ONTARIO Canada LPN Salary & Perks

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Looking for information on a Canadian LPN's salary. What's a full time schedule like? How many hours...what's the pay per hour? Also, what kinds of perks come with the job? What kind of medical or dental coverage if any? What can you tell me about the pension plan? Any and all information will be very helpful. Thanks in advance! :wink2:

Specializes in Geriatrics, Med-Surg..

I certainly don't intend to be negative but do check with schools that you intend to apply to what the residency requirement is, Ontario charges those who are not Canadian citizens, at least double the tuition fees that a Canadian Citizen will pay as our Universities and Colleges are to a varying extent, funded by the government.

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I certainly don't intend to be negative but do check with schools that you intend to apply to what the residency requirement is, Ontario charges those who are not Canadian citizens, at least double the tuition fees that a Canadian Citizen will pay as our Universities and Colleges are to a varying extent, funded by the government.

Ontario charges basically double tuition to "international students". If a person lives in Ontario without being a resident, citizen or refugee, she will also be considered and "international student" upon applying. However, if the person presents a permanent residency document, the tuition is the same as that of a citizen. BTW, the problem is being admitted: a lot of people are trying to get into the bridging and second entry degree nursing programs right now.

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I have a few close, new-grad friends who work in Burlington now, and they are making $25 and change an hour, with shift premiums added, and 14% if they give up benifits.

I have new-grad friends working at Trillium in Peel, Hospitals in Toronto, North York, Scarburough, and Hamilton, all making $25+ an hour as an RPN.

I'd say stay with your RPN diploma for now. The hospital I did a clinical rotation at laid-off quite a few RN's, and replaced them with RPN's (with the acception of ICU, and a few in Emerg). The hospital i'm working at now laid off tons of RN's, replaced them with RPN's, and only have 2 RN's per floor (this is a smaller long-term hospital).

Also, one of my prof's teaches the PSW program, she's also an RN who got laid off by the way, replaced by RPN's. She said they have added so much more skills, and things PSW students need to study in the current program such as meds, suppository's, etc. Think about that? Why? Because RN's are being replaced by RPN's, RPN's are being replaced by PSW's. Why? To save money of course. Another advantage for the gov't.

I also have quite a few friends who started first year of BscN, then dropped out and went to RPN because they believe they'll have better job security there in the future.

Think about it. Good luck.

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I'm a new grad in Northwestern Ontario, and I'm making over $25/hr-base wage. I think I get a 1$ premium on night shifts and weekends...and I'm sure there are other premiums I'm not even aware of.

I think that's pretty good....especially seeing as how I've heard of other RPNs in Ontario making only like 14-16 bucks an hour. :eek:

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