In general, you must complete a college or university program, and you may need a licence for the province/territory where you'll work as well as membership in a professional association.
To be an optometrist, you need a three-year college program with mathematics/science courses and a four-year university degree in optometry, and you must pass the Canadian Standard Assessment in optometry and provincial/territorial exams.
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