Editing Massage (section)

=== Canada ===
[[File:Spa Waterfall Massage on Galiano Island.jpg|thumb|Canadian massage therapist at work.]]
In regulated provinces massage therapists are known as Registered Massage Therapists, in Canada six [[provinces]] regulate massage therapy:<ref name="overviewca">{{Cite web |date=10 June 2005 |title=Overview of Manual Therapy in Canada |url=https://nccih.nih.gov/node/3365 |publisher=The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) |vauthors=Verhoef M |access-date=26 August 2018 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826183046/https://nccih.nih.gov/node/3365 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[British Columbia]], [[Ontario]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Prince Edward Island]], [[Saskatchewan]], and [[New Brunswick]].<ref name=law/> Registered Massage Therapy in British Columbia is regulated by the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia (CMTBC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Health Professions Act & Regulations |url=https://www.cmtbc.ca/law-standards/health-professions-act-regulations/ |access-date=13 July 2019 |website=College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia}}</ref> Regulated provinces have, since 2012, established inter-jurisdiction competency standards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2012 |title=Inter-Jurisdiction Competency Standards |url=http://www.cmto.com/cmto-wordpress/assets/Inter-Jurisdictional-Competency-Standards-June-2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802121212/http://www.cmto.com/cmto-wordpress/assets/Inter-Jurisdictional-Competency-Standards-June-2012.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-02 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=overviewca/> [[Quebec]] is not provincially regulated. Massage therapists may obtain a certification with one of the various associations operating. There is the Professional Association of Specialized Massage Therapists of Quebec, also named Mon Réseau Plus, which represents 6,300 massage therapists (including ortho therapist, natural therapists, and others), the Quebec Federation of massage therapists (FMQ), and the Association québécoise des thérapeutes naturals; however, none of these are regulated by provincial law.

Canadian educational institutions undergo a formal accreditation process through the Canadian Massage Therapy Council for Accreditation (CMTCA).