International Medical Recruitment Canada
Hire internationally educated nurses and physicians for Canadian hospitals, long-term care, and community health. We recruit clinicians whose registration route in your province is mapped before they reach your shortlist, so offers turn into start dates. Tell us the role, the province, and the start date, and we return a shortlist with a realistic timeline.
We screen candidates against your facility’s clinical, professional, and employment requirements, including specialty, experience, qualifications, registration pathway, language requirements, salary expectations, and availability. From individual healthcare hires to larger workforce requirements, we help Canadian employers reduce unsuitable profiles and move qualified international clinicians toward registration, interviews, and joining.
16+ Years Of Experience
550,000+ Placements Delivered
36+ Countries Served
350+ Expert Teams
50+ Top Level Positions
What Is International Medical Recruitment in Canada?
International medical recruitment in Canada is the process of hiring nurses, physicians, and other clinicians trained outside Canada into Canadian healthcare roles.
Every province faces shortages, and internationally educated nurses (IENs) and physicians are an established part of the answer. But an international clinician can only start work once they are registered with the relevant provincial regulator, and that process has several stages: credential assessment, language testing, exams or practice assessments, and registration itself.
That is why the right question is not “is this candidate good?” but “can this candidate be registered in our province, and when?” A shortlist that ignores registration looks strong and then stalls for months.
Our role is to find and screen clinicians, check their registration pathway, and support you and the candidate through to their first shift. We are paid by employers. We never charge candidates a fee. Immigration steps are handled by licensed immigration professionals, not by us.
We place clinicians in permanent roles only. For wider Canadian hiring, see our Canada recruitment agency page.
How We Recruit Internationally Educated Nurses and Physicians
International clinical hires are rarely lost at interview. They are lost afterwards, in registration steps that take longer than anyone planned, while the candidate takes an offer in another country. So we map each candidate’s registration pathway for your province before shortlisting and give you a realistic start date with every name. It makes shortlists smaller, and start dates real.
Costs and Timelines
What It Costs:
Employers pay a fee per placement, agreed before the search and payable when the clinician starts. Candidates pay nothing at any stage. For cohorts of nurses, we agree a fixed per-placement fee.
How Long It Takes:
Clinicians already registered in Canada: 4 to 8 weeks. Internationally educated nurses completing Canadian registration: commonly 6 to 18 months depending on province, credentials, and exam timing. Physicians: often longer. We give you a timeline for each candidate, not a general promise.
What Our Canadian Medical Recruitment Service Includes
Internationally Educated Nurse Recruitment
Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses for hospitals, long-term care, and community health, screened on registration readiness.
Physician Recruitment
Family physicians and specialists, including candidates suited to provincial practice-ready assessment routes. See our doctor recruitment practice.
Registration Pathway Mapping
For every candidate, the likely steps and timeline to registration with your provincial regulator.
Cohort Recruitment for Care Homes and Hospitals
Groups of nurses recruited against a planned start, sequenced by registration readiness.
Relocation and Onboarding Support
Coordination with your team and the candidate from offer to first shift. Immigration steps are handled by licensed professionals.
Permanent Placements Only, Employer-Paid
Every clinician joins your payroll. We do not supply agency nurses, travel nurses or temporary shifts, and we never charge candidates.
Our Recruitment Process
Step 1: Role, Province and Start Date (45 minutes, within 2 working days)
We confirm the role, the facility type, the province and the target start date. The province decides the registration route.
Step 2: Pathway and Market Check (3 to 5 working days)
Which source markets hold clinicians with credentials that map well to your province’s requirements, and what the realistic timeline looks like.
Step 3: Sourcing and Clinical Screening (2 to 6 weeks)
Direct sourcing, screened on clinical experience, credentials, language test results and registration progress.
Step 4: Employer Interviews (1 to 2 weeks)
Video interviews with your clinical leads, coordinated across time zones.
Step 5: Offer, Registration and Relocation (months, not weeks)
Offer, registration steps with the regulator, and relocation, with licensed professionals handling immigration.
Step 6: First Shift and Guarantee Period (first 90 days)
We check in at 30, 60 and 90 days after the clinician starts. If a placement does not hold within the guarantee period, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Need Qualified Medical Professionals in Canada?
