumours while minimizing harm to healthy tissues, or placing radioactive sources directly into the patient's body, and counselling patients on side effects. The CAMRT career page states that more than half of all cancer patients receive radiation treatments. The distinction from diagnostic medical sonography is a modality and credential distinction, not a seniority distinction: sonography uses ultrasound, sound waves, under Sonography Canada credentials, while the four MRT disciplines use X-rays, radiopharmaceuticals, magnetic fields, or therapeutic radiation under CAMRT certification. Each scope needs its own program and its own examination route.
Step 1: Choose one discipline, then choose an Accreditation Canada-listed program in that discipline, and check its status before you apply
The entry credential is completion of a program in one discipline that is listed by Accreditation Canada. Do not treat any program list copied from a secondary source as current, do not assume a program covers a discipline because the same institution also runs a program in another discipline, and do not assume a magnetic resonance entry is a first-discipline entry because it appears on a program list: some magnetic resonance entries are second-discipline entries for already-certified technologists, as set out below. Check the Accreditation Canada list of educational programs before you apply, and count programs by the rows the list itself names, not by a headline count and not by a section heading. The CAMRT career page also carries an educational-programs table, but it disagrees with the Accreditation Canada list in places, as flagged below, and the CAMRT certification page states that Accreditation Canada is the most up-to-date source for program accreditation status, so the Accreditation Canada list governs and the CAMRT table is never the count.
Counted row by row from the Accreditation Canada list last updated October 30, 2026, the list names 53 Canadian program rows across the four disciplines: 26 in radiological technology, 15 in magnetic resonance, 6 in nuclear medicine, and 6 in radiation therapy. One further radiological technology row, at the University of Doha for Science and Technology in Qatar, is excluded from the Canadian count. The rows are:
Radiological technology, 26 Canadian rows. Alberta: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Medical Radiological Technology, Accredited; Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Medical Radiologic Technology, Accredited. British Columbia: British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Medical Radiography Technology, Accredited; Camosun College, Victoria, Medical Radiography Technology, Accredited; College of New Caledonia, Prince George, Medical Radiography Technology, Accredited; Edenbrook College Inc., Surrey, Medical Radiography Technology, Accredited with Condition. Manitoba: Red River College Polytechnic, Winnipeg, Medical Radiologic Technology, Accredited. New Brunswick: Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick, Dieppe, Technologie en radiation médicale, Accredited with Condition; Horizon School of Radiography, Moncton, University of New Brunswick Saint John, The Moncton Hospital School of Radiologic Technology, Accredited; Horizon School of Radiography, Saint John, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John School of Radiological Technology, Accredited. Newfoundland and Labrador: College of the North Atlantic, St. John's, Medical Radiography, Accredited. Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Radiological Technology, Accredited with Condition. Ontario: Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, Ottawa, Medical Radiation Technology, Accredited; Cambrian College, Sudbury, Medical Radiation Technology, Accredited; Collège Boréal, Sudbury, Technologie en radiation médicale, Accredited, with an expiry date of November 30, 2026 on the linked list, so confirm its current status before relying on it; Confederation College, Thunder Bay, Medical Radiation Technology, Accredited; Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, London, Medical Radiation Technology, Accredited; Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Medical Radiation Sciences, Radiography Specialization, Accredited; Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Radiography, Medical Radiation Sciences (740), Admitted; Loyalist College, Belleville, Medical Radiation Technology, Advanced Diploma, Accredited with Condition; Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Brampton, X-ray/CT, Admitted; The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, Toronto, Faculty of Medicine Joint Degree/Diploma Program in Medical Radiation Sciences, Radiological Technology, Accredited. Prince Edward Island: UPEI School of Radiography, Charlottetown, Radiography, Accredited. Quebec: Collège Ahuntsic, Montreal, Technologie de radiodiagnostic, Accredited; Dawson College, Montreal, Diagnostic Imaging Technology, Accredited. Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, Medical Radiological Technology, Accredited.
Magnetic resonance, 15 rows, and no Quebec row. Alberta: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Magnetic Resonance Diploma, Accredited; Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Magnetic Resonance 2nd Discipline, Accredited. British Columbia: British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Advanced Certificate, Accredited; British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diploma, Accredited. Manitoba: Red River College Polytechnic, Winnipeg, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy, Accredited. Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Accredited. Ontario: Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Sudbury, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Accredited; Collège La Cité, Ottawa, Techniques d'imagerie par résonance magnétique, Admitted; Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, London, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Accredited with Condition; Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Corporate Training, Accredited; Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Graduate Certificate, Accredited; Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diploma, Admitted; Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Brampton, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Admitted; The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, Toronto, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Accredited; The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, Toronto, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 1st Discipline, Accredited with Condition.
