The domestic route to practising as a psychologist in Canada: the doctoral or master’s degree the destination province requires for the title, supervised practice under the provincial or territorial regulator, the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology where it applies, and registration before you practise. Quebec runs a separate permit route through the Ordre des psychologues du Québec without the EPPP.
Applies in: across Canada
This guide covers one route only: a student in Canada who completes a graduate degree in psychology, completes supervised practice as the destination regulator requires it, passes the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) where the destination jurisdiction requires it, and registers with the regulator in the province or territory where they will work. It is not the route for a psychologist who trained abroad, and it is not a route to practising as a counsellor or therapist under a different title without registration. An internationally educated psychologist follows the internationally educated route the destination regulator states, starting from the general foreign-credentials guide linked below. Do not mix the steps: a graduate degree alone does not register you, passing the EPPP alone does not register you, and supervised practice completed without the regulator's register and supervision arrangements does not count on assumption. This guide gives administrative process only. It gives no clinical or therapeutic advice, and it does not assess whether any individual reader qualifies for admission, supervised practice, examination, or registration.
Two kinds of bodies divide the work, and confusing them is the expensive mistake. The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) develops and administers the EPPP. The regulator in your province or territory licenses you to practise and to use the title. Job Bank, for Psychologists under National Occupational Classification 31200, states the national shape that this guide starts from: a doctoral degree for the Psychologist designation in some provinces, a master’s degree for that designation in others, a master’s degree for the Psychological Associate designation in four provinces, supervised practical experience in most jurisdictions, successful completion of the written EPPP in most provinces, oral examinations and board interviews in some provinces, registration with a regulatory body in all provinces, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and written ethics and jurisprudence examinations in some jurisdictions. That Job Bank framing is the starting point, not the last word. The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) licensing table adds a province-by-province compilation of entry requirements, supervised experience, and examinations, but the table carries no date on the page and it is a compilation rather than a regulator page. This guide therefore treats the CPA table as a pointer to regulator pages, not as proof of any single province's current rule, and it flags every province whose route could not be verified on its own regulator page as a regulator check. Where a regulator page states a figure, this guide states it with that page named. Where no regulator page states it, this guide states the Job Bank or CPA position, labels it a regulator check, and points to the regulator page that owns the figure. Confirm the current rule on the regulator page on the day you rely on it, because registration rules change and older summaries linger.
The first decision is the title you will hold in the place where you will practise, because the degree level follows the title and the title follows the province. Job Bank states the split in full. A doctoral degree in psychology is required in order to use the designation Psychologist in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. A master’s degree in psychology is required for the designation Psychologist in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. A master’s degree in psychology is required in order to use the designation Psychological Associate in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. Yukon is absent from the Job Bank split, because the Job Bank page lists registration for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut and names no Yukon regulator entry; Yukon is dealt with separately in Step 7, on the Government of Yukon page.
Read that split as a planning warning, not as a ranking. A master’s route is not a shorter version of a doctoral route that leads to the same title everywhere. In a doctoral province, the master’s route leads to the Psychological Associate title, with its own supervised practice and examination requirements, and the scope and supervision conditions of that title are set by the regulator. In a master’s province, the master’s route leads to the Psychologist title, again on the regulator's own conditions. The CPA licensing table reflects the same split in different words for several provinces, including Registered Doctoral Psychologist and Registered Psychologist titles in Saskatchewan and a Psychological Associate scope described as practice supervised by a psychologist in Manitoba, but those table wordings were not verified on the Saskatchewan or Manitoba regulator pages, and this guide does not carry them as verified regulator wording. Confirm the exact title, the scope the regulator attaches to it, and any supervision condition on the regulator page for the destination province.
Verification status by province matters here, and it is stated plainly so no reader mistakes a compilation for a regulator rule. Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec were verified on regulator or Ordre pages, as Steps 2 to 6 set out. British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador rest on the Job Bank split and the CPA table, because it could not be verified on an official page; each is a regulator check. The Northwest Territories rests on the Job Bank split plus the Government of the Northwest Territories licence pages, which confirm licence types and fees but state no degree rule on official pages; the degree rule for the Northwest Territories is a regulator check. Nunavut rests on the Job Bank split alone, and it is a regulator check. Yukon rests on the Government of Yukon page, as Step 7 sets out. Do not choose a degree program on the strength of the split alone. Choose it after the destination regulator confirms, in writing on its own page, that the program level and the title match.
