"Canadian" Based Travel Nurse Agencies

Was going to put this in the Canadian forum or Travel Nurse Forum, however I thought that this may interest US and other international folks that are looking to work in Canada. Please move to right forum if it belongs somewhere else. EDIT: In retrospect this probaly should have gone into the Travel Nurse Forum, my apologies

My wife is an RN. We've talked about going to the States, but the big problem is that while I could travel with her I wouldn't be able to work while she is on assignment. My occupation doesn't fit the TN requirements unfortunately. This is a big consideration as whatever income increases she would "gain" doing Travel Nursing in the US, we would "lose" in my lost wages.

Canada has traditionally only had nursing agencies servicing very local areas. Agency nursing in Canada is different from Travel Nursing in that you don't travel anywhere. In general the nurses brought in are all local RN's, brought in by local agencies.

It appears though that Travel Nursing within Canada has now become a possible option ....

I did some research over the past two days and found 2 Canadian "Travel Nursing" companies. I believe both are very new (less than 2 years old maybe?) Both are based in British Columbia.


Solutions Staffing -- From what I understand they only service British Columbia, mostly rural areas.

Select Medical Connections -- I believe this company will allow for Travel Nursing anywhere in Canada, as well as the US. They have another site too: http://www.travelnurse.ca/


Both companies follow the American Travel Nursing model, ie. free accomodations, fly you in, provide advice and counsel on visa requirements/provincial liscensing requirments, etc. From what I have heard they pay around 42 - 50 bucks an hour (compared to 26 - 28/hr that 1st year nurses make on average in Canada).

Wife and I are considering both companies, as it means we won't have to deal with the hurdles Canadian nurses face like having to take the NCLEX-RN as well as the hassle of getting a TN. The big thing for us though, is that we could Travel within Canada and I would be able to go with her and have the option to work while she is on assignment.

This is also probaly something that might be interesting to US RN's who have want to work in Canada under a Canadian Travel Nurse agency.

As I mentioned before though, it appears both agencies are very new. I'm wondering if anyone has worked for them/knows much more about them? I'm basing most of the information above on the companies websites, and what little info google revealed. I'd like to know a little more before I contact them, if anyone has anything to share.

Anyways I thought this worth mentioning here, as I couldn't find any posts regarding Canadian based Travel Nursing companies.