Nuclear medicine, 6 rows. Alberta: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Accredited. British Columbia: British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Nuclear Medicine, Accredited. Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Accredited with Condition. Ontario: The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, Toronto, Faculty of Medicine Joint Degree/Diploma Program in Medical Radiation Sciences, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technology, Accredited; Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, Hamilton, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technology (NMMI), Admitted. Quebec: Collège Ahuntsic, Montréal, Technologie de médecine nucléaire, Accredited.
Radiation therapy, 6 rows, and the New Brunswick section of the list is empty. Alberta: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Radiation Therapy, Accredited. British Columbia: British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Radiation Therapy, Accredited. Manitoba: CancerCare Manitoba, School of Radiation Therapy, Winnipeg, Joint Diploma/BSc Degree in Radiation Therapy, Accredited. Ontario: Mohawk College, McMaster University, Hamilton, Medical Radiation Sciences, Radiation Therapy Specialization, Accredited; The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, Toronto, Faculty of Medicine Joint Degree/Diploma Program in Medical Radiation Sciences, Radiation Therapy, Accredited. Quebec: Dawson College, Montreal, Radiation Oncology Technology, Accredited.
There is no Accreditation Canada-listed MRT program row in the territories in any of the four disciplines, and no radiation therapy row in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan, no nuclear medicine row in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan, and no magnetic resonance row in Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan, on the linked list. If you live in a jurisdiction with no program in your discipline, the program means studying in another province, and the regulator in the province where you intend to practise is still the authority for whether that program's credential is the one it accepts, so check that regulator's program approval before you apply, not after you graduate. Ontario applicants in particular must check CMRITO approval, not only Accreditation Canada listing: the CMRITO registration page requires a program approved by the CMRITO Council at the time of completion, and the CMRITO approved-programs page lists Ontario institutions separately.
Status matters, and the three statuses on the list mean different things. Accredited means the program complies with the accreditation standard, with status expiring six years from the accreditation award. Accredited with Condition means partial compliance: the program must implement specific changes within two years of conditional status to maintain accreditation, and students should be aware of the risk that the program may not make the necessary changes, potentially resulting in a loss of accreditation. Admitted, formerly Registered, means the program has applied for accreditation and processes are underway, expiring three years from admission unless otherwise indicated, and students are advised to monitor the status to ensure accredited status has been achieved at the time of graduation, because students in a program that has not been accredited at graduation may not be eligible for further credentialing, certification, or registration. Do not enrol in an Admitted or Accredited with Condition program on the assumption that its status will resolve in your favour: confirm the status on the Accreditation Canada list on the day you rely on it, and confirm with the destination regulator that graduation from a program holding that status at your graduation date will satisfy its program requirement.
Two conflicts between the CAMRT career-page table and the Accreditation Canada list must be stated, not silently resolved. The CAMRT table marks Collège Ahuntsic as offering first-discipline programs in nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, radiological technology, and magnetic resonance, and Dawson College as offering a first-discipline magnetic resonance program, but the Accreditation Canada list names no magnetic resonance row for either institution and no radiation therapy row for Collège Ahuntsic. The Accreditation Canada list governs, per the CAMRT certification page. If a school's own page or the CAMRT table claims a program the Accreditation Canada list does not name, treat the program as unverified until the Accreditation Canada list names it or the destination regulator confirms in writing that it accepts it. The CAMRT table also uses the heading "Radiologic Technology" where the Accreditation Canada list and the CAMRT certification page use "Radiological Technology", and the CMRITO uses "radiography" for the same specialty: the same discipline under three names, not three disciplines. Admission requirements are set by each institution and change. This guide states no grade threshold, seat count, prerequisite list, program length beyond the Job Bank framing above, or tuition figure for any program, because none was verified on a program or regulator page linked in Sources. Confirm the current requirements on the program page you will actually apply to, and confirm with the destination regulator that the program meets its requirements before you enrol.
Step 2: Pass the CAMRT certification exam for your discipline, within the attempt and time limits
After the program, graduates write the CAMRT entry-to-practice certification exam for their discipline, except in Quebec, where Step 4 applies. The examination is a certification requirement, not a registration by itself: passing it earns the CAMRT certificate and the discipline designation, and registration with the applicable regulator or college is still required to practise in a regulated province, as the regulator pages in Step 3 state it. Do not book travel, give notice, or accept a post that requires registration on the assumption that an exam booking alone authorizes practice, and do not assume that passing the exam in one discipline authorizes practice in another.