Graduate education in psychology runs through a master’s degree and, for the doctoral route, a doctorate. This guide states no program length, no admission average, no prerequisite list, and no tuition figure for any program, because those figures could not be verified on an official page. Confirm prerequisites, deadlines, and costs on the program page for the cycle you intend to apply in, and confirm with the destination regulator that the program meets its academic requirements before you enrol.
CPA accreditation is the check most often overstated. The CPA page states the position in full: individual practitioners are licensed while programmes in psychology can be accredited; it is the doctoral or internship programme that must voluntarily apply for and undergo accreditation; a student can claim to have graduated from an accredited programme if the programme was accredited at the time of the student's graduation; accreditation is voluntary but allows programmes to demonstrate that they have met a community standard of training; graduation from an accredited doctoral programme is not a requirement for registration as a psychologist and not always a requirement of employers, but it can be an advantage, and applicants from accredited programmes often receive fast-track credential reviews by regulatory bodies; and the CPA accredits doctoral programmes and internships in professional areas of psychology, with a listing of CPA-accredited programmes on the CPA website. No program count is stated, and no individual program's accreditation status is stated. Confirm the status of a named program on the CPA list on the day you rely on it, and confirm with the destination regulator whether accreditation changes anything in your file. Do not treat a program's own claim of accreditation, or a university page that names CPA accreditation in passing, as proof of current status.
Practica and the pre-doctoral internship sit inside the graduate degree, and they are part of the academic requirement rather than an optional placement. Only two regulator pages state practicum and internship figures, and only those figures are carried. Prince Edward Island states at least 600 hours of doctoral practicum and at least 1,700 hours of doctoral internship for Psychologist registration, and at least 300 hours of practicum and at least 850 hours of internship for Psychological Associate registration, with a regulation provision allowing the board to identify post-degree supervised practice as an equivalent substitute where those minimums are not met. Alberta describes a pre-doctoral internship route through its registration pages, with a request for credit where an internship has been completed, and states 1,600 hours of supervised and evaluated practice as a registration requirement alongside the examinations; the Alberta pages do not state a separate practicum hour figure, and none is carried for Alberta. For every other province and territory, confirm the practicum and internship the regulator will credit on the regulator page, and confirm what the program itself includes on the program page. A practicum completed outside the regulator's requirements is not credited on assumption, and an internship in one province does not automatically satisfy another province's internship rule.
Supervised practice is a separate requirement from the degree, and it is completed under the regulator's supervision arrangements. Job Bank states that a period of supervised practical experience is required in most jurisdictions, without stating a length. The lengths this guide states are only the three that sat on regulator or government pages. Alberta states 1,600 hours of supervised and evaluated practice, completed as a registered provisional psychologist, with a supervision plan and a five-year provisional term. Prince Edward Island states at least 1,700 hours of approved supervised post-degree practice for Psychologist registration and at least 3,400 hours for Psychological Associate registration, completed while on the candidate register under the board's supervision expectations. Yukon states a supervision plan for 1,600 hours of supervised practice in the Yukon within three years of provisional registration, under one or more supervisors who hold a full Yukon psychologist certificate. No other supervised practice figure is stated in this guide. In particular, no figure is stated for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut, because no figure for those jurisdictions sat on a regulator page. The CPA licensing table lists figures for several of those jurisdictions, including 1,500-hour and year-based formulations, but those table figures were not verified on the regulator pages and are flagged here as regulator checks, not carried figures. Confirm the figure, the supervision plan or agreement, the supervisor qualifications, the reporting schedule, and the time limit on the regulator page itself before you start counting hours or accept a supervised position.
The register you practise under during supervision also differs, and the register decides what you may call yourself and where you may practise while supervised. Alberta registers applicants as registered provisional psychologists once academic credentials are approved, and full registration follows only after CAP confirms all requirements are complete. Ontario requires applicants who hold a doctoral degree and have not previously been registered as a Psychologist, or who were registered where requirements are not equivalent, to apply for a certificate of registration authorizing supervised practice, and it applies the same supervised practice certificate structure to master’s applicants for Psychological Associate registration. Prince Edward Island places applicants on a candidate register, states that a Psychologist Candidate may not operate an independent private practice, and states that candidates most frequently work in a public setting during supervised practice. Saskatchewan registers applicants as provisional members once an approved supervision plan is in place, as its initial registration document states. For British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, confirm the register, the title permitted while on it, the practice settings permitted, and the supervision conditions on the regulator page. Do not practise independently, and do not use the full Psychologist title, until the regulator confirms the registration that authorizes that practice.
