NOC 2021 · 32101 · TEER 2
Licensed practical nurses
Unit group 32101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Licensed practical nurses provide nursing care usually under the direction of medical practitioners, registered nurses or other health team members. Operating room technicians prepare patients and provide assistance to medical practitioners prior to and during surgery. Licensed practical nurses are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctors' offices, clinics, companies, private homes and community health centres. Operating room technicians are employed in hospitals.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- certified nursing assistant (CNA)
- graduate nursing assistant
- licensed nursing assistant
- licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.)
- medical technician - Canadian Armed Forces
- nurse educator - cannabis
- nursing assistant (registered - Québec)
- operating room technician
- operating room technician - Canadian Armed Forces
- operating room technician - nursing
- registered nursing assistant (R.N.A.)
- registered practical nurse (R.P.N.)
- surgical nursing assistant
- surgical technician - nursing
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.