Tell us the specialty, location, licensing requirements, and hiring timeline. We’ll build a focused shortlist of qualified international medical candidates.
Provinces and Settings We Recruit For
Ontario
Hospitals and long-term care homes across the province, including the Greater Toronto Area.
Alberta
Health authorities, hospital and continuing care employers.
British Columbia
Health authorities and private facilities across BC.
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Rural and urban health employers with persistent vacancies.
Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island.
Acute Care Hospitals
Medical-surgical, critical care, emergency and operating room nursing.
Long-Term and Continuing Care
Registered and licensed practical nurses for care homes.
Community and Home Health
Nurses for community health and home care programmes.
Primary Care and Family Medicine
Family physicians for clinics and communities.
Specialist Physicians
Specialists for hospitals, including rural and regional sites.
Who We Recruit For
Hospitals With Persistent Nursing Vacancies
Where domestic recruitment has not filled the gap.
Long-Term Care Homes Planning a Nursing Cohort
Several nurses, sequenced so that starts are staggered and predictable.
Rural and Remote Health Employers
Where international recruitment is often the only realistic route.
Employers Who Lost Candidates During Registration
Usually because registration timing was not planned from the start.
Clinics Hiring Family Physicians
A long-standing shortage in most provinces.
Employers New to International Recruitment
Who want a clear, compliant process from the first conversation.
The Alliance Recruitment Agency Advantage
Registration First:
Every candidate comes with a view of their route to registration in your province.
Realistic Start Dates:
Timelines per candidate, not general promises.
Nurse Cohorts, Not Just Single Hires:
Planning for groups of nurses across a year.
Candidates Never Pay:
We are paid by employers only.
16+ Years Across 36+ Countries:
Access to clinicians in the Philippines, India, Africa, and beyond.
Permanent Placements:
Every clinician joins your payroll.
Why Choose Alliance Recruitment Agency for International Medical Recruitment in Canada
Canadian employers who have tried international recruitment before usually describe the same experience. Good candidates were found and offers were accepted, and then months passed while registration steps moved slowly and nobody could say when anyone would start. Some candidates gave up and went elsewhere.
So we plan the registration route before we shortlist and give a realistic timeline for every candidate. It means fewer names on the list, and it means the employer knows what to expect. We also say plainly that candidates never pay us, which matters to regulators and to the nurses themselves.
Our Client Reviews
We needed to recruit qualified medical professionals from outside Canada and wanted a team that understood the additional requirements involved. Alliance helped us identify suitable candidates and kept the process organised from sourcing through interviews. Their communication was consistent and made the international hiring process much easier.
Finding experienced healthcare professionals internationally was taking more time than our internal team could manage. Alliance understood the positions we needed to fill and provided relevant candidates for review. We appreciated the structured process and regular updates throughout the recruitment.
We approached Alliance for support with international medical recruitment in Canada and were impressed by how closely they followed our requirements. The team helped us navigate candidate screening and kept us informed at each stage. The candidates presented had relevant clinical backgrounds and experience.
Awards
Meet Our Leadership Team
Molly Anderson
Franchise Lead | Recruitment Franchise
Alex George
General Manager | RPO & Enterprise Recruitment
Nikki Miller
Head of Recruitment | Recruitment & Staffing
Frequently Asked Questions
Hiring nurses, physicians and other clinicians trained outside Canada into Canadian healthcare roles, including support through registration with the provincial regulator.
Check that it is licensed where required, never charges candidates, plans each nurse’s registration route before shortlisting, and gives realistic start dates.
Yes. Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses for hospitals, long-term care and community health.
Yes, family physicians and specialists, subject to each province’s registration requirements.
No. We are paid by employers only and never charge candidates.
No. Immigration advice is provided by licensed immigration consultants or lawyers.
Often 6 to 18 months, depending on the province, the nurse’s credentials and exam timing. We give a timeline for each candidate.
No. We recruit permanent staff only.
Yes. We plan cohorts so that starts are staggered and predictable.
A per-placement fee paid by the employer, agreed in advance.
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