NOC 2021 · 31302 · TEER 1
Nurse practitioners
Unit group 31302 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education, advanced knowledge and nursing experience, and a specialty of practice. They provide a range of health services to patients and deliver preventive and continuous care toward the management of patients' health. Nurse practitioners work in conjunction with physicians and collaboratively with other nursing colleagues and health-care providers, or they may work independently. They are employed in community health centres, hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centres. Nurse practitioners may specialize in primary healthcare or acute care.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- acute care nurse practitioner
- adult care nurse practitioner
- advanced nurse practitioner
- advanced practice nurse
- anesthesia nurse practitioner
- cardiovascular nurse practitioner
- extended class registered nurse
- geriatric nurse practitioner
- nurse practitioner
- pediatric nurse practitioner
- primary health care nurse practitioner
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.