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Welcome to the Nursing Data Dashboard portal. This is a self-serve portal that provides transparency and accessibility to CNO data and allows you the opportunity to view trends in nursing data between 2014 and 2024.
The College of Nurses of Ontario is the authoritative source of province-wide nursing supply and distribution data in Ontario, and we are committed to ensuring we empower others with data to make meaningful decisions.
The Nursing Data Dashboard is a dynamic tool that will be updated annually as relevant information becomes available. If you have any questions about this data, please contact cnostats@cnomail.org .
1. Select a data set: Registrants, Registrations or Employment.
2. Choose the years of data you are interested in viewing, then select any other relevant pre-selected filters using the checkboxes.
If desired, use the
Filter
selection to select variables to filter for a subset of the data.
3. If you would like to compare data across different categories, select up to two variables in the
Groups
section.
4. Click the
Apply
button to apply any changes to the filters and/or groups. The
Reset
button will restore filters and groups back to their original states.
5. You may download the summary statistics in CSV or Excel format, or copy data as text.
Each year CNO requires nurses in the General, Extended and Non-Practicing Class to renew their registration. As part of the renewal process, CNO collects registrants' demographic and employment information for each certificate of registration. Anyone who holds a certificate of registration with CNO is considered a registrant. Registrants may hold more than one certificate of registration and may report more than one employment position for each registration they hold.
The tool consists of three distinct data sets: Registrants, Registrations, and Employment. Queries cannot be combined across data sets. Below is a definition of each.
This data set consists of demographic data at the individual nurse, or registrant, level. Nurses who hold multiple registrations are only counted once. It can be filtered and grouped by the following variables: Registrations Held, and Age Group.
This data set consists of demographic data that is associated with each certificate of registration, as opposed to individual nurses. As a result, dual registrants may be counted twice if more than one nurse type is included in a query. Below are the available variables.
Age Group:
Calculated using full birth date and the date when a nurse successfully renews their registration (e.g., 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, ..., 65+).
Education Location:
Location where a registrant completed their initial nursing education for their corresponding certification of registration.
Employment Status:
Employment status categorizes registrations based on different combinations of employment (i.e. Employed in Nursing Only, Employed in Non-nursing Only, Not Employed, Employed in Both Nursing and Non-nursing, Not Specified).
Nurse Type:
Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Overall Working Status:
For registrants employed in nursing, it indicates the highest level of employment
associated with a certificate of registration among all positions held in Ontario.
Values in descending order are: "Full time Employment", "Part time Employment", "Casual Employment".
Other values include: "Not Specified" or "Not Applicable".
The three examples below illustrate how overall working status is derived.
Example 1:
If a nurse holds both a casual nursing position
and a full-time nursing position associated with a single registration,
the overall working status is full-time.
Example 2:
If a nurse holds three casual nursing positions associated with a single
registration, the overall working status is casual.
Example 3:
If a nurse holds one part-time nursing position and one full-time
non-nursing position associated with a single registration,
the overall working status is part-time.
Renewal Group:
An indicator for first-time registration renewals.
Renewal Year:
The year for which the registrant is renewing their registration.
This data set provides information about nursing employment positions that are held by CNO registrants. Nurses may hold multiple employment positions, across more than one certificate of registration, and can be counted more than once. For example, a dual registrant in 2024 may hold 1 employment position under an RPN registration and 2 positions under an RN registration. If all employment positions are queried in 2024, this nurse would be included 3 times. Below are the available nursing employment variables.
Area of Practice:
The focused practice area associated with a held employment position and
reflects the type of care delivered and/or patient population (e.g., Acute Care, Cancer Care, Diabetes Care, etc.).
Employment Position:
The role associated with a held employment position that reflects broad
job titles or position names (e.g., Staff Nurse, Case Manager, etc.).
Employment Sector:
Community, Hospital, Long-Term Care, Other.
Employment Region:
Ontario Health (OH) region of nursing employment.
Employment Setting:
The practice setting associated with a held employment position and reflects
the immediate practice environment (e.g., Acute Care Hospital, Cancer Centre, etc.).
Nurse Type:
Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Renewal Year:
The year for which the registrant is renewing their registration.
Working Status for Employment Positions:
Working status for each employment position held (i.e. Full time Employment, Part time Employment, Casual Employment, Not Specified).
To request an accessible version of this report, please contact us .
To request an accessible version of this report, please contact us .
To request an accessible version of this report, please contact us .
If you have any questions or comments about the Nursing Data Dashboard, please email cnostats@cnomail.org .