Veterinary Schools in Canada

Veterinary medicine in Canada is taught in five university colleges that award a professional doctorate (DVM, or DMV in French at Montréal). The CVMA, working with the AVMA Council on Education, accredits these colleges. Veterinary technician and animal health technology programs are mostly diplomas taught in colleges and polytechnics across the provinces, and the CVMA's Veterinary Technologist Program Accreditation Committee accredits individual programs.

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Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM / DMV)

Professional doctorate at the Atlantic Veterinary College (UPEI), the Ontario Veterinary College (Guelph), the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (Saskatchewan), the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Faculté de médecine vétérinaire of the Université de Montréal. Several colleges are regional and reserve seats for residents of specific provinces. Source

Animal health technology / veterinary technician diploma

Two- to three-year college diplomas accredited program by program by the CVMA; some colleges also offer blended or distance options with on-site labs and a host clinic. Source

Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)

With the AVMA Council on Education, accredits Canadian colleges of veterinary medicine; through its Veterinary Technologist Program Accreditation Committee it accredits animal health technology and veterinary technician programs. It does not license veterinarians.

CVMA National Examining Board (NEB)

Administers the NEB examination process and issues the Certificate of Qualification, a prerequisite for a general licence from provincial veterinary licensing bodies; it has no power to license or discipline veterinarians.

Provincial veterinary licensing bodies

Licensing of veterinarians is a provincial responsibility; each province's association or licensing body sets its own requirements.

Licensing to practise veterinary medicine is regulated province by province. The CVMA states that completion of the NEB examination or a Certificate of Qualification is a prerequisite for a general licence in any province, and that provinces may add requirements. Veterinary technician registration is handled separately by provincial or technician associations; accreditation of a program by the CVMA is not registration. Source

No degree on this site automatically permits anyone to practise as a veterinarian, and nothing here is visa, work-permit or credit-transfer advice.

Teaching languages. English is the language of instruction at most colleges; the Université de Montréal teaches its DMV in French (Saint-Hyacinthe, and Rimouski then Saint-Hyacinthe).

• CVMA accredited veterinary technologist programs
• CVMA COE-accredited colleges