The sitting pattern, fee, format, and eligibility stated here come only from CAMRT pages linked in Sources. The exam is offered three times a year, in January, May, and September, over two days at each sitting. Starting May 2025, radiological technology exams are held on Day 1, typically Monday, and radiation therapy, magnetic resonance, and nuclear medicine exams are held on Day 2, typically Tuesday. The confirmed 2027 sittings are January 11-12, 2027, with a registration period and accommodation submission deadline of September 28 to November 6, 2026; May 10-11, 2027, with registration January 25 to March 5, 2027; and September 13-14, 2027, with registration May 31 to July 9, 2027. The certification exam fee is $980, plus a remote proctoring fee of $88.63 plus applicable taxes or a test centre fee of $171.75 plus applicable taxes, all in Canadian dollars and subject to change without notice. All registration deadlines are final, with no exceptions permitted, as the CAMRT dates and fees page states it. The exam is a 4-hour, 185 multiple-choice question exam, computer-based and delivered by Yardstick Testing and Training, at an approved Canadian test centre or by virtual proctoring, with the candidate selecting the proctoring method at registration. Registration is a two-step process: exam application and fee payment on the CAMRT website, followed by seat booking and proctoring fee payment with Yardstick, and candidates who do not register with both CAMRT and Yardstick before the deadline must wait for the next sitting. The CAMRT linked pages state no pass mark, scaled score, or score-release window, and this guide states none: secondary and consultancy pages that quote a pass standard or a results timeline were not carried, because this guide carries no secondary figures. Confirm the pass standard, the result timing, and the current dates and fees on the CAMRT certification pages before you plan around a sitting or pay anything.
Eligibility and attempts are the two limits that end candidacies, and both are stated on CAMRT pages. Eligibility: graduates of a Canadian accredited MRT education program who graduated within the last five years, and internationally educated technologists who have had their education and experience assessed and have been approved to access the certification exam by CAMRT or by a provincial regulatory body. Attempts: a maximum of four attempts, one initial write and three rewrites, within a five-year period. Graduates of Canadian accredited programs must complete the four attempts within five years of successful completion of the program, or by a date determined by a regulatory body; internationally educated technologists within five years of the date of last practice in medical radiation technology, or by a date determined by a regulatory body. Candidates who access both the CAMRT and the Quebec OTIMROEPMQ certification exams have a combined total of four attempts. A candidate who cannot pass within four attempts and the established timeframe must complete a program in one of the disciplines accredited by Accreditation Canada. Plan the first attempt inside the five-year window with sittings to spare: the window runs from program completion, not from the first attempt, and a failed sitting consumes both an attempt and calendar time. A regulator may set a shorter date, so confirm the attempt position with the destination regulator as well as with CAMRT, because the regulator's date governs registration even where CAMRT would still allow a sitting.
You do not necessarily have to wait unemployed for a sitting, but the shape of any interim or provisional category is set by each regulator and must not be assumed. Alberta's provisional route, Saskatchewan's graduate practice licence, Nova Scotia's provisional licence for new graduates, New Brunswick's provisional registration, and Prince Edward Island's provisional register are set out in Step 3, each with its own duration, supervision, and expiry rules. Confirm the category, the supervision it requires, the title you may use while holding it, and the expiry rules with the destination regulator, because a provisional or graduate licence is not the same as full registration for independent practice, and in Nova Scotia a failed exam revokes the provisional licence.
Step 3: Register with the regulator or association where you will practise
Registration is where the provincial split bites, and the split is not uniform: some provinces license through a college, two provinces regulate through a council or college that Job Bank's older summary misses, and British Columbia, Manitoba, and the territories have no MRT regulator on the linked pages. You must hold the credential and registration the destination jurisdiction requires before you practise there and use the title. The bodies, as named on the pages linked in Sources, are:
Ontario: College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario (CMRITO). The CMRITO regulates five specialties: radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance, and diagnostic medical sonography. Applicants must complete a CMRITO-approved program in the specialty and successfully complete the examination set by CAMRT for the four MRT specialties, or the OTIMROEPMQ examination, or the Sonography Canada examinations for diagnostic medical sonography. The registration requirements page adds, for all applicants: verbal and written fluency in English or French, proved by program language or an approved fluency test, unless a labour mobility exception applies; Canadian citizenship, permanent residence, or authorization under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to practise; a jurisprudence course set or approved by the CMRITO; disclosure of criminal, disciplinary, and conduct matters; and payment of the application fee and any evaluation fee. The essential requirements add clinical practice in the specialty, or program completion, within the five years immediately before the application. No fee amount, insurance amount, or additional checklist item is stated in this guide for Ontario, because none was verified on a CMRITO page linked in Sources: confirm the full checklist and the fee schedule on the CMRITO portal pages before you apply. Ontario graduates follow the Ontario Application Guide, including the jurisprudence course. Do not carry another province's checklist into an Ontario application.