The EPPP is the national written examination, and it is required in most provinces. Job Bank states that successful completion of the written EPPP is required in most provinces, and the CPA table states an EPPP requirement for every jurisdiction except Quebec. Quebec is the exception, as Step 6 sets out. For the other provinces and territories, confirm on the regulator page whether the EPPP is required, which part or parts, and what passing score the regulator applies, because the CPA table alone does not prove any single regulator's current rule. The regulator pages that do state an EPPP position are Alberta, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and Yukon, and each is set out below. British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut EPPP positions rest on the CPA table and Job Bank and are regulator checks.
ASPPB states the examination itself. The EPPP consists of two parts. Part 1-Knowledge assesses general knowledge of psychology, intervention, and assessment, theories in areas such as cognition, affect, and development, and awareness of research topics and factors affecting psychological functioning, through 225 multiple-choice items, 175 scored and 50 pretest, in 4 hours and 15 minutes for the items. Part 2-Skills assesses application of the Part 1 knowledge to decision-making in typical situations of real-world independent practice, through 170 items, 130 scored and 40 pretest, in 4 hours and 10 minutes for the items, including scenario and audio and video item types. Part 2-Skills can only be taken after Part 1-Knowledge has been taken and passed, and it requires its own application and approval. All 66 ASPPB member jurisdictions require a passing score on Part 1-Knowledge before licensure, while only some require Part 2-Skills. The College of Alberta Psychologists states that Part 2-Skills is not currently a registration requirement of that college, and that throughout its examinations page EPPP refers to Part 1-Knowledge unless otherwise specified. That Alberta position must not be carried into another province. Confirm the Part 2 position with the destination regulator.
Scores follow the ASPPB recommendation unless the regulator sets its own. ASPPB recommends a passing score of 500 for independent practice and 450 for supervised practice on each part, on a scaled score range from 200 to 800, and states that each board sets the passing standard in its own jurisdiction. The September 2026 handbook adds that all licensing authorities accept the ASPPB recommended passing score for independent practice on Part 1-Knowledge, with some variation on the supervised practice score. Regulator pages that state a 500 figure are Alberta, which states a passing score of a scale score of 500 or higher and 500 out of 800, and Prince Edward Island, which states a minimum scaled score of 500 on EPPP Part 1 on no more than four attempts. Yukon states its EPPP pass as a minimum of 70 per cent on the Government of Yukon page. Do not convert a 500 scaled score into a percentage, and do not carry a 70 per cent figure from one jurisdiction into another, unless the regulator page for the destination jurisdiction states that equivalence itself.
Fees, attempts, and timing come from the ASPPB handbook, and they belong to the handbook in force on the day you register. The September 2026 EPPP Candidate Handbook states an English Part 1-Knowledge fee of $600 USD per sitting plus a $91.88 test sitting fee, an English Part 2-Skills fee of $450 USD per sitting plus a $91.88 test sitting fee, and a French Part 1-Knowledge fee of $600 USD per sitting plus a $91.88 test sitting fee, with all fees non-refundable. Candidates must first apply for licensure to the licensing authority, which reviews credentials and approves the candidate to sit; once approved, the candidate registers through the Clarus portal, pays the examination and sitting fees there, and must sit within 12 months of payment unless the licensing authority sets an earlier testing window end date. On retakes, the handbook states that a candidate may not take either part more than four times in any 12-month period, that retake rules vary by licensing authority, and that waiting approximately 90 days from the last test date is recommended. Regulators add their own attempt rules on top of that ceiling: Alberta states policies limiting EPPP attempts from January 1, 2023, a study plan requirement on second and third applications after an unsuccessful first attempt from August 1, 2026, and a five-year provisional term within which the EPPP must be passed; Prince Edward Island states no more than four attempts for the 500 score. Confirm the attempt limit, any waiting period, and any study plan or upgrading consequence with the destination regulator before you write, because the ASPPB ceiling does not override a stricter regulator rule.
