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Licensing Data as of December 31, 2023
This data represents a physician headcount, not a total of full-time equivalent practising physicians.
Upon receipt of all required documents, a physician’s licence is typically approved in two to three days.
License Type | Total | Family Medicine | All Other |
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Full Licence | 2,806 | 1,165 | 1,641 |
Full Licence (Atlantic Registry) | 138 | 54 | 84 |
Defined Licence | 62 | 16 | 46 |
Academic Licence | 77 | – | 77 |
Temporary (Locum) Licence | 1 | – | 1 |
Clinical Assistant | 45 | – | 45 |
Defined Licence – Fellowship | 38 | – | 38 |
Full Licence – Postgraduate Training | 21 | 6 | 15 |
Restricted Licence | 83 | 19 | 64 |
Defined Licence – Term | – | – | – |
Total | 3,271 | 1,260 | 2,011 |
Physicians in training:
Educational Register | Assessments | Total Training Physicians |
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Postgraduate Training | – | 543 |
Postgraduate Practising | – | 50 |
Clinical Assessments | 1 | – |
Total | 1 | 593 |
Medical students:
Total Medical Students | 411 |
Licensing Statistics for the period: October 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023
| Decrease in Licences | Increase in Licences |
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Family Medicine | 98 | 169 |
All other | 426 | 525 |
Total | 524 | 694 |
Physician Age Distribution
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