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1You are herePharmacists’ GatewayNational ID numberYou are here · 0/2
2Document Evaluation (PEBC)Degree, licence and identityNot yet · 0/1
3LanguageIELTS, OET or TEFNot yet · 0/0
4Qualifying ExaminationPart I and Part IINot yet · 0/3
5Provincial stepsJurisprudence and practical trainingNot yet · 0/4
6LicencePharmacist registrationNot yet · 0/1
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Why you see this The steps: Gateway, Document Evaluation, language, intern registration, the DTLM, 560 hours of training, the registration exam, both Parts, and pharmacist registration. Intern registration, training, the registration exam and both Parts can run at the same time.
Registration questions go to registration@cpnl.ca.
Why you see this The mandatory first step for every international pharmacy graduate (except Quebec). PEBC needs the Gateway national ID before Document Evaluation.
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Enrol online and pay. You do not need to be in Canada.
Keep your national ID: you write it in the top right corner of the PEBC application. The profile stays active up to 10 years.
A pharmacy graduate from outside Canada counts as an IPG “regardless of citizenship”.
Gateway says that when you apply to the provincial regulator you need appropriate work authorization from IRCC, and pharmacy practical training is work.
Gateway purchases are not refundable; exceptions carry a $50 administration fee.
Why you see this PEBC verifies your degree, licence and identity. This is the assessment for pharmacists, not WES.
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Open a PEBC Portal account with your name exactly as on your ID, print the paper application with a photo from the last year, have it witnessed, and send it by tracked mail.
A certified copy of your passport or birth certificate. A PR card is not accepted as primary ID. If you have no primary ID or your names differ, there is a statutory declaration with two IDs.
Your university sends the transcript directly to PEBC (by courier or official email to desubmit@pebc.ca), issued within a month of arrival. If your university is not yet PEBC-approved, send the syllabus.
Any document not in English or French: an original certified translation, stamped and signed on every page.
If not all documents arrive within two years of payment, the file closes without refund.
Published processing time: PEBC tells you what is missing within six weeks; the evaluation takes up to eight weeks once the file is complete. (the body’s time, not your own time to complete)
How you know it is done When you receive the successful results letter and the exam application appears in your Portal.
Why you see this PEBC needs an original declaration instead of a licensing statement. Some provinces (such as Saskatchewan) require prior licensure for their programs, so check your province’s steps.
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An original declaration: “I have never been licensed anywhere in the world.”
How you know it is done When the declaration reaches PEBC.
Why you see this PEBC allows it for people completing their program outside Canada and the US.
All documents at least eight weeks before the exam deadline, a provisional transcript from the university, and the final transcript showing the degree at least five days before the exam.
How you know it is done When the final transcript reaches PEBC.
Why you see this PEBC needs transcripts and licensing statements directly from the institutions. We found no published rule for institutions that cannot respond.
Write to PEBC, explain your situation and ask in writing which route is accepted. Do not rely on anyone offering substitute documents.
How you know it is done When you have a written answer.
Why you see this NAPRA’s model, followed by most regulators: all four parts in one sitting, and the overall score is not considered.
IELTS Academic: reading 7, listening 7, speaking 7, writing 6.5. OET: B, B, B and C+ for writing.
Results are valid two years from the test date and go to Gateway as it instructs (IELTS through the online portal, OET by email to gatewayinfo@napra.ca).
CPNL accepts only IELTS Academic or OET, and the result must be valid when you apply for practical training. The testing agency sends it directly or it must be verifiable online.
How you know it is done When CPNL accepts your language evidence.
Why you see this Gateway shares the result with the regulator.
Scores: IELTS Academic 7/7/7 with 6.5 writing, OET B/B/B with C+ writing, in one sitting. Results are valid two years.
CPNL accepts only IELTS Academic or OET, and the result must be valid when you apply for practical training. The testing agency sends it directly or it must be verifiable online.
How you know it is done When CPNL accepts your language evidence.
Why you see this From January 2027, after Document Evaluation you go straight to Part I. The evaluation is valid five years: if you do not pass Part I in that time, you need a re-evaluation.
