Requirements for Licensure
English Language Proficiency
It is a non-exemptible standard and qualification
for registration and a licence to practise
medicine that an applicant has:
countries that is identified by the Federation of
Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada as
having English as a first and native language and
the applicant previously met one of the
requirements of (i) or (ii) in order to enter into
that postgraduate training program; or,
(i)
taken IELTS academic version within the
previous 24 months and achieved a minimum of
7.0 in each of the components; or,
(ii)
**taken TOEFL IBT academic version
within the previous 24 months and achieved a
minimum of 24 in each of the components;
unless,
(v)
The applicant is currently in practice in
Canada or the United States or one of the other
countries that is identified by the Federation of
Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada as
having English as a first or native language and
the applicant met one of the requirements of (i)
or (ii) in order to be admitted to postgraduate
training or practice in that country.
(iii)
the applicant’s undergraduate medical
education was taken in English in Canada, the
United States or one of the other countries that is
identified by the Federation of Medical
Regulatory Authorities of Canada as having
English as a first or native language; or,
**Applicants should be aware that effective
January 1, 2018 we will no longer accept the TOEFL
IBT as a demonstration of language proficiency.
(iv)
the applicant is currently in a
postgraduate medical education program in the
United States or Canada or one of the other
Countries that have English as a first or native language:
Countries
Australia
Bahamas
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada ** see note below
Ireland
New Zealand
Singapore
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States of America
US Virgin Islands
Caribbean Islands
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Grenadines
Jamaica
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Trinidad and Tobago
** Note: Canadian applicants with medical education from the University of Montreal, Sherbrooke, Laval,
and the University of Ottawa (French stream) will be required to meet English language proficiency
requirements.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan
cps.sk.ca
March 2014