Alberta: Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists (ACMDTT). Registration is mandatory: to practise as an MRT, diagnostic medical sonographer, or electroneurophysiology technologist in Alberta and use the protected titles, you must be registered with the College and hold an active practice permit, and you must not practise, work, volunteer, or take part in orientation or training until written confirmation and a permit have issued. The ACMDTT registration requirements page requires, for MRTs, proof of eligibility to write, or a pass letter and certificate for, the CAMRT or OTIMROEPMQ certification exam; for diagnostic medical sonographers, the Sonography Canada examination; and for electroneurophysiology technologists, the CBRET examination. It also requires: post-secondary education proved by transcript or diploma; currency of practice, shown by graduation from an approved program within the past two years or relevant practice experience in the last five years, with the practice-hour figures a check on the ACMDTT pages, because no hour figure was stated on the page linked in Sources; English language proficiency, shown by graduation from an English-language approved program or an IRCC-approved English test at Canadian Language Benchmark level 7 or higher in each of the four abilities, taken within the last two years; good character, including a character declaration and verification of standing from other regulators; a criminal record check with vulnerable sector check no older than 90 days; current personal professional liability insurance, with employer-provided insurance expressly not accepted; and jurisprudence, shown by the College's Jurisprudence Education and the Alberta Federation of Regulated Health Professions Protecting Patients from Sexual Abuse and Misconduct course. A provisional route exists for applicants who have met all other requirements, still need to pass the approved certification examination, and hold a valid job offer in Alberta: the provisional practice permit lasts up to one year, must be renewed before December 31 to continue past that date, carries indirect supervision for restricted activities, and must be completed, with no extensions for unused examination attempts, within one year of receiving the permit. Confirm the current application route and fee schedule on the ACMDTT applicants pages, because the College's own pages, not Job Bank's older summary, govern.
Saskatchewan: College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Professionals of Saskatchewan (CMRIPS), formerly the Saskatchewan Association of Medical Radiation Technologists in older sources. To practise in Saskatchewan as a medical radiation and imaging professional, you must be registered as a practising member of CMRIPS. A full practice licence requires graduation from a CMRIPS Council-approved accredited Canadian educational program and a pass on the CAMRT national certification exam or the Sonography Canada national certification exam, plus: practice hours of a minimum of 1,200 MRIP practice hours in the primary discipline in the previous five years, or graduation from a Council-approved program within the preceding three years, or transfer with a full practice licence from another Canadian province or territory, with a second discipline requiring a minimum of 300 practice hours in the previous five years or the same graduation or transfer alternatives; professional liability insurance of at least $5,000,000 per incident and $5,000,000 per year; mandatory continuing education of a minimum of 10 credits per year; a criminal record check performed within the last three months; and completion of the College's jurisprudence course, six modules with a final 40-question multiple-choice exam passed at 75 percent or higher, with unlimited rewrites and no charge for the course. A graduate practice licence is available to a person who has completed a Council-approved program within the preceding three years, has registered to write the national certification exam, and has not yet passed it: it permits interim work under the direct supervision of a full practice member in the same discipline, may be issued for up to four months and renewed to a maximum of one year in total, and must be upgraded to a full practice licence on passing. Graduates of non-Canadian programs must first apply to CMRIPS as internationally educated MRIPs before applying for a licence. Confirm the fee amounts on the CMRIPS pages, because no fee amount is stated in this guide for Saskatchewan.
Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia College of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals (NSCMIRTP), also styled NSRMIRT on its own pages. The College licenses five disciplines: diagnostic medical sonography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, and radiological technology. Applicants must have successfully completed an approved program in the specified discipline, checking the Accreditation Canada list, and successfully completed an entrance-to-practice exam: CAMRT in the selected discipline, or the OTIMROEPMQ examination for those who did MIRTP education in Quebec, or Sonography Canada. The remaining requirements on the registration requirements page are: government-issued photo ID and any name-change documentation; legal entitlement to work in Canada; English language proficiency in reading and writing; good character shown by a clean vulnerable sector check obtained within six months of application and a clear internet search; required clinical practice hours within the past five years, with the hour figure a check on the College's currency policy, because no hour figure was stated on the page linked in Sources; evidence of sufficient personal liability insurance, stated on the Canadian-educated applicant page as a minimum of $2,000,000 per claim and $5,000,000 aggregate; evidence of good standing if transferring from another regulated jurisdiction; and completion of the jurisprudence module, 40 questions with an 85 percent pass mark and unlimited rewrites. New graduates waiting to write the exam or awaiting results are eligible for a provisional licence, on proof of registration to write the exam and a signed supervision acknowledgement, and if they fail the exam the provisional licence is revoked and they may not practise until they pass. The annual registration fee is $570 as of January 1, 2026, and the initial application fee is $150, as stated on the College page linked in Sources. The College's Canadian-educated applicant page lists the unregulated provinces for MRT purposes as Prince Edward Island for diagnostic medical sonography only, Newfoundland and Labrador for diagnostic medical sonography only, Manitoba, British Columbia, the territories, New Brunswick for diagnostic medical sonography only, Quebec for magnetic resonance imaging and diagnostic medical sonography only, and Alberta for diagnostic medical sonography only, which is the clearest statement in the linked pages that sonography regulation and MRT regulation do not move together. Confirm the current fees and currency hours on the NSCMIRTP pages before you apply.
