June 10, 2026
June 2026

News and Notes

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CNO Coffee Chat: Let’s talk about what matters

Introducing CNO Coffee Chat! It is a chance for nurses to come together with each other and with CNO staff for open, informal conversations on topics that matter to your practice. 

Each chat focuses on a set topic, with plenty of space to ask questions, share experiences and hear different perspectives. Whether you want to jump into the conversation or simply listen in, CNO Coffee Chat is designed to be easy to join and welcoming to all nurses.

Upcoming CNO Coffee Chats

Help shape future conversations

Upcoming sessions are already planned, but we want to hear what you’d like to talk about next. Send us your ideas!

Mark your calendar, grab a coffee, and join the conversation.

Nursing Data Dashboard Enhanced

CNO has added new features to its Nursing Data Dashboard, giving health-system partners and the public more ways to gain timely, high-level insights about nursing in Ontario. The dashboard is a self-serve portal that helps users spot trends and answer practical questions about Ontario’s nursing workforce.

What’s new:

  • Application trends over time: You can now view aggregated data on applications received over time—helpful for understanding application volumes and how they change. Specifically, the dashboard will give you:

    • Flexible time views: You can display totals by annual or quarterly periods.
    • More ways to filter: You can also narrow results by application type (Registration or Reinstatement), application class (General, Extended or Temporary), applicant residence at the time of application (Ontario, Canada outside Ontario, or International), location of nursing education (Ontario, Canada outside Ontario, or International), and nurse type (RN General, RPN General, RN Extended).
    • More timely information: CNO will be updating the Nursing Data Dashboard monthly (instead of annually), so users can check back more often.

About CNO

The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is the regulator of the nursing profession in Ontario. It is not a school or a nursing association. CNO acts in the public interest by:

  • assessing qualifications and registering individuals who want to practice nursing in Ontario.
  • setting the practice standards of the profession that nurses in Ontario are expected to meet.
  • promoting nurses' continuing competence through a quality assurance program.
  • holding nurses accountable to those standards by addressing complaints or reports about nursing care.

The College was founded in 1963. By establishing the College, the Ontario government was acknowledging that the nursing profession had the ability to govern itself and put the public's well-being ahead of professional interests.

For the latest information, please see our Nursing Statistics page.

Anyone who wants to use a nursing-related title — Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) must become a member of CNO.

Frequently Asked Questions

Go to the public Register, Find a Nurse, to conduct a search for the nurse. Contact us if you can't find the person you are looking for.

All public information available about nurses is posted in the public Register, Find a Nurse, which contains profiles of every nurse in Ontario. Publicly available information about nurses include their registration history, business address, and information related to pending disciplinary hearings or past findings.

Unregistered practitioners are people who are seeking employment in nursing or holding themselves out as being able to practice nursing in Ontario, but who are not qualified to do so. They are not registered members of CNO. Only people registered with CNO can use nursing-related titles or perform certain procedures that could cause harm if carried out by a non-registered health professional. CNO takes the issue of unregistered practitioners seriously. See Unregistered Practitioners for more information.

To ensure procedural fairness for both the patient (or client) and the nurse, the Regulated Health Professions Act requires that information gathered during an investigation remain confidential until the matter is referred to the Discipline Committee or Fitness to Practise Committee. CNO will not disclose any information that could identify patients (or clients) or compromise an investigation. See Investigations: A Process Guide for more information.

Information obtained during an investigation will become public if the matter is referred to a disciplinary hearing. If a complaint is not referred to a hearing, no information will be available publicly.

See CNO's hearings schedule, which is updated as hearing dates are confirmed. Hearings at CNO are open to the public and the media. For details on how to attend a hearing, contact the Hearings Administration Team.

A summary of allegations and the disciplinary panel outcomes can be found on the public Register, Find a Nurse. Full decisions and reasons are also available.

Where a disciplinary panel makes a finding of professional misconduct, they have the authority to reprimand a nurse, and suspend or revoke a nurse's registration. Terms, conditions and limitations can also be imposed on a nurse's registration, which restricts their practice for a set period. Nurses can also be required to complete remedial activities, such as reviewing CNO documents and meeting with an expert, before returning to practice.

For detailed information see the Sexual Abuse Prevention section.

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