NOC 2021 · 31301 · TEER 1
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
Unit group 31301 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses provide direct nursing care to patients, deliver health education programs and provide consultative services regarding issues relevant to the practice of nursing. They are employed in a variety of settings including hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctors' offices, clinics, community agencies, companies, private homes and public and private organizations or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- ambulatory care nurse
- bedside nurse
- birthing room nurse
- burn patient care nurse
- burn victim care nurse
- cardiac surgery nurse
- cardiology nurse
- cardiology nurse technician
- casual duty nurse
- circulating nurse
- clinic nurse
- clinical nurse
- clinical nurse specialist
- community health nurse
- consultant nurse
- contagious disease transmission prevention nurse
- coronary intensive care nurse
- coronary unit nurse
- critical care nurse
- dialysis nurse
- doctor's office nurse
- emergency care nurse
- emergency nurse
- first aid nurse
- float nurse
- foot care nurse
- general duty nurse
- general duty nurse - psychiatry
- geriatric care nurse
- geriatric nurse
- gerontology nurse
- graduate nurse
- graduate nurse - occupational health
- graduate nurse - physician's office
- graduate private duty nurse
- hemodialysis nurse
- home care neuroscience nurse
- home care nurse
- hospital hygiene nurse
- hospital hygienist - nursing
- hospital nurse
- industrial nurse
- infection control coordinator - hospital
- infection control nurse
- infection control officer
- intensive care nurse
- intensive care unit (ICU) nurse
- liaison nurse
- medical intensive care nurse
- mental health nurse
- nephrology and kidney transplantation nurse
- nephrology and renal transplantation nurse
- nephrology nurse
- neuroscience nurse
- nurse
- nurse consultant
- nurse counsellor
- nurse researcher
- nurse technician
- nursing adviser
- nursing consultant
- nursing counsellor
- nursing evaluator
- nursing researcher
- nursing technician
- obstetrics nurse
- occupational health nurse
- occupational health nurse consultant
- occupational medicine nurse
- office nurse
- on-call nurse
- oncology nurse
- operating room (OR) nurse
- out-patient clinic nurse
- outpost nurse
- outreach nurse
- palliative care nurse
- pediatric intensive care nurse
- pediatric nurse
- perinatal care nurse
- physician's office nurse
- primary care nurse
- primary nurse
- private care nurse
- private duty nurse
- psychiatric and mental health nurse
- psychiatric nurse
- public and community health nurse
- public health nurse
- public health nurse consultant
- recovery room nurse
- Red Cross nurse
- registered community health nurse
- registered industrial nurse
- registered nurse - call centre
- registered nurse - contact centre
- registered nurse - independent practice
- registered nurse - public and community health
- registered nurse - telehealth
- registered nurse (R.N.)
- registered psychiatric nurse (R.P.N.)
