AMNQ QANM

Naturopathic Medicine in Quebec

Quebec Association of Naturopathic Medicine (QANM)

Representing professional naturopaths across Quebec.

What Naturopathic Medicine Is All About

Naturopathic medicine is a prevention-focused, evidence-informed approach to healthcare that aims to complement and strengthen Quebec’s healthcare system. By addressing health proactively and supporting the prevention and management of chronic disease, naturopathic medicine can help improve health literacy, quality of life, and long-term health outcomes.

It combines evidence-informed nutrition, lifestyle, botanical, physical, and other individualized approaches including gentle and supportive therapies that may be particularly appropriate for individuals who are sensitive to conventional interventions to support health, vitality, resilience, and quality of life.

QANM members are qualified Naturopaths trained to provide primary-contact care. Their rigorous education includes a minimum of seven years of post-secondary study and 4,100 hours of clinical training, including 1,200 hours of supervised clinical practice. This training prepares them to assess patients, identify health concerns, provide evidence-informed care, and work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.

Naturopaths are trained in primary care, rigorously examined, and committed to professional standards and accountability.

Education Plays a Role in Healthcare

The naturopathic medical model centers on:

Nutrition and lifestyle choices
Motivation and behavioural change
Understanding root causes
Evidence-informed wholistic care.
Education
Gentle and non-invasive supportive therapies

Why Regulation Matters

Advancing the Regulation of Naturopathic Medicine in Quebec

There are well over 2,000 individuals in Quebec using the title “naturopath,” with no standardized requirement for medical education. The title “Naturopaths” has no legal definition either QANM advocates for legally protecting both, clearly and distinctly.

Title Protection

Defined Competencies

Accountability

Public Safety

Our Advocacy Mandate

Quebec Families.

Prioritizing Prevention.

In Charge of Their Health.

Common reasons for seeing a Naturopaths:

“I am interested in addressing the root cause(s) to my health, rather than symptom management, when possible.”

“I am forward-thinking and want to take charge of my health before relying on the public healthcare system”

of Quebecers have tried complementary/alternative medicine

0 %*

Quebecers see a QANM naturopaths each year

~ †

^* Source: Fraser Institute, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Use and Public Attitudes,” 2016. Refers to complementary/alternative medicine broadly (massage, chiropractic, naturopathy, acupuncture, etc.) not naturopathic medicine specifically.

† This is a calculated estimate, not a survey figure: 21 active QANM member NDs × ~200 unique patients/year (a typical small-practice average), ≈ 4,200, rounded to “~4,000.”