New Brunswick: New Brunswick Regulatory College of Medical Radiation Technologists (NBRCMRT), Ordre des technologues en radiation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. Older sources name the New Brunswick Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (NBAMRT) as the body; the pages linked in Sources name the Regulatory College, and the College name governs. Registrants must be registered with the NBRCMRT to practise in New Brunswick, and must practise only in the specialty or specialties for which they are certified. The application form names four specialties: radiological technologist, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance, with a separate application for each specialty. Full practice registrants must be able to demonstrate a minimum of 500 hours of practice in each certified specialty within the last five years. Provisional registration may be available to graduates of an accredited program for the specialty within the last five years and to internationally educated MRTs granted eligibility to challenge the certification examination, issued for six months and renewable to a total not exceeding 12 months. Student affiliates must register for clinical placements in New Brunswick. The full registration checklist, including the examination proof, criminal record and vulnerable sector check currency, and any jurisprudence step, is a check on the NBRCMRT pages and application forms, because no complete domestic checklist page could be verified: confirm it there, and do not carry another province's checklist into a New Brunswick application.
Prince Edward Island: College of Allied Health Professionals of PEI (CAHPPEI). Medical radiation technology became a regulated health profession in Prince Edward Island on May 1, 2021, and all technologists working in the profession must be registered with the College to practise or use their titles, which corrects Job Bank's older summary. There are three registers: the general register, where most professionals are registered; the special register, for professionals registered in other regulated Canadian provinces applying to practise in Prince Edward Island for a limited time and special purpose; and the provisional register, for graduates awaiting results, where recent graduates can work under the supervision of a general registrant of the same profession and designation until exam results are provided. Provisional registration cannot be reinstated and may be renewed only once. Under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, a professional registered and in good standing with a college in any other regulated Canadian province can apply and get registered in Prince Edward Island on completion of the CAHPPEI Jurisprudence Examination. General registration requirements under Prince Edward Island's Regulated Health Professions Act are: entitlement to work in Canada; reasonable proficiency in written and spoken English; education and examination requirements in the regulations; currency of professional knowledge and skills in the regulations; and no disqualifying offence or disciplinary finding. Required documents include criminal record screening with a vulnerable sector check and a certificate of professional liability insurance with minimum coverage of $2 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate per year. Confirm the education and examination requirements, the currency requirements, and the fee schedule on the CAHPPEI pages, because no program list, exam-name, or fee figure beyond the insurance minimum is stated in this guide for Prince Edward Island.
Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland and Labrador Council of Health Professionals (NLCHP). To practise in Newfoundland and Labrador as a medical radiation technologist, you must apply for and have confirmation that registration is approved before commencing work; practising without a valid practising licence is subject to a penalty of $100 per day worked and, where the period exceeds three days, discipline under the Health Professions Act, 2010. The national examination for MRTs is the CAMRT Certification Exam, with proof of successful completion required for each discipline applied for. Applicants must submit government-issued photo identification; a certificate of conduct and vulnerable sector check dated within six months of the application date, with originals forwarded to the NLCHP office; proof of professional liability insurance showing name, dates, and amount of coverage, with a minimum of $5,000,000; certificates for required online courses, completed within three months of the application date, covering custodial and direct contact with personal health information and the NLCHP jurisprudence course; official transcripts or proof of program completion sent directly from the educational institution; and proof of practice hours by employer letter confirming hours practised in the previous four years: at least 1,000 hours in one discipline, or for two disciplines at least 1,000 hours with at least 400 hours in each, or for three or four disciplines at least 400 hours in each. Individuals currently or previously registered in another jurisdiction must provide verification of registration or letters of good standing sent directly from the regulatory body. A registration decision will be made no later than 20 business days after all required documentation has been submitted, and the applicant may not commence employment until their name appears on the NLCHP list of registered health professionals. Confirm the fee amounts on the NLCHP pages, because no fee amount is stated in this guide for Newfoundland and Labrador.
