A list of accredited dental hygiene programs in Canada can be found on the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada
(CDAC) website. You will find a complete
list of degree and diploma programs on CDHA’s website.
Quality assurance programs vary greatly across the country, and the standards for these programs are set by the
regulatory bodies. Please contact your provincial or territorial regulatory body for further information on the
requirement. You will find a list of regulatory bodies
on CDHA’s website.
CDHA members are invited to submit free event listings to our Oral
Health Events Calendar.
CDHA encourages each and every member to raise awareness of dental hygiene issues in their community. To support you in
this endeavour, CDHA has prepared an Advocacy Toolkit,
which includes key oral health messages, a letter template,
meeting guide, and other resources to present to local political leaders or other organizations describing the vital
role that dental hygienists play in helping to ensure optimal oral and overall health for all Canadians.
The Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (CJDH) is the only peer-reviewed journal published in Canada exclusively for
dental hygienists. The journal is published in February, June, and October, and is publicly available online. CDHA’s
research agenda
provides a foundation for the current national oral health priorities and directs future dental hygiene
research efforts.
Every two years, CDHA conducts a dental hygiene Job
Market & Employment Survey to gauge employment trends in Canada and
generate statistics on all aspects of the profession. It includes questions about salary rates, employment benefits,
workplace injuries, and practice environment, etc. The most recent survey was conducted in 2017; the results are
available free of charge to members.
Each province has unique regulations and standards for the practice of dental hygiene. You will need to contact the
dental hygiene regulatory body in your new province to determine the criteria that must be met before you can practise
there. CDHA provides an overview of scope of practice differences
across provinces online.
Please refer to the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials’ website for information regarding the
registration process for dental hygienists in Canada.
The International Federation of Dental Hygienists
(IFDH) provides information on 26 countries where dental hygiene is a
recognized profession.
You can receive assistance from your provincial or territorial government’s employment standards branch. Click here
to view a list of all provincial and territorial offices.