The examination is changing, and a sitting near the change needs a version check. ASPPB states that the current Part 1-Knowledge and Part 2-Skills will remain available to approved candidates until the integrated EPPP takes effect in the fourth quarter of 2027, that candidates who failed a part before the effective date may retake that part through March 31, 2028, and that effective April 1, 2028 the integrated EPPP will be the only examination accessible to all candidates. The integrated examination fee will be $650 effective April 1, 2028, as ASPPB states on its cost update page. The College of Alberta Psychologists states the same April 1, 2028 date for the integrated examination becoming the only version. Confirm with the destination regulator which version it will accept for a sitting near the transition, and confirm the current handbook fee and format on the day you register. No EPPP pass rate is stated in this guide, because no pass rate sat in the ASPPB handbook or on an ASPPB page, and secondary pass rate figures are not stated here.
Jurisdiction examinations sit alongside the EPPP, and the set is different in each place. Job Bank states that oral examinations and board interviews are required in some provinces and that written ethics and jurisprudence examinations may be required in some jurisdictions. The pages confirm the pattern without proving any complete set. Ontario lists three examinations for both Psychologist and Psychological Associate supervised practice: the EPPP, the Jurisprudence and Ethics Examination, and an oral examination. Alberta requires the EPPP and the Law and Ethics for Alberta Psychologists examination, and states no oral examination requirement on the examinations page. Prince Edward Island requires the EPPP and the board's oral examination on ethics, standards, and local jurisprudence. New Brunswick states EPPP administration through ASPPB and interim membership under supervision, and the CPA table states an oral examination or interview, which this guide carries only as a CPA table position to confirm on the college page. Yukon requires the EPPP, a jurisprudence examination, and a Yukon First Nations 101 course. For British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, confirm the full examination set, including any jurisprudence, ethics, or oral step, on the regulator page. Do not assume that passing the EPPP completes the examination requirements in any province.
Registration is the final gate, and it is provincial or territorial. Job Bank states that registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and it names the regulator for each jurisdiction on its page: the College of Alberta Psychologists, the College of Psychologists of British Columbia as named on the Job Bank page, the Psychological Association of Manitoba, the College of Psychologists of New Brunswick, the Newfoundland and Labrador Psychology Board, the Registrar of Psychologists for the Northwest Territories, the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology, the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario, the Psychological Association of Prince Edward Island as named on the Job Bank page, the Ordre des psychologues du Québec, and the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists. Regulator names change, and several of those names are already out of date on the pages. Ontario now operates as the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario, with the college pages carrying the CPBAO name. British Columbia psychology now sits with the College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia, as secondary pages state, so the current British Columbia regulator name and registration route are a regulator check. Prince Edward Island registration runs through the Prince Edward Island Psychologists Registration Board, as its own applications page states, rather than the association name on the Job Bank page. The current Nova Scotia regulator name is a regulator check. Confirm the regulator's current name, contact details, and application route on its own page before you apply, and do not rely on the Job Bank regulator list as current.
The registration steps, document file, language requirements, standing certificates, and licence categories differ by regulator, and this guide states no province-specific document list beyond the pages cited, because it could not be verified on an official page. The patterns that do sit on official pages, stated only as patterns to confirm, are provisional or candidate registers during supervised practice, supervision plans or agreements approved by the regulator, and a final registration step after examinations and supervised practice are complete. Alberta states a final registration change form with three professional references, one of whom must be a registered psychologist, after CAP confirms all requirements. Saskatchewan states an initial application with official transcripts, a supervision agreement and supervision plan for each employer or agency, and provisional registration only once the supervision plan is approved. Prince Edward Island states candidate application forms, supervision documents, and an oral examination after supervised practice, with separate forms for applicants already registered elsewhere under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Ontario states an eligibility review option for applicants who have completed education but have not yet secured employment and supervisors, through which the college reviews academic credentials and the applicant may write the jurisprudence and EPPP examinations once deemed eligible. Confirm the application route, the document file, the fee schedule, and the processing order with the destination regulator, because an application filed in the wrong order, or without the supervision plan the regulator requires, does not start the clock.
