Finding a Job...
Job Guide
-— Ontario Job Market for Foreign Trained Professionals —-
Every year over 100,000 new immigrants come to Ontario. That’s nearly 40 percent of all Canada’s immigrants. There is no doubt that it’s every newcomer’s desire is to find a well-paid job that match skills and qualifications in their possession. Ontario has many opportunities to offer newcomers, however; finding a job that matches your skills and qualifications takes hard work and sometimes it can also take time. Be prepared.
-— Regulated Professions & Regulatory Bodies —-
In Ontario, some professions set their own standards of practice. These are known as regulated professions. We believe that the majority of the University of Peradeniya alumni migrating to Canada have the potential educational qualifications and experience that is essential to register with these regulatory bodies. So, our focus here is to provide some guidance to University of Peradeniya alumni migrating to Ontario to register with relevant regulatory bodies and to find a professional employment. The following is the list of regulated professions and professions with protected titles in Ontario.
-— Regulated Non-Health Professions and Respective Regulatory Bodies —-
Architecture
Certified Engineering Technicians and Technology
  • Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
  • Web: www.oacett.org
Chartered Professional Accounting
Early Childhood Educator
Forestry
Geoscience
  • Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
  • Web: www.apgo.net
Human Resources Professional
  • The Human Resources Professionals Association
  • Web: www.hrpa.ca
Insurance Broker
Land Surveying
Law
Paralegal
Professional Engineering
Real Estate Agent
Social Service Work
  • Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers
  • Web: www.ocswssw.org
Teaching
Veterinary Medicine
-— Non-Health Professions with Protected Titles —-
Agrology
Only those registered with the Ontario Institute of Agrologists as “professional agrologist” have the right to practice professional agrology in Ontario.
Chartered Chemist
Only those registered with the Association of the Chemical Profession of Ontario (ACPO) have the right to practice as “Chartered Chemist” and are permitted to use the designation C.Chem. after their names.