Provincial Colleges of Chiropractors in Canada

Everyone is entitled to safe and competent health care.

To be granted a license to practise, chiropractors are required to pass rigorous national academic, clinical skills and provincial jurisprudence board exams. The national and provincial examinations are conducted by the Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board (CCEB) . The CCEB provides high quality clinical competency evaluation and cognitive skills examinations and is responsible for their development, delivery, and administration.

Healthcare is regulated provincially and each province has - or is in the process of - implementing a Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA). Some provinces have yet to fully establish their regulatory body under this legislation.

To ensure the public interest is protected, regulated health care providers must obtain licences or certificates of registration to practise their profession from their respective regulatory bodies:

  • Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors ›

    The Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors (ACAC) regulates the chiropractic profession in a manner that supports quality care and upholds public trust; as well as furthers awareness and understanding of the benefits of chiropractic care.

  • College of Chiropractors of British Columbia ›

    The College of Chiropractors of British Columbia is the regulatory body established by the provincial government, (1934), for the registration and regulation for chiropractic doctors in BC. Every doctor of chiropractic practising in BC must be a registered member of the College. The College of Chiropractors of BC is part of BC’s Health Regulators .

  • Manitoba Chiropractors Association ›

    With Manitoba's new legislation, the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) , the profession’s legislative authority will soon become the College of Chiropractors of Manitoba. The RHPA legislation will also be developed into profession-specific regulations and by-laws. As this process will take a few years, the Manitoba Chiropractors Association will fulfill the dual role of membership and regulatory until the change has been affected.

  • Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors ›

    The Nova Scotia College of Chiropractors (NSCC) is a self-regulating body for the province’s chiropractic profession. All chiropractors in Nova Scotia must be members of the NSCC in order to practise chiropractic in the province, which continues to operate under the Chiropractic Act until the NS Regulated Health Professionals Act, Bill 147 is implemented.

  • College of Chiropractors of Ontario ›

    The College of Chiropractors of Ontario (CCO) is the governing body established by the provincial government to regulate chiropractors in Ontario. Every chiropractor practising in Ontario must be a registered member of CCO.

  • Order des Chiropraticiens du Québec ›

    The Ordre des chiropraticiens du Québec protects patients by verifying the competence of its members, monitoring their professional practice through a program of continuing education, and processing complaints through the Office of the Syndic.