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Licensing Data as of March 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 | 2,665 | 1,134 | 1,531 |
Defined Licence | 89 | 17 | 72 |
Academic Licence | 93 | – | 93 |
Temporary (Locum) Licence | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Clinical Assistant | 30 | – | 30 |
Defined Licence – Fellowship | 34 | – | 34 |
Full Licence – Postgraduate Training | 20 | 2 | 18 |
Restricted Licence | 38 | 7 | 31 |
Defined Licence – Term | – | – | – |
Total | 2,976 | 1,161 | 1,815 |
Physicians in training:
Educational Register | Assessments | Total Training Physicians |
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Postgraduate Training | – | 500 |
Postgraduate Practising | – | 56 |
Clinical Assessments | 12 | – |
Total | 12 | 556 |
Medical students:
Total Medical Students | 397 |
Licensing Statistics for the period: January 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023
| Decrease in Licences | Increase in Licences |
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Family Medicine | 123 | 152 |
All other | 452 | 399 |
Total | 575 | 551 |
Physician Age Distribution
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