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Biologist Licence: Moving from Alberta to British Columbia

Updated

The short answer

Direct transfer

A worker fully certified in another Canadian jurisdiction is recognized as qualified to practise the occupation in British Columbia, and ASPB Professional Biologists can apply as RPBio through the labour mobility stream without any additional exam or assessment.

Source
“any worker fully certified for an occupation by one Authority shall be recognized as qualified to practice that occupation by the other Authority”
cab-bc.org/registration/apply-to-register

Both provinces

Licensed in AlbertaMoving to British Columbia
Licence status Title protected Licence required
Regulator Alberta Society of Professional Biologists College of Applied Biology
Guide Biologist in Alberta Biologist in British Columbia

Steps to transfer

  1. Start labour mobility application

    Source
    “Go to https://portal.cab-bc.org/applicants/start to start your application/ 2. Select the Labour Mobility application stream and complete the required steps; and”
    cab-bc.org/registration/apply-to-register

  2. Pay application fee

    Source
    “Select the Labour Mobility application stream and complete the required steps; and 3. Pay the application fee”
    cab-bc.org/registration/apply-to-register

Processing time: Not stated by the regulator Check with College of Applied Biology

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