Canadian Massage Therapy Associations
For: U.S.A. UK, Australia & New Zealand

Each province has different requirements for practicing Massage Therapy in their jurisdiction. The Massage Therapy Alliance of Canada (MTAC), a new national massage therapy alliance has replaced the Canadian Massage Therapist Alliance (CMTA). The MTAC’s affiliated provincial associations have a common minimum requirement of their members to be successful graduates of a recognized curriculum that is a minimum of 2200 hour program.

The following 15 organizations adhere to a minimum of the 2200 hour professional standard curriculum:

• Massage Therapist Association of Alberta +1-888-848-6822

• Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia
  +1-604-736-3404

•  The College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia   
  +1-604-736-3404

• Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba +1-204-927-7979

• The New Brunswick Massotherapy Association +1-506-459-5788

• The Newfoundland and Labrador Massage Therapists' Association   +1-709-726-4006

• The College of Massage Therapists of Newfoundland and Labrador   +1-709-739-7181

• Massage Therapists' Association of Nova Scotia +1-902-429-2190

• Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba+1-204-254-0406

• Northwest Territories Massage Therapy Association
  +1-867-873-3509

• Registered Massage Therapists' Association of Ontario
  +1-416-979-2010

• College of Massage Therapists of Ontario +1-416-489-2626

• Prince Edward Island Massage Therapy Association  
  +1-866-566-1955

• The Massage Therapist Association of Saskatchewan
  +1-306-384-7077

• The Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association
  +1-250-590-9861

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Canadian Organizations

• Massage Therapy Alliance of Canada (MTAC), the new national massage therapy alliance has replaced the Canadian Massage Therapist Alliance (CMTA) Canadian Massage Therapist Alliance.  massage.ca will provide you with contact information when it becomes available.

• The Canadian Massage Therapy Research Network (CMTRN) research@cmtrn.ca

• Canadian Council of Massage Therapy Schools (CCMTS)   
  +1-403-529-3831

• Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC)(formerly the Association of Massage Therapists and Wholistic Practitioners, AMTWP)
  +1-780-484-2010

• Alliance Québécoise des Thérapeutes Naturels Inc., Association AQTN Incorporated in January 2011 Therapists AQTN represents have attained either a 400+ hour or a 1,000+ hour curriculum program.
  +1-514-400-7225

• Board of Examiners in Quebec Massotherapy /Conseil des Examinateurs en Massothérapie du Québec (CEMQ)
  +1-514-990-6658

• Quebec Union of Professional Technicians of Manual Therapy/ Le Syndicat Professionnel des Techniciens en Thérapie Manuelle du Québec (SPTTMQ)   +1-514-990-6658

For even more info on Quebec's Associations go here (.pdf)!

Massage Therapy in Quebec
Training, recognition and involvement in health care

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