British Columbia and Manitoba have no registration checklist stated in this guide, for the reasons in the FAQ above. British Columbia does not currently regulate MRTs, and CAMRT certification is the eligibility route. Manitoba requires the CAMRT certification exam, with CAMRT-MB as the provincial services arm, and any further Manitoba step is a check with CAMRT-MB or the employer. Do not treat the absence of a regulator as the absence of a requirement: in both provinces the CAMRT certificate is what an employer or health authority will ask for, and the BC Health Careers and Health Careers Manitoba pages state it. Moving provinces means applying to the new province's regulator or college. The program and the exam are national in character, but registration is granted jurisdiction by jurisdiction, and the new regulator assesses the application under its own rules, including verification of registration and good standing from every jurisdiction practised in, criminal record checks at its own currency, and its own jurisprudence and insurance requirements. Labour mobility eases that process but does not remove the application: Prince Edward Island's CFTA route, Saskatchewan's transfer checklist requiring a CFTA certificate from the current licensing body, and Nova Scotia's good-standing evidence all still require an application and documents. Pick the province first, check that regulator's program approval before applying to a program, and re-check it before moving. That order is what the whole system rewards.
Step 4: Quebec's route, planned separately, stated only from the OTIMROEPMQ linked pages
Quebec is the exception to plan around from the start, not a detail to discover after graduation. To practise in Quebec you need a permit from the OTIMROEPMQ, the professional order that governs medical imaging technologists, radio-oncology technologists, and medical electrophysiology technologists. The domestic Quebec route, stated only from the Order's exam information document and its internationally educated page, which also states the general permit mechanics, runs: complete a DEC giving access to the permit in one of the five programs named in Step 4's FAQ answer; write and pass the Order's admission exam; register on the Tableau of the Order and pay the annual dues; and take the oath, without which, as the Order states, a new member may not practise under any condition. The exam sittings are in June and November, the pass mark is at least 60 percent of 150 points, results show only pass or fail in the student's portal, with a personalized percentage report by competency on failure, and attempts are capped at four in total including CAMRT attempts, with a fifth chance on written request with additional training. The exam fee is $1,133.65 taxes included, as stated in the Order's fee summary and in its January 2023 exam document at $986 plus taxes: confirm the current fee on the OTIMROEPMQ portal before paying, because the exam document is dated January 2023 and fees are stated there as subject to change without notice.
The French-language condition is the second gate, and it is stated only from the Order's pages. Under the Charter of the French language, every member of a professional order in Quebec must have sufficient knowledge of French, as the Order's page states it. The Order sets out three ways to meet the Office québécois de la langue française requirements without the OQLF exam: at least three years of full-time secondary or post-secondary instruction in French; success in the French mother-tongue exams of the fourth or fifth year of secondary level; or a Quebec secondary diploma. Otherwise the candidate must pass the OQLF French exam, covering oral expression, written expression, oral comprehension, and written comprehension, passing each activity in the same sitting, and send the attestation of success to the Order's admission service to obtain a regular permit. Where the OQLF requirements are not met, the Order issues a temporary permit valid for one year, renewable up to three times under conditions. The French requirement is not a formality to arrange after arrival: without the proof, at most a temporary permit is available, and it expires. The Quebec programs on the Accreditation Canada list run in French by program name, which is consistent with planning the French requirement from the start rather than discovering it at permit stage.
For a technologist registered in another Canadian province, no OTIMROEPMQ other-province permit page could be verified, so the permit-on-permit steps, any additional training, and the examination position for a CAMRT-certified applicant moving to Quebec are checks with the OTIMROEPMQ, not settled steps in this guide. Do not assume CAMRT certification converts automatically into a Quebec permit, and do not assume the June and November exam pattern, the DEC requirement, or the French proof can be waived by holding a CAMRT certificate. For a candidate trained outside Canada, the Order's internationally educated page states its own equivalence route: a comparative evaluation from the Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration, certified diploma and program documents, admission committee analysis within a maximum of three months for a complete file, and, where equivalence is accepted, an AEC integration program at Collège Ahuntsic for radiodiagnosis candidates, 8 months and 840 hours, or top-up training plus an observation and integration stage of at least one month, 140 hours, for the other domains, before the admission exam. Start with the OTIMROEPMQ, not with another province's regulator, if Quebec is the destination. Confirm with the Order whether the CAMRT exam has any role in your route, since the Order's exam document treats CAMRT attempts as cumulative with its own, and confirm the current fees on the Order's pages, including the fee summary on the internationally educated page, before you plan around a Quebec posting.