- registered public health nurse
- respiratory care nurse
- respiratory nurse specialist
- school health nurse
- school nurse
- scrub nurse
- staff nurse
- surgical intensive care nurse
- telehealth registered nurse
- tele-nurse
- triage nurse
- Victoria Order nurse
- Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurse
- visiting nurse
- ward nurse
- youth centre nurse
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$43.27 an hour
Low $30.00, high $54.37
Where it pays most
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$51.00
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$49.50
- Calgary · Alberta$48.01
- Saskatoon--Biggar · Saskatchewan$48.00
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$48.00
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $44.00 | $33.65 – $52.00 | Very good |
| Prince Edward Island | $42.00 | $31.50 – $49.98 | Very good |
| Nova Scotia | $41.50 | $30.20 – $50.00 | Very good |
| New Brunswick | $44.77 | $31.00 – $49.00 | Very good |
| Quebec | $40.00 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $42.00 | $29.00 – $55.00 | Very good |
| Manitoba | $45.00 | $34.00 – $52.40 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $47.13 | $38.00 – $52.20 | Good |
| Alberta | $47.50 | $30.00 – $54.49 | Good |
| British Columbia | $47.58 | $35.00 – $57.00 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | $48.50 | $33.00 – $60.88 | Good |
| Northwest Territories | $58.00 | $45.00 – $69.23 | Very good |
| Nunavut | $57.99 | $45.00 – $71.57 | Very good |
By economic region
The 72 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $44.00 | $33.11 – $51.66 | Very good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $45.00 | $32.00 – $52.00 | Very good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $43.00 | $37.00 – $51.50 | Very good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $45.00 | $32.00 – $52.00 | Very good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $42.00 | $30.42 – $50.25 | Very good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $41.00 | $30.20 – $50.00 | Very good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $41.00 | $29.00 – $47.00 | Very good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $40.00 | $28.00 – $49.00 | Very good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $42.00 | $30.00 – $51.00 | Very good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $45.00 | $35.00 – $48.46 | Very good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $45.00 | $28.57 – $50.00 | Very good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $45.00 | $31.00 – $48.00 | Very good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $44.77 | $31.00 – $49.00 | Very good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $46.00 | $32.10 – $51.00 | Very good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $40.00 | $30.00 – $45.00 | Good |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $42.00 | $30.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $39.38 | $27.00 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $40.25 | $30.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $41.00 | $26.67 – $47.98 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $41.06 | $36.00 – $50.39 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $41.00 | $28.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $40.00 | $28.07 – $50.48 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $41.13 | $25.60 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $41.00 | $25.83 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $40.00 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $41.00 | $25.00 – $53.42 | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $40.00 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $41.00 | $27.96 – $51.00 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $38.00 | $24.50 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $40.00 | $25.86 – $47.98 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $40.00 | $25.86 – $47.98 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $45.00 | $28.85 – $54.38 | Very good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $42.90 | $31.64 – $56.00 | Very good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $43.69 | $35.00 – $54.37 | Very good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $40.59 | $28.00 – $55.00 | Very good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $41.00 | $29.73 – $55.00 | Very good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $43.00 | $29.60 – $56.00 | Very good |
| London | Ontario | $43.27 | $31.40 – $55.00 | Very good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $44.00 | $27.86 – $55.00 | Very good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $39.00 | $30.00 – $53.00 | Very good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $44.00 | $31.00 – $55.00 | Very good |
| Northwest | Ontario | $42.50 | $31.00 – $56.00 | Very good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $47.00 | $35.00 – $52.00 | Good |
| South Central | Manitoba | $43.00 | $34.00 – $49.00 | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $40.00 | $31.52 – $50.00 | Good |
| North Central | Manitoba | $43.00 | $34.00 – $49.00 | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $45.00 | $35.00 – $52.40 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $47.62 | $35.00 – $56.00 | Very good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $43.00 | $32.00 – $53.00 | Good |
| North | Manitoba | $43.00 | $32.00 – $53.00 | Good |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $47.27 | $37.00 – $53.49 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $47.13 | $38.00 – $52.20 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $48.00 | $37.80 – $52.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $47.13 | $38.00 – $52.20 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $47.27 | $39.00 – $52.00 | Very good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $47.27 | $39.00 – $52.00 | Very good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $51.00 | $33.22 – $54.40 | Good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $49.50 | $30.00 – $56.25 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $48.01 | $34.57 – $55.00 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $48.00 | $27.58 – $57.00 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $47.50 | $30.00 – $54.49 | Good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $46.00 | $30.00 – $53.74 | Good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $48.00 | $27.58 – $57.00 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $45.27 | $31.25 – $60.00 | Good |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $47.00 | $36.42 – $55.61 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $47.54 | $34.00 – $57.00 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $48.00 | $40.35 – $56.00 | Good |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $47.58 | $35.00 – $57.00 | Good |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $47.58 | $35.00 – $57.00 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $44.00 | $37.40 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $44.00 | $37.40 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $45.93 | $38.00 – $63.00 | Moderate |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.