If you are already registered in another Canadian jurisdiction and seek registration in a new province or territory, confirm the labour mobility or out-of-province route with the destination regulator before assuming the domestic-graduate file applies unchanged. Ontario states an autonomous practice route for applicants currently fully registered elsewhere in Canada, with the Jurisprudence and Ethics Examination as the remaining step and an interim autonomous practice certificate for up to twelve months while preparing for it. Prince Edward Island states a Canadian Free Trade Agreement fast-track application for applicants registered for independent practice elsewhere in Canada, with the board oral examination to follow. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the other regulators each state their own conditions for applicants registered elsewhere. Each regulator states its own conditions, and a registration in one province does not by itself grant a title in another.
Quebec is the province where the domestic route runs through a different licensing body and without the EPPP, and this guide states only what the Ordre page states. The Ordre des psychologues du Québec page for obtaining a psychologist permit with a Quebec diploma lists three requirements. First, hold a doctoral degree in psychology from among those determined by the regulation on diplomas issued by designated educational institutions that give entitlement to permits and specialist certificates of professional orders, and the page names the Quebec doctoral degrees that give access to the permit, university by university, including the University of Montreal, the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, the University of Quebec at Montreal, the University of Quebec in Outaouais, the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, the University of Sherbrooke, Laval University, Concordia University, and McGill University, plus two extension-program degrees. Second, pass a course on professional ethics equivalent to a course of at least 45 hours offered by the Ordre or a university course recognized by the Ordre. Third, possess appropriate knowledge of French under the Professional Code and the Charter of the French language, with three deemed-knowledge routes stated on the page and an Office québécois de la langue française examination attestation required in the other cases, subject to the temporary permit provision for persons from outside Quebec stated in the Charter article quoted on the page. No EPPP requirement, no supervised practice hour figure, and no application fee is stated for Quebec in this guide, because none sat on the Ordre page. Confirm the diploma match, the ethics course, the French-language proof, and every other permit detail with the Ordre before you plan around a Quebec posting. A graduate of a Quebec program who intends to practise outside Quebec follows the EPPP and the destination regulator, as Steps 3 and 4 describe, and must confirm with that regulator how the Quebec degree is treated. A psychologist registered in another Canadian jurisdiction who intends to practise in Quebec follows the Ordre page for Canadian psychologists recognized outside Quebec, which states its own conditions including the ethics course and the French-language requirements, and must not assume the steps in this guide transfer unchanged.
Yukon is now regulated, and its route is stated on the Government of Yukon page; confirm the current requirements there before you apply, because Yukon regulation is recent. The page states that all psychologists providing services to Yukoners must register, hold a Yukon certificate, and renew the certificate every year, for services provided in person, in writing, by phone, virtually, or online. It states four certificate types. A full certificate allows work to the full extent of the Yukon regulations and use of the psychologist, registered psychologist, and registered doctoral psychologist titles, on either full registration in another Canadian jurisdiction in good standing or a master’s degree or doctorate in psychology from an approved degree program, passing the Examination of Professional Practice in Psychology or equivalent with a minimum passing score of 70 per cent, and meeting the transition-period requirements from a Yukon provisional certificate. A provisional certificate allows work under supervision under the title of provisional psychologist, on a master’s degree or doctorate from an approved program, a supervision plan for 1,600 hours of supervised practice in the Yukon within three years, and supervisors who hold a full Yukon certificate. A courtesy certificate and an inactive certificate are also described, for temporary work and for maintaining standing while not actively practising. Required documents for a full certificate include proof of jurisprudence examination completion and proof of Yukon First Nations 101 completion, alongside identification, degree proof, liability insurance proof, and a criminal record check. The CPA licensing table states the same Yukon shape, including graduate coursework in formal assessment and pre- and post-degree clinical supervision hours in formal assessment, the jurisprudence and ethics examination, and the Yukon First Nations 101 course, but the assessment coursework wording was not on the Yukon page and is flagged as a regulator check. Confirm the current certificate types, eligibility, documents, and fees on the Government of Yukon page on the day you apply, because Yukon regulation is recent.
The Northwest Territories position is partial in this guide. Job Bank states a master’s degree for the Psychologist designation in the Northwest Territories and registration with a regulatory body, and names the Registrar of Psychologists, Government of the Northwest Territories. The Government of the Northwest Territories licence pages confirm psychologist licence, provisional psychologist licence, and courtesy licence types, renewal through the Office of the Registrar, Professional Licensing, and licence fees, but the pages state no degree rule, no supervised practice figure, and no examination rule. The CPA table states a master’s or doctoral route, one year of 1,600 hours while on an intern’s registry, and an examination that may be required, but that table wording was not verified on a Northwest Territories regulator page. Confirm the degree rule, the supervised practice figure, the examination position, and the licence application steps with the Registrar, Professional Licensing, before you plan around a Northwest Territories posting. No licence fee is stated in this guide, even though fee figures sat on the Northwest Territories pages, because fees change and the fee schedule on the licence page owns the figure.