Step 5: The territories, and staying current
No territory regulator page could be verified, and this guide states no territory registration route. Job Bank's registration list names provinces and the Northwest Territories only in its association-membership line, which proves nothing about Yukon or Nunavut on its own, and the CAMRT assessment page's routing wording refers to the Northern Territory in the singular, which does not name a territory regulator either. Nova Scotia's college lists the territories among unregulated provinces for MRT purposes. Confirm with the territorial health authority or the employer what credential and examination evidence a territorial post requires before you assume a provincial registration is either necessary or sufficient, and hold CAMRT certification if you want a credential that travels back to a regulated province. Do not carry a provincial route into a territory on assumption, and do not assume that the absence of a named territory regulator means no employer requirement applies. A provincial registration, once held, does not authorize practice in a territory on its own: the territorial employer's requirements govern the post.
Registration and certification are not one-time events. Regulators require evidence of continuing competency and practice at renewal, and the cycles and hour requirements are published per regulator rather than nationally. Saskatchewan requires a minimum of 10 continuing education credits per year for maintaining membership and licensure, as its registration page states it. New Brunswick full practice registration requires 500 hours of practice in each certified specialty within the last five years. Newfoundland and Labrador measures practice hours over the previous four years at registration, as set out in Step 3. This guide states no renewal cycle, practice-hour figure, or continuing education figure for Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Manitoba, or Nova Scotia, because none was verified on a regulator page linked in Sources. Do not carry one regulator's renewal numbers into another's, and do not assume a regulator's renewal rules are the same as its initial-registration rules. Check your own regulator's renewal page, and keep the record that renewal asks for, practice hours, continuing education, and proof of liability insurance, from the first year of practice, because reconstructing it later is the part that fails. Specialty certificates after certification, such as the CAMRT certificates in computed tomography, breast imaging, interventional radiology, PET/CT, and dosimetry named on the CAMRT-BC page, are post-certification credentials in practice areas, not entry-to-practice disciplines, and they do not substitute for the entry-to-practice exam or for registration in a discipline.
If you trained outside Canada, start with the assessing body and the equivalence assessment, not with a school or an examination booking. The CAMRT assessment determines language proficiency, substantial similarity of qualifications, and work experience, and requires a World Education Services document-by-document evaluation, the diploma or degree certificate and official transcript, the program curriculum and course outlines, a clinical competency assessment and confirmation of employment letter where the applicant has post-graduation work experience within the past five years, and evidence of English or French fluency. The assessment fees on the CAMRT page are $150 for the application, $300 for the review, and $120 for re-assessment. Province-first routing applies: Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec applicants are assessed by the provincial regulator; Saskatchewan applicants first apply to the CMRIPS; Nova Scotia applicants first apply to the NSRMIRT; and applicants for the remaining provinces and the Northern Territory, in the CAMRT page's wording, apply to the CAMRT. Quebec employs its own equivalence process through the OTIMROEPMQ, so start with the Order, not with another province's regulator, if Quebec is the destination. There is no MRT-specific foreign-credentials guide on this site; the general foreign-credentials guide linked below is the starting point, and the assessing body's internationally educated pages govern the route. During the October 2026 portal transition, confirm on the CAMRT assessment page whether new applications are being accepted before submitting anything, because the page states a pause effective October 12, 2026 and an anticipated portal launch by early November 2026.
Diagnostic medical sonography: the boundary to respect before you plan around ultrasound
Sonography is the one neighbouring field where MRT certification must not be assumed to be the whole credential. Sonography Canada is the official credentialing body for diagnostic medical sonographers in Canada, and its credentials, CRGS, CRCS, and CRVS, require both knowledge-based examinations and the Canadian Clinical Skills Assessment, as the FAQ answer sets out. Accreditation Canada lists diagnostic medical sonography programs separately from the four MRT program families, and the CMRITO regulates it as a fifth specialty with Sonography Canada examinations, while the CAMRT does not examine in it at all. Quebec's Order covers medical sonography as one of its five DEC domains under its own admission exam, which is a Quebec permit route, not a CAMRT route. In Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island the same regulator or college covers both MRT and sonography, but under separate exam routes and separate credentials. The practical rule is simple: if the post, the machine, or the examination is ultrasound, the credential to check is the Sonography Canada credential and the accredited sonography program behind it, not a CAMRT certificate in another discipline. Do not enrol in an MRT program expecting it to qualify you in sonography, do not count a sonography program row in the MRT program count, and do not carry MRT exam attempts, fees, or sitting dates into a sonography plan. State the check by naming the Sonography Canada pages and the destination regulator, and resolve it before the first ultrasound post, not after.
