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Abstract Background The Mayo High Performance Teamwork Scale (MHPTS) was developed to measure teamwork skills in simulation. As no such tool was available in French, the main purpose was to translate the MHPTS. The secondary objective was to evaluate the reliability of this scale for use with French-Canadian nursing students. Method The cross-cultural adaptation followed four steps: (a) translation, (b) back-translation, (c) committee of experts, and (d) pretest. In regard to reliability, internal consistency was measured with coefficient alpha in a pilot study. Results The committee of experts (n = 7) judged the content as clear and comprehensive. Comments from the pretest were used to improve the scale (n = 44). Internal consistency is acceptable (α = 0.74) among nursing students (n = 70). Conclusion The Canadian French version of the MHPTS has demonstrated acceptable reliability and is now available to assess teamwork in nursing students.