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Licensing Requirements

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Alberta

Nail Technician: No licensing
Reciprocity: Credit given for education hours must; take exam

Dept. of Advanced Education and Career Development/Apprenticeship and Industry Training
10th Floor, City Centre
10155-102 St.
Edmonton, AB T5J 4L5
(403) 427-4601
Fax (403) 422-5125

British Columbia

Hairdressing students must complete 1500 hours, esthetics students 800 hours

Nail technology students 285 hours. All curriculum hours must be completed in the school.

The Cosmetologists Association of British Columbia'
899 West 8th Avenue Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1E3
Tel: 604-871-0222
Toll Free in BC: 1-800-663-9283
Fax: 604-871-0299
info@cabccanada.com 

Manitoba

Nail Technician: 600 hours
Reciprocity: Providences and states with equal education requirements reviewed on an individual basis
Home Salon and Mobile Salon allowed.

New Brunswick

Nail Technician: 300 hours
Home Salon allowed

New Brunswick Hairdressers Assn.
299York
Fredericton, NB E3B 3P2
(506) 458-8087 · Toll free: (800) 561-8087
Fax: (506) 458-1354

Newfoundland

Nail Technician: No licensing
Reciprocity: Applications reviewed individually

Dept. of Education, Industrial Training Division
P0. Box 8700
St. John’s, NF AlB 4J6
(709) 729-2729
Fax: (709) 729-5878
bdwyer@edu.gov.nf.ca

Northwest Territories

Nail Technician: No licensing

Dept of Education, Culture and Employment
Box 1320
Yellowknife, NWT X1A 2L9
(403) 920-3422 Fax: (403) 873-0200
apprentice@tailpipe.learnnet.nt.ca

Nova Scotia

Hairdressing:1250 hours
Esthetics: 1250 hours
Nail Technician: 250 hours
Home Salon and Mobile Salon allowed

Cosmetology Assn. of Nova Scotia
128 Chain Lake Drive
Halifax, NS B3S 1A2
(902) 468-6477 Fax: (902) 468-7147

Nunavit

Nail Technician: No licensing

Ontario

Nail Technician: No licensing
Hair Cutting: Hair stylists/cosmetologists ARE licensed in Ontario. 1500 hours at an accredited school or community college, (practical and theory curriculum) followed by a 2000 hour apprenticeship in a salon, then the provincial licensing exam. All are required to become a hair stylist. 
Esthetics: No licensing

Ministry of Education and Training/Apprenticeship Srvcs.
1-625 Church St
Toronto, ON M7A 2B5
(416) 326-5800 · Fax: (416) 326-5799

Prince Edward Island

Nail Technician: No licensing

PEl Hairdressers Assn.
PO Box 984
Charlottetown, PC C1A 7M4
(902) 892-5359

Quebec

Nail Technician: No information

Saskatchewan

Nail Technician: No licensing

Dept. of Education/Apprenticeship Div
3085 Albert St., Rm, 226
Regina, SK S4P 3V7 Canada
(306) 787-2444
Fax: (306) 787-5105

Yukon

Nail Technician: Business license

Government of Yukon, Corporate Affairs
Box 2703
Whitehorse, YKYIA 2C6
(867) 667-5811
Fax: (867) 667-6339