Before you spend anything: the checks that save a year
First, choose the discipline before the program, and confirm that the program you intend to enter is listed by Accreditation Canada in that discipline, with a status that will still satisfy the destination regulator at your graduation date, because a program in a neighbouring discipline at the same institution is a different credential, and an Admitted or Accredited with Condition entry carries a status risk the list itself warns about. Second, confirm whether the magnetic resonance entry you are considering is a first-discipline entry or a second-discipline entry for already-certified technologists, on the program page, because the Accreditation Canada list labels some entries as second discipline and the CAMRT table marks others the same way without the list saying so. Third, confirm the CAMRT exam dates, fee, and attempt position on the CAMRT certification pages, including the five-year window from program completion and the combined four-attempt total with Quebec, because the fee and sitting figures in this guide are stated as subject to change without notice on the CAMRT page itself. Fourth, confirm the full registration checklist, including any jurisprudence step, language proficiency, criminal record check currency, liability insurance amount, and currency-of-practice evidence, on the destination regulator's own page, because only Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador checklists are stated in this guide from linked pages, and British Columbia and Manitoba are certification-first checks. Fifth, resolve the Quebec question before you plan: if you intend to practise in Quebec, confirm the recognized DEC program, the Order's admission exam, the Tableau registration and oath, and the French-language proof with the OTIMROEPMQ, and do not plan on a CAMRT sitting for Quebec until the Order confirms it has any role. Sixth, resolve the sonography question before you enrol: if ultrasound is the goal, follow the Sonography Canada route from an accredited sonography program, because MRT certification does not cover it. Seventh, confirm every fee on the fee schedule of the body that charges it, the school, CAMRT, the OTIMROEPMQ, or the regulator, on the day you pay, because no tuition, program, registration, or licence fee figure is stated in this guide other than the CAMRT exam fee, the CAMRT assessment fees, the OTIMROEPMQ exam fee, and the Nova Scotia registration fees stated from linked pages. Eighth, if you trained outside Canada, stop and follow the IEMRT assessment route for your intended province, starting from the general foreign-credentials guide, because the domestic steps do not assess foreign education or training, and confirm whether the CAMRT credential assessment portal is accepting new applications before submitting anything.
What this guide could not verify
This guide states no wage or salary figure for medical radiation technologists in any province or territory, including the wage figures on the BC Health Careers page linked in Sources, which are left out under this guide's figures rule because that page is a careers page, not a regulator or college page. It states no tuition figure for any program. It states no program count beyond the 53 Canadian rows counted by name on the Accreditation Canada list last updated October 30, 2026, no seat count, quota, application count, or admission statistic, and no admission grade threshold or prerequisite list, because no program page could be verified as the governing source for those figures. It states no registration fee, licence fee, application fee, or association membership fee, other than the CAMRT exam fee, the CAMRT assessment fees, the OTIMROEPMQ exam fee, and the Nova Scotia registration fees stated in the body, because fees change by schedule and the body that charges the fee owns the figure. It states no CAMRT pass mark, scaled score, or score-release window, because no CAMRT page states one, and secondary figures for those items are left out. It states no Alberta practice-hour figure for currency of practice, no Nova Scotia currency hour figure, no Ontario insurance amount, and no Saskatchewan fee amount, because no regulator page linked in Sources states them. It states no British Columbia or Manitoba registration checklist, no territory registration route, no Quebec permit-on-permit route for CAMRT-certified applicants, and no Quebec magnetic resonance route, because no such page could be verified. It states no Sonography Canada exam fee, sitting date, or fee figure, because no Sonography Canada fee page could be verified. Where a figure is left out, the guide points to the page that owns it instead of carrying a secondary source's number. Confirm every fee, deadline, attempt rule, program status, examination requirement, and registration step on the school, CAMRT, OTIMROEPMQ, Sonography Canada, or regulator page that owns it, on the day you apply or pay.
Related guides:
- How to Become a Physiotherapist in Canada — a different regulated health profession: the domestic route into physiotherapy, with its own national examination and provincial college steps. Read this only if physiotherapy, not medical radiation technology, is your goal.
- How to Start Getting Your Foreign Credentials Recognized in Canada — the general newcomer starting point for credential recognition across professions, for internationally educated technologists who need the IEMRT assessment route. There is no MRT-specific foreign-credentials guide on this site.
- How to Become a Respiratory Therapist in Canada — a different regulated health profession: the domestic route into respiratory therapy, with its own accredited programs and provincial steps. Read this only if respiratory therapy, not medical radiation technology, is your goal.