Membership in the Canadian Academy of Dental Anaesthesia is limited to dentists who have successfully completed a formal postgraduate course of training in anaesthesia as it applies to dentistry, consistent with Part 2 of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry Guidelines for Teaching the Comprehensive Control of Pain and Anxiety at The Advanced Education Level. (The duration of this training must be a minimum of 24 months if completed after 1984. For those who completed their training in or prior to 1984, the duration of this training must be a minimum of 12 months).

Dentists who are currently enrolled in a postgraduate dental anaesthesia program of a minimum of 2 years duration may also join as a resident member. Honourary members are persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the field of dental anaesthesia (nominated by an active member and approved by two thirds majority at a general meeting).