International Pharmacy Graduate

If you are an undergraduate in an international pharmacy program, you are not allowed to practice pharmacy in Ontario—even under direct supervision of a pharmacist—until you have graduated AND are either enrolled in the IPG Program (see Step 3 below) or registered as an intern with OCP (see Step 4 below).

If you are a graduate from an international pharmacy program who passed both parts of the PEBC Qualifying Exam for pharmacists on the first attempt, you are eligible to follow another registration pathway.

Step 1:

Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada

Step 2:

PEBC Document Evaluation & Evaluating Exam

  • Your education and professional credentials must be evaluated and ruled acceptable as part of the PEBC Document Evaluation
  • Successfully complete the PEBC Evaluating Exam
  • These are administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada
  • Once you have received confirmation that you have successfully completed the PEBC Evaluating Exam, you may select Ontario as your provincial regulatory authority (PRA) from your Gateway file
Step 3:

IPG Program*

Step 4:

Activate your online OCP account  

  • The College will confirm your PEBC results with the Gateway and your successful completion of the IPG Program before creating your OCP account; you do not have to pay the College’s initial application fee
  • Submit supporting documentation of your evidence of identity and your citizenship or status in Canada

Register as an Intern

Practice Assessment of Competence at Entry (PACE)*

Jurisprudence, Ethics and Professionalism Exam*

Step 5:

PEBC Qualifying Exam*

  • Successfully complete Parts I and II of the PEBC Qualifying Exam for pharmacists
  • You may complete this exam at any point after you have completed Step 2
  • This exam is administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada
  • Please provide the College with your PEBC ID number so that your results can be confirmed with the Gateway
Step 6:

Final application for Certificate of Registration as a Pharmacist

Time & Cost Estimates

Many of the requirements for registration have expiry dates to ensure that your knowledge, skills and judgment are current at the time of your final application. The Fees & Timelines chart lists all registration-related fees and timelines to help you anticipate the time and costs required to register as a pharmacist in Ontario.

Following graduation from the IPG program, a person who plans ahead to meet application deadlines and is able to complete each requirement in the minimum time may complete the remaining registration process within four months. The entire registration process could be completed within 16 months. Some applicants may require two to three years.

Estimated fees paid to the College are $364 plus the annual fee. These fees are outlined in the College By-Laws.

Estimated fees paid to third parties are $19,296 plus the annual liability insurance premium.

*Non-exemptible requirement

If you have questions about the registration process, send an email to registrantservices@ocpinfo.com or phone 416-962-4861 or 1-800-220-1921 ext. 3400.

Pour obtenir de l’assistance courriel du registrant applications & renewals

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