Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in Ontario can prescribe controlled substances, if they have completed approved controlled substances education.

The following programs and courses have been approved by Council for NPs who need to meet their controlled substances education requirement.

Standalone courses

School / Course name Course approval date

Athabasca University

Prescription and Management of Controlled Drugs and Substances

2014

University of Toronto

Controlled Drugs and Substances: Essential Management and Prescribing Practices

April 29, 2017

University of Ottawa/Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing

Prescribing Narcotics and Controlled Substances

January 17, 2014

NP programs in Ontario

All the courses in the table below are approved if the student began the course in September 2017 or later.

School NP specialty certificate program
Lakehead University Primary Health Care
Laurentian University Primary Health Care
McMaster University Primary Health Care
Queen’s University Primary Health Care
Toronto Metropolitan University Primary Health Care
University of Ottawa Primary Health Care
University of Windsor Primary Health Care
Western University Primary Health Care
York University Primary Health Care
University of Toronto Adult, Pediatrics and Primary Health Care

NP programs in Canada

School Course approval date
Athabasca University

Began the program in May 2014 or later

Dalhousie University

Graduated from 2012 onward

McGill University / Université McGill

Graduated from 2020 onward

Memorial University

Graduated from May 2015 onward

University of Regina / Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Began the program in 2014 or later

University of Saskatchewan

Graduated from 2014 onward

Thompson River University

Graduated from 2017 onward

Université de Moncton

Graduated from 2016 onward

Université de Montreal

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université de Sherbrooke

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université de Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université du Quebec a Chicoutimi

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université du Quebec a Rimouski

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université du Quebec en Outaouais

Graduated from 2020 onward

Université Laval

Graduated from 2020 onward

University of Alberta

Graduated from 2015 onward

University of British Columbia

Graduated from 2017 onward

University of Calgary

Graduated from 2015 onward

University of Manitoba

Graduated from 2016 onward

University of New Brunswick

Graduated from 2016 onward

University of Northern British Columbia

Graduated from 2017 onward

University of Prince Edward Island

Graduated from 2018 onward

University of Saskatchewan

Graduated from 2014 onward

University of Victoria

Graduated from 2017 onward