Overview

Assessment of Educational Credentials and Qualifications (Credentialling) Overview

Credentialling is the process of evaluating documentary evidence that an applicant

provides to determine if his or her qualifications are sufficiently similar (substantially
equivalent) to the established or published standard in the receiving country or
jurisdiction.

Credentialling aims to prepare an objective analytical report that describes the

educational credentials of internationally educated applicants by interpreting those
credentials in terms of Canadian equivalents.

In Canada, physiotherapists are licensed or registered to practice by provincial/territorial

regulatory colleges (regulators). Except for Québec, all provincial regulators and the
regulator in Yukon Territory require internationally educated applicants to complete The
Alliance's mandatory Credentialling process before taking the Physiotherapy
Competency Examination (PCE).

Graduates of Canadian physiotherapy programs do not need to complete an Educational

Credential and Qualification Assessment to take the PCE.

If you are currently enrolled in or have graduated from a university degree program
outside of Canada, you are an internationally educated applicant. This includes
Canadian citizens who have studied abroad. All internationally educated applicants must
apply for credentialling and ask that we assess their credentials and qualifications to
confirm their eligibility to apply for the PCE.

The Alliance Credentialling and Examination processes do not give an individual the
right to practice or register as a physiotherapist in Canada. Each regulator may have
additional registration requirements. You can find full information on registration
requirements in a province or territory by contacting the regulator in the
province/territory you will be working in.

Applying for an Assessment

Applying for an Assessment

Follow these steps to apply for Credentialling.

1. Read the Credentialling Handbook.

2. Make sure you are eligible to apply. Check the Credentialling Handbook for
information about eligibility. This information is in the section called "Educational
Credentials and Qualifications Assessment".
3. Print the credentialling application form and fill it in. Be sure to complete all the
fields.
4. Complete the credit card section of the application OR include a certified cheque,
money order or a bank draft with your application.
5. Read the Important Notes on the back of the application form, then sign and date
the form.
6. Read the information about the documents you and other institutions must send.
7. Put your application and payment in the mail.

If you want us to verify your credentialling status with a regulator, print and complete the
Verification Request Form. You can send this when you have received your successful
credentialling results letter.

Submitting Your Application

Follow these steps to submit your Credentialling Application:

1. Complete the first page of the Document Request Form and send it to your
physiotherapy school

We may already have copies of your program's course descriptions and outlines (e.g.
syllabus, course descriptions) that we can use in the assessment process.

Please contact our Client Services Coordinator at csc@alliancept.org or by phone at

416-234-8800 (extension 30) before sending the Document Request Form to your
school to confirm if we need the syllabus from your school. If we don't, then let your
school know that they do not need to send your syllabus with the other required
documents.

2. Complete your application form, make a copy of your completed and signed
application form and keep the copy as your record
3. Prepare two photographs and sign and date the back of one of the photographs
4. Take one of the photographs and an official identity document to a notary public
 In some countries, notary publics may charge one fee to notarize a number of
documents.

If you need to notarize other documents, take the original copy of those documents to
the notary public at the time you take your declaration of Identity form and ask the
notary public to make a copy of your original documents and notarize those
documents at the same time

5. Complete the Declaration of Identity Form in front of the notary public

6. Show your official identity document to the notary public and ask that they
review your identity document and complete the section on the Declaration of
Identity Form
7. Include the completed Declaration of Identity Form and your loose photo with
your completed Credentialling Application form
8. Complete the Application Checklist. Let us know which documents you are
sending with your application form and which documents will follow
9. If you want that we confirm we have received your package, complete Form A
(included in the Credentialling Handbook) and send it with your application form
10. Send us your package by mail.

Changing your Information

Changing Your Information

You may need to change some of your information after you apply for Credentialling.

Changing Your Address

If you move, you must give us your new address in writing. Use the Change of
Information Form. Be sure to tell us when the change takes place. We will mail your
results and any other correspondence to the address we have in our files.

Changing Your Name

If you change your name after you apply for credentialling, you must give us your new
name in writing. Use the Change of Information Form. You need to send a notarized
copy of a name change document with the form (for example, your notarized marriage
certificate). We cannot change your name after we send your results.

Forms:
Change of Information Form

Contact Us

Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators

1243 Islington Avenue, Suite 501
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y9

Tel: (416) 234-8800

Fax: (416) 234-8820

Staff List

Important Online Contacts

For General Inquiries:

email@alliancept.org

For Physiotherapy Competency Exam:

exam@alliancept.org

Be sure to check out our Examinations Section and FAQs before contacting The Alliance.

For Evaluation of Academic Credentials and Qualifications:

credentialling@alliancept.org

Be sure to check out our Credentialling Section and FAQs before contacting The
Alliance.

Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators

1243 Islington Avenue, Suite 501
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y9
Phone: 416-234-8800 Fax: 416-234-8820