Nunavut is a regulator check in full. Job Bank states a master’s degree for the Psychologist designation in Nunavut and registration with a regulatory body in Nunavut, and the CPA table states the same master’s or doctoral shape as the Northwest Territories, but no Nunavut government or regulator page was to verify the degree rule, the supervised practice figure, the examination position, the regulator name, or the application steps. This guide states no Nunavut route beyond the Job Bank split and the registration requirement. Confirm every Nunavut step with the Nunavut registrar or licensing authority and with the regulator whose registration you will hold before you plan around a Nunavut posting, and do not carry a Northwest Territories or Yukon route into Nunavut on assumption.
First, confirm that the degree level and title for the destination province match your plan, on the regulator page itself, because the doctoral and master’s split decides the program you enter and the title you will hold. Second, confirm that the program you intend to enter meets the destination regulator's academic requirements, and confirm its CPA accreditation status on the CPA list rather than on the program's own page, because accreditation is voluntary and is not itself the registration requirement. Third, confirm the supervised practice figure, the supervision plan or agreement, the register you will practise under, and the time limit on the regulator page, because only Alberta, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon figures are stated in this guide and every other figure is a regulator check. Fourth, confirm which EPPP part or parts the destination regulator requires, the passing score it applies, the attempt limit it adds, and the jurisdiction examinations alongside the EPPP, because Part 2, the jurisprudence step, and the oral step all differ by jurisdiction and Quebec requires no EPPP. Fifth, resolve the Quebec question before you plan: if you intend to practise in Quebec, confirm the listed diploma, the ethics course, and the French-language proof with the Ordre, and do not plan on an EPPP sitting. Sixth, resolve the territory question before you plan: Yukon registration, certificate type, and documents sit on the Government of Yukon page, the Northwest Territories licence types sit on the Health and Social Services pages, and Nunavut is a full regulator check. Seventh, confirm every fee on the fee schedule of the body that charges it, the school, ASPPB through the handbook in force, or the regulator, on the day you pay, because no registration or licence fee figure is stated in this guide. Eighth, if you trained outside Canada, stop and follow the internationally educated route the destination regulator states, starting from the general foreign-credentials guide, because the domestic steps do not assess foreign education or training.
This guide states no wage or salary figure for psychologists or psychological associates in any province or territory. It states no tuition figure for any program. It states no program count, seat count, quota, application count, or admission statistic, because it could not be verified on an official page. It states no registration fee, licence fee, application fee, or association membership fee, even though fee figures sat on the Prince Edward Island, Yukon, and Northwest Territories pages, because fees change by schedule and the regulator page that charges the fee owns the figure. It states no EPPP sitting date, registration deadline, or application deadline, because no sitting date sat in the ASPPB handbook. It states no EPPP pass rate or question-level pass mark beyond the scaled score figures stated, because no pass rate sat in the ASPPB handbook or on an ASPPB page. It states no supervised practice figure, practicum figure, or internship figure for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut, and no supervised practice hour figure for Quebec, because no such figure sat on a regulator page for those jurisdictions. It states no program-specific prerequisite list, admission average, or language-test score, because those figures could not be verified on an official page. It states no licensing steps for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland and Labrador beyond the Job Bank split, the CPA table pointer, and the regulator-check flags above, and no licensing steps for Nunavut beyond the Job Bank split and registration requirement, because it could not be verified on an official page. It states no current regulator name for British Columbia or Nova Scotia beyond the names flagged as checks above, because the regulator pages do not state them. Where no figure is stated here, the guide points to the page that owns it instead of carrying a secondary source's number. Confirm every fee, deadline, attempt rule, supervised practice figure, and examination set on the school, ASPPB, or regulator page that owns it, on the day you apply or pay.
