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Locum jobs in Ontario

Ontario is Canada's most populous province, and its health care ranges from large academic hospitals in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and London to small rural hospitals, community health centres and family health teams. Northern Ontario covers most of the province's land area, and its far north includes First Nations communities that can be reached only by air for much of the year.

Care is delivered through public hospitals, primary care organizations such as family health teams and community health centres, long-term care homes, home care and community pharmacies. Physicians in community practice commonly bill the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), while hospitals and other organizations employ or contract nurses and allied health professionals.

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Licensing in Ontario

Physicians practising in Ontario are registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). Registered nurses, registered practical nurses and nurse practitioners are regulated by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), and pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP). Ontario's other regulated health professions each fall under a health regulatory college of their own.

If you are registered elsewhere in Canada, you apply to the Ontario college for your profession and provide proof of standing. Ontario has introduced measures in recent years intended to let some health professionals registered in other provinces begin practising sooner; whether any apply to you depends on your profession and registration, so confirm with the college. Some colleges require a jurisprudence exam.

Regulators named on this page

Physicians
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Nurses (RN, RPN, NP)
College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP)

How locum coverage works in Ontario

Ontario's locum market is broad. In cities, locums commonly cover family practices, walk-in and urgent care clinics, hospital shifts and pharmacy relief. In rural and northern Ontario, small hospitals and practices may seek physicians for emergency departments and combined clinic and hospital work, and nurses for hospital and community roles.

For physicians covering a community practice, the arrangement with the host physician about OHIP billings and overhead is usually agreed directly between them. Hospital locums need privileges at that hospital, which is a separate process from CPSO registration. Northern and fly-in assignments add travel, accommodation and weather planning. On LocuPedia, the offered rate and required registration are on the post before you apply.

Before you take an assignment

  • Confirm your registration with the Ontario college for your profession.
  • For hospital work, start privileging early; it is separate from registration.
  • Agree billing and overhead terms in writing for community practice locums.
  • Check liability protection for the scope of the assignment.
  • Plan air travel and weather buffers for northern and fly-in communities.

What the LocuPedia catalogue notes for Ontario

These lines are taken verbatim from the profession pages. Each links to the role's credentialing pathway.

General information, not legal or licensing advice. Regulators change their names, rules and fees; confirm current requirements with the regulator before you apply for registration or accept an assignment.

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