Job requirements Coroner in Canada

Find out what you typically need to work as a coroner in Canada. These requirements are applicable to all Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41310).

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

  • Police investigators
  • Completion of secondary school is required.
  • Several years of experience as a police officers are required.
  • Completion of a university degree in police investigation is required in Quebec.
  • Specialized training or certification may be required for certain areas of investigation.
  • Coroners and medical examiners
  • In Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a medical examiner is required to be a physician with an active medical license.
  • In Ontario and Prince Edward Island, coroners are required to be a physician with an active medical license.
  • In Quebec, coroners are required to be a non-retired member of the the Collège des médecins du Québec, the Barreau du Québec or the Chambre des notaires du Québec, and have a minimum of four years of professional experience in their practice.
  • In British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, it is preferred coroners have education and experience in the legal, medical or investigative fields.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

We don’t have any data on professional certification requirements. This occupation is not regulated in Canada based on our records.

Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

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