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December 31, 2019
Licensing Statistics as of December 31, 2019
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.
Licence Type |
Total |
Family Medicine |
All Other |
Full Licence |
2,287 |
1,112 |
1,175 |
Full Licence Non-Resident Licence |
155 |
58 |
97 |
Defined Licence |
89 |
15 |
74 |
Academic Licence |
72 |
– |
72 |
Temporary (Locum) Licence |
34 |
– |
34 |
Clinical Assistant |
26 |
– |
26 |
Defined Licence – Fellowship |
24 |
– |
24 |
Full Licence – Postgraduate Training |
21 |
3 |
18 |
Restricted Licence |
24 |
16 |
8 |
Defined Licence – Term |
– |
– |
– |
Total |
2,706 |
1,204 |
1,528 |
Physician Age Distribution
Licensing Statistics for the period October, 2018 to December 31, 2019
|
Decrease in Licences |
Increase in Licences |
Family Medicine |
146 |
159 |
All other |
195 |
183 |
Total |
341 |
342 |
In addition, we have the following physicians in training:
Educational Register |
Assessments |
Total Training Physicians |
New Post Graduate Licences Issued |
Postgraduate Training |
– |
505 |
138 |
Postgraduate Practising |
– |
27 |
11 |
Clinical Assessments |
24 |
– |
– |
Total |
24 |
532 |
149 |
In addition to physicians in training, we have the following medical students:
Total Medical Students |
447 |
|
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