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June 30, 2019

This data represents a physician head count, 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 2,269 1,110 1,159
Full Licence Non-Resident Licence 150 52 98
Defined Licence 89 8 81
Academic Licence 70 70
Temporary (Locum) Licence 18 6 12
Clinical Assistant 26 26
Defined Licence – Fellowship 21 21
Full Licence – Postgraduate Training 12 3 9
Restricted Licence 21 16 5
Defined Licence – Term 1 1
Total 2,677 1,195 1,482

Physician Age Distribution

Licensing Statistics for the period July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019

Decrease in Licences Increase in Licences
Family Medicine 75 108
Specialists 111 161
Total 186 269

In addition, we have the following physicians in training:

Postgraduate Licences Post Graduate Trainees New Post Graduate Trainees
Postgraduate Training 440 0
Postgraduate Practising 37 1
Total 477 1

In addition to physicians in training, we have the following medical students:

Total Medical Students 467