No. This guide covers the domestic route only: a student who completes a graduate degree in psychology in Canada, completes supervised practice as the destination regulator requires it, passes the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology where it applies, and registers with the regulator where they will practise. If your psychology education or training was completed outside Canada, the steps in this guide do not assess that education, and no psychology-specific foreign-credentials guide exists on this site. Start with the general foreign-credentials guide linked in the Related guides section, and then confirm the internationally educated route with the regulator in the province or territory where you intend to work. The regulator, not this guide, decides how foreign education and training are assessed. Do not plan a domestic application around a foreign-credential assessment, and do not assume that a degree completed abroad maps onto the doctoral or master’s split in Step 1 without that regulator assessment.
The answer turns on the province, and the title does not travel unchanged. Job Bank states that a master’s degree is required for the Psychologist designation in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and that a doctoral degree is required for the Psychologist designation in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. In the doctoral provinces, a master’s degree is the basis for the Psychological Associate title in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia, as Job Bank states it. Moving does not carry the title with it on its own. Regulators decide registration in their own jurisdiction, and several pages describe separate routes for applicants already registered elsewhere, including the Canadian Free Trade Agreement fast-track wording on the Prince Edward Island board page and the labour mobility wording on the Ontario college pages. Before you move, confirm with the destination regulator which title it will grant on the basis of your degree and your existing registration, and whether any further examination, supervised practice, or jurisprudence step applies. A master’s-level Psychologist registration in one province is not proof that another province will grant the same title.
Accreditation helps, and it is not the same thing as the regulator accepting your degree. The Canadian Psychological Association page states that it accredits doctoral programmes and internships in professional areas of psychology, that accreditation is voluntary, that it is the doctoral or internship programme that applies for accreditation rather than the student, and that graduation from an accredited doctoral programme is not a requirement for registration as a psychologist, although applicants from accredited programmes often receive fast-track credential reviews by regulatory bodies. That is the whole accreditation claim this guide makes; no program count is stated here. Confirm the accreditation status of a named program on the CPA list and with the destination regulator, and confirm on the program page itself whether it includes the practica and the pre-doctoral internship the regulator expects. Supervised practice figures differ by regulator, and only Alberta, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon figures sat on regulator or government pages. Do not carry an internship length from one province, one program, or another profession into your plan. The destination regulator states the internship and practicum it will credit, and the program page states what its own internship contains.
Start with the shape of the examination as the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards states it. The EPPP has two parts. Part 1-Knowledge contains 225 items, of which 175 are scored and 50 are pretest items that are not scored, and candidates are allowed 4 hours and 15 minutes for the examination items. Part 2-Skills contains 170 items, of which 130 are scored and 40 are pretest items, and candidates are allowed 4 hours and 10 minutes for the examination items. Part 2-Skills can only be taken after Part 1-Knowledge has been taken and passed, and it requires its own application and approval from the candidate’s licensing authority. Whether you need Part 2 at all is a jurisdiction decision: ASPPB states that all 66 member jurisdictions require a passing score on Part 1-Knowledge before licensure and that some also require Part 2-Skills, and the College of Alberta Psychologists states on its examinations page that Part 2-Skills is not currently a registration requirement of that college. Confirm the Part 2 position with the regulator where you will register, and do not assume a Part 2 requirement from another jurisdiction. On scores, ASPPB recommends a passing score of 500 on each part for independent practice and 450 for supervised practice, on a scaled score range from 200 to 800, and states that each board sets the standard for passing in its own jurisdiction. On fees, the September 2026 ASPPB Candidate Handbook states an English Part 1-Knowledge fee of $600 USD per sitting plus a $91.88 test sitting fee, an English Part 2-Skills fee of $450 USD per sitting plus a $91.88 test sitting fee, and the same $600 USD plus $91.88 figures for the French Part 1-Knowledge, with all fees non-refundable. Confirm the current fee in the handbook in force on the day you register, because fees change. On attempts, the handbook states that a candidate may not take either part more than four times in any 12-month period, that retake rules vary by licensing authority, and that waiting approximately 90 days between attempts is recommended. Individual regulators add their own attempt limits, and Prince Edward Island and Alberta examples are set out in Step 4. The examination itself is changing: ASPPB states that the current Part 1-Knowledge and Part 2-Skills will remain available until the integrated EPPP takes effect in the fourth quarter of 2027, that candidates who failed a part before that date may retake that part through March 31, 2028, and that effective April 1, 2028 the integrated EPPP will be the only examination, with an integrated examination fee of $650 effective April 1, 2028. If your sitting falls near that change, confirm which examination version the destination regulator will accept before you register. No pass rate is stated in this guide, because no pass rate sat in the ASPPB handbook or on an ASPPB page.
