Physiotherapist

A day in the job

You assess movement and strength, get patients walking after surgery, teach exercises, help prevent falls and decide with the team when someone is safe to go home.

Where you could work: Hospitals, rehab, clinics, community

How to get there

1. Earn a master's in physiotherapy at a Quebec university

Licence and registration

1. Show the knowledge of French the Charter of the French language requires (the OQLF tests it if you were not educated in French)
2. Register with the Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec

Official starting point: Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec (OPPQ) (opens in a new tab)

Trained outside Canada?

Physiotherapists educated outside Quebec apply to the OPPQ for recognition of equivalence.