Practical Nurse Exam Prep Across Canada: 2026 Map
Lumina started as CPNRE prep for Alberta. As of today it lives at practicalnurseprep.com, because practical nursing students in every province deserve prep written for their exam, their regulator and their law, not a neighbour's. Here is where we are, province by province, and what is coming.
Why the province matters more than the exam
Most of practical nursing is the same in Halifax as in Kelowna: assessment, pharmacology, infection control, care planning. What changes at a provincial border is the law. Who regulates you, what your title is, which act defines your scope and which statute governs the chart are all provincial. A study tool that teaches one province's law to everyone is right in one place and wrong in twelve. Lumina reads your province and gives you your own legal, scope, consent and privacy content, and the product enforces it: a learner is never shown another province's legal items.
Live and early access today
- Alberta: live. CPNRE prep with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses and Health Care Aides of Alberta (CLHA) standards and Alberta law throughout. Full mock exams are assembled to the CPNRE Blueprint ranges.
- Ontario: early access. REx-PN prep for Registered Practical Nurses, with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) and Ontario law. Ontario page.
- British Columbia: early access. REx-PN prep for Licensed Practical Nurses, with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) and BC law. BC page.
Early access means you can sign up and study today. Most practice items in early-access provinces are in pilot: they have passed our automated review and are being checked by a nurse educator, and the mock exam results screen tells you how many of your questions were pilot items.
Coming soon: every other province and territory
We are targeting the end of 2026 for the rest of the country. Each province opens when its legal and scope items have been written against its own legislation and reviewed by a nurse educator. Every one already has a page with a waitlist, and we email you once, the day it opens.
- Saskatchewan: CPNRE, College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Saskatchewan (CLPNS). Next to open.
- Manitoba: CPNRE, College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba (CLPNM).
- New Brunswick: CPNRE, Association of New Brunswick Licensed Practical Nurses (ANBLPN).
- Nova Scotia: CPNRE, Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN).
- Prince Edward Island: CPNRE, PEI College of Nursing and Midwifery (PEICNM).
- Newfoundland and Labrador: CPNRE, Newfoundland and Labrador College of Nurses (NLCN).
- Yukon: CPNRE, Yukon Professional Licensing.
- Northwest Territories and Nunavut: CPNRE, College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CANNN), with each territory's own legislation.
- Québec: the OIIAQ professional exam, written in French. Québec content is written in French and reviewed by a francophone nurse educator, never translated from English.
Students in the United States
US practical and vocational nursing students write the NCLEX-PN, with state boards of nursing and US law. It is a different exam and a different legal system, so it gets its own content rather than a relabelled Canadian bank. It is next on our roadmap after Canada; join the list below and we will tell you when it opens.
What stays the same everywhere
- Mock exams built to your exam's published plan, checked against its ranges before they are served.
- An AI tutor that knows where you are. It reads your province, so it names your regulator and your privacy law, not someone else's.
- Practice that adapts to you, with spaced review of what you missed and a readiness signal you can watch improve.
- Free to start. No credit card to sign up.
If you used Lumina before
Nothing about your account changed: progress, subscription and password are the same. The old address, albertalpnprep.com, forwards to practicalnurseprep.com. You may be asked to sign in once on the new address.
Find your province
Open practicalnurseprep.com and pick your province, or join the list for yours. Lumina is free to start, and nobody is ever taught another province's law.
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Frequently asked questions
Which practical nurse exam do I write in Canada?
The CPNRE in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut; the REx-PN in Ontario and British Columbia; and the OIIAQ professional exam, in French, in Québec.
Where is Lumina available today?
Alberta is live. Ontario and British Columbia are in early access, so you can sign up and study now. Every other province and territory is coming soon, targeted by the end of 2026, and has a waitlist on its page.
Is Lumina's content the same in every province?
The clinical core is shared where the exam is shared. Legal, scope, consent and privacy content is written for each province against its own legislation, and a learner is never shown another province's legal items.
Can students in the United States use Lumina?
Not yet. US students write the NCLEX-PN under state boards of nursing and US law, which needs its own content. It is next on the roadmap after Canada; join the list to hear when it opens.
Did my account change when Lumina moved to practicalnurseprep.com?
No. Your account, progress, subscription and password are unchanged. The old address forwards to the new one, and you may be asked to sign in once.
Is Lumina approved or endorsed by a nursing regulator?
No. Lumina AI is an independent study tool built to published exam plans and regulators' published standards. It is not affiliated with, approved by or endorsed by any nursing regulator or exam provider.
Sources
- CLHA (Alberta), clha.com
- BCCNM (British Columbia), bccnm.ca
- CNO (Ontario), cno.org
- CLPNS (Saskatchewan), clpns.com
- CLPNM (Manitoba), clpnm.ca
- OIIAQ (Québec), oiiaq.org
- ANBLPN (New Brunswick), anblpn.ca
- NSCN (Nova Scotia), nscn.ca
- PEICNM (Prince Edward Island), peicnm.ca
- NLCN (Newfoundland and Labrador), nlcn.ca
- Yukon Professional Licensing, LPN licensing
- CANNN (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), cannn.ca
Figures are as published by the sources above on the date of writing; check the current CLHA fee schedule and policies before acting. Lumina AI is not affiliated with the CLHA, AUPE or AHS.
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