Quebec follows a separate permit route, and the EPPP step in this guide does not apply there on the evidence. The Ordre des psychologues du Québec page for a Quebec diploma lists three requirements: hold a doctoral degree in psychology from among the degrees determined by the regulation on designated diplomas, pass a course on professional ethics equivalent to a course of at least 45 hours offered by the Ordre or a university course recognized by the Ordre, and possess appropriate knowledge of French under the Professional Code and the Charter of the French language. The page names the Quebec doctoral degrees that give access to the permit, university by university, and states the three ways a person is deemed to have the required French knowledge, with an Office québécois de la langue française examination attestation required in the other cases. No EPPP requirement appears among those three requirements, and the Canadian Psychological Association licensing table states No EPPP for Quebec. No supervised practice hour figure is stated for Quebec in this guide, because no hour figure sat on the Ordre page: the 2,300-hour figure that appears in secondary summaries is not stated here, and the figure to confirm is the one the Ordre states for your diploma route. Confirm every Quebec step with the Ordre, including which listed diploma your program matches, the ethics course, and the French-language proof, before you plan around a Quebec posting. A psychologist registered in another Canadian jurisdiction follows the Ordre page for Canadian psychologists recognized outside Quebec, which states its own conditions, and must not assume the domestic steps in this guide transfer unchanged.
The length is set regulator by regulator, and this guide states a length only where a regulator or government page stated one. Alberta states 1,600 hours of supervised and evaluated practice, to be completed as a registered provisional psychologist, with five years from placement on the provisional register to complete all registration requirements. Prince Edward Island states at least 600 hours of doctoral practicum and at least 1,700 hours of doctoral internship, plus at least 1,700 hours of approved supervised post-degree practice for Psychologist registration, and at least 300 hours of practicum, at least 850 hours of internship, and at least 3,400 hours of approved supervised post-degree practice for Psychological Associate registration. Yukon states a supervision plan for 1,600 hours of supervised practice in the Yukon within three years of provisional registration for the provisional certificate. Those three jurisdictions are the only ones for which this guide states a supervised practice figure. For British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, confirm the figure, the supervision plan or agreement, and the register you practise under on the regulator page itself, because the figures in the Canadian Psychological Association licensing table were not verified on each regulator page and are flagged as regulator checks in Step 3. On practising during supervision, the pattern on the pages is a provisional or candidate register with supervision: Alberta registers provisional psychologists, Ontario issues a certificate authorizing supervised practice, Prince Edward Island places candidates on a candidate register and states that a Psychologist Candidate may not operate an independent private practice, and Saskatchewan registers provisional members under an approved supervision plan. Confirm the register, the title you may use while on it, the supervision conditions, and the expiry rules with the destination regulator, because a provisional or candidate registration is not the same as full registration for independent practice.
Figures not stated in this guide: all wage and salary figures; all tuition figures; all program counts, seat counts, quotas, application counts, and admission statistics, including every program status on any CPA list, because no list page states one; all registration fees, licence fees, application fees, and association membership fees, including the fee figures on the Prince Edward Island, Yukon, and Northwest Territories pages; all EPPP sitting dates, registration deadlines, and application deadlines, because no sitting date sat in the ASPPB handbook; all EPPP pass rates, because no pass rate sat in the ASPPB handbook or on an ASPPB page; the 2,300 supervised practice hour figure for Quebec, because no hour figure sat on the Ordre page; all supervised practice, practicum, and internship figures for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, because no such figure sat on a regulator page for those jurisdictions; the British Columbia 600-hour practica and 1,600-hour internship figures and the British Columbia Psychological Associate supervised practice wording, because no College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia registration page states one; the current regulator names for British Columbia and Nova Scotia beyond the checks flagged in the body, because no regulator page states them; all EPPP examination sets for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut beyond the CPA table pointer, because no regulator page states them; and any licensing steps for Nunavut beyond the Job Bank split and registration requirement, because no Nunavut regulator page states it. No wording from the College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia, the Psychological Association of Manitoba, the Nova Scotia Regulator of Psychology, or the Newfoundland and Labrador Psychology Board is cited in this guide. Check the CPA list, the program page, the ASPPB handbook, and the provincial or territorial regulator page linked above for current figures and steps before you apply or pay.