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Government of Canada jobs for nurses are open across the country and pay up to $113,000

You also get an extra allowance of up to $18,000 each year! 🤑

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There are government of Canada jobs for nurses available across the country right now.

You can earn up to $113,000 a year, along with additional allowances up to $18,000!

Canada's Department of National Defence is looking to hire nurse practitioners to work in the Canadian Forces Health Services, a designated health care provider for military personnel.

Positions are available in cities across Canada.

That includes Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Yellowknife, Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, and St. John's.

The salary for these high-paying jobs is $97,100 to $113,163 a year.

Plus, nurses receive an annual allowance from $605 to $3,850 and nurse practitioners receive an annual allowance of $18,000.

You need to have completed a nurse practitioner program recognized by the provincial/territorial regulatory authority with an NP-Adult or NP-PHC specialty certificate.

You must be eligible to be registered as a nurse practitioner — NP, RN (EC), RN (NP), or RN (EP) — in a province or territory of Canada and have no current license suspensions/restrictions with any professional regulatory organizations.

You also need:

  • experience as a nurse practitioner in a community or clinical setting
  • experience in ambulatory care, acute care or community health care
  • experience in adult education and health promotion
  • experience in accessing professional literature to provide current evidence-based care

Knowledge of assessing, diagnosing, treating and managing a range of acute and chronic medical conditions as a nurse practitioner is required as well.

The closing date is July 9, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Nurse Practitioner

Salary: $97,100 to $113,163 — plus additional allowances

Company: Department of National Defence

Who Should Apply: You should apply if you have completed a recognized nurse practitioner program with a specialty certificate in nurse practitioner — adult (NP-Adult) or nurse practitioner – primary health care (NP-PHC).

You must be eligible to be registered as a nurse practitioner in a province or territory of Canada and have no current license suspensions/restrictions.

Also, you need:

  • experience as a nurse practitioner in a community or clinical setting
  • experience in ambulatory care, acute care or community health care
  • experience in adult education and health promotion
  • experience in accessing professional literature to provide current evidence-based care
  • knowledge of assessing, diagnosing, treating and managing a range of acute and chronic medical conditions as a nurse practitioner

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    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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