Membership Totals at a Glance
Registered members by class
The following table shows the number of nurses registered in each class as of August 4, 2020.
| RN | General | 112,274 |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Practising | 10,475 | |
| Extended (NP) | 3,948 | |
| RPN | General | 58,009 |
| Non-Practising | 3,329 |
RNs: Registered Nurses
RPNs: Registered Practical Nurses
NPs: Nurse Practitioners
Members in the Extended Class by Specialty
All NPs have one or more specialty certificates. The following table shows the number of NPs by specialty certificate as of August 4, 2020.
| NP-Primary Health Care | 3,037 |
| NP-Adult | 686 |
| NP-Paediatrics | 262 |
The College has the authority to register NPs in the Anaesthesia specialty. We currently have no one registered in this category.
At the College of Nurses, a “member” is any individual who has a valid Certificate of Registration and is allowed to use the protected titles “nurse,” “Registered Nurse (RN),” “Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)”, “Nurse Practitioner (NP)” or “Registered Nurse (RN), non-practising” and “Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), non-practising”. Visit www.cno.org/classes for more information about the College’s classes of registration.
For more information on how the College collects statistical information, see www.cno.org/statisticalreports.