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Apply in the PEBC Portal by noon ET on the deadline and choose English or French. Book a Prometric centre (in Canada and abroad) or a remote exam.
2027 sittings: February (deadline November 19, 2026), May (February 18, 2027), July (May 13, 2027), November (August 5, 2027).
Four and a half hours on computer. Results are pass/fail only, within six weeks. Both parts must be passed within three years of each other.
Exam eligibility depends on sanctions compliance. If you will test outside Canada, ask PEBC about your country before paying.
Why you see this After passing it you are a “PEBC Certified Pharmacist”. Certification alone does not give the right to practise.
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Choose six sites (or at least three); they cannot be changed after you submit. For French, register for the Montreal centre; not every sitting includes Montreal, so check that sitting’s site list before applying.
Eleven stations of seven minutes each, about six and a half hours at the centre. 2027 dates: February 21, May 30, November 6.
Why you see this After three failures, a fourth and final attempt is by petition and needs Board-specified remediation.
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A feedback report arrives about eight weeks after results. Remediation must start after the results letter and finish within a year of the fourth attempt, with proof at PEBC three weeks before the exam.
Hand re-scoring only checks data entry, requested within 75 days. Exam content and attempt limits cannot be appealed.
Why you see this CPNL’s policy and intern application still ask for an Evaluating Examination pass. The last Evaluating Examination is on October 15, 2026, and PEBC drops it from January 2027. CPNL has not published the replacement (Part I? Document Evaluation only?).
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Write to registration@cpnl.ca and ask what replaces the Evaluating Examination for intern registration. Do not pay intern fees before a written answer.
How you know it is done When you have a written answer.
Why you see this Registration lasts a year. It lets you work only under a pharmacist’s supervision.
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In CPNL’s application portal, create an account and choose the Pharmacy Intern Registration Application, uploading government photo ID (foreign ID is accepted), an insurance certificate, language evidence, and the EE pass or CPNL’s written answer.
Insurance in your name: $2 million per claim and $4 million annual aggregate. Letters of standing from every regulator you were registered with, sent directly by them.
A certificate of conduct within six months, sent directly to CPNL or available for CPNL to download from the issuer’s secure portal (photos or copies are not accepted).
Why you see this If you have lived in Canada less than ten years, CSI only.
It must cover every country you lived in during the last ten years, or for more than three months since age 19, whichever is shorter. The name must match your application and ID.
How you know it is done When CSI sends it to CPNL.
Why you see this Two 280-hour blocks with different preceptors at two sites, at least one in a community pharmacy.
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You find the site and preceptor. Apply for training with the preceptor acceptance form and the DTLM certificate, and do not start before approval: earlier time does not count.
20–40 hours a week. After each block, submit the completion report and the preceptor uploads the evaluation. A new application for each block.
Training is valid two years from completion. If you are not registered by then, you redo it.
Fee: CAD 141.38 plus tax · Practical training application (per block, 2026) · CPNL
Fee: CAD 144.35 plus tax · Practical training application (per block, from January 1, 2027) · CPNL
How you know it is done When CPNL approves completion of both blocks.
Why you see this After training, the registration exam and both Parts.
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Join the Pharmacists’ Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL): no proof is needed, but you attest to membership.
In the portal choose the International Pharmacy Graduate – Pharmacist Registration Application: ID, a new certificate of conduct within six months, insurance, and proof of both Parts.
If approved, pay the annual fee and download the certificate. Registration runs to December 31; renew by November 30.
Expedited pathway: not covered · Not covered: for pharmacists currently registered and practising in Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand or the USA.
Pharmacy technician: not covered · Not covered: a different profession.
Newfoundland and Labrador has no bridging program. The regulator is now CPNL; older papers say NLPB.
An important open question: CPNL still asks for an Evaluating Examination pass for intern registration. The last Evaluating Examination is on October 15, 2026; PEBC drops it from January 2027, and CPNL has not published a replacement.
If the application is refused: an appeal may be made to the CPNL board, then to the Supreme Court within 30 days of receiving the board’s decision.
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