Applying for an Endorsement
The Endorsement Process
If you are registered as a practical nurse in another Canadian jurisdiction, you must apply for and be granted an endorsement by the CLPNM before you can begin working as an LPN in Manitoba. All steps in the endorsement application process must be complete in order for your endorsement to be granted. These are:
- opening and paying for your endorsement application
- completing your endorsement application
- having your completed endorsement application reviewed
- viewing a recorded education session and successfully completing a quiz on the jurisprudence for LPNs in Manitoba
- applying and paying for your registration as an active practising LPN, and
- having your registration approved.
All application forms are available below.
If you were educated as a nurse in another country, and do not hold registration as a practical nurse in another Canadian jurisdiction, please review information on how to apply for a credential assessment, available here.
Unsure whether to apply for an endorsement or a credential assessment? Please see here.
Please contact the CLPNM prior to submitting your endorsement application in the following circumstances:
- You are moving to Manitoba from another Canadian jurisdiction due to a Federal Government (National Defence, Armed Forces, and RCMP) transfer. Applicants who can provide evidence that their application relates directly to a Federal Government transfer may be eligible for an application fee reduction.
- If you are registered in good standing as an LPN in another Canadian jurisdiction, and plan to deliver nursing care to clients located in Manitoba only by virtual means. You may qualify for a lower cost and expedited registration for virtual practice. Find out more here.
- You are moving to Manitoba from another Canadian jurisdiction and were previously registered as a practical nurse in Canada but no longer hold active registration. In this circumstance. You do not qualify to apply for an endorsement but you may still be eligible to apply through another pathway.
Application Forms
Endorsement applicants must use the forms provided by the CLPNM. Forms received that do not match those currently available on this site will not be accepted. Please be sure to read each document carefully and note that some documents must be submitted by you and others by third parties. If you require further information, please contact the College by email or by phone at 1-877-663-1212 toll free.
Please fill out this form and submit it along with your fee, two pieces of valid government-issued ID (one with photo), and English or French language test scores from a Board-approved language proficiency test (if applicable) in order to open your endorsement file. These documents must be submitted as one complete package. This form was last updated October 7, 2022.
Please fill out this form and submit it to the CLPNM. In addition to this form, you are required to submit three suitability checks. These are: a Canada-wide criminal record check that includes a vulnerable sector search, a Manitoba child abuse registry check, and a Manitoba adult abuse registry check. Please be aware that, in order to be accepted by the CLPNM, these documents must have been issued within six (6) months of the date they are provided to the CLPNM. Other requirements related to these documents are set out in the CLPNM’s Fact Sheet on Suitability Checks. Please review the fact sheet thoroughly. This form was last updated September 2, 2021.
Verification of Registration Form
You must provide this form to your current or most recent licensing authority, and to any other authority with whom you have been licensed in the past seven (7) years. Each of these licensing authorities must fill out the form and submit it directly to the CLPNM. This form was last updated December 16, 2019.
