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June 30, 2020
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 |
|---|
| Full Licence | 2,313 | 1,083 | 1,230 |
| Full Licence Non-Resident Licence | 169 | 67 | 102 |
| Defined Licence | 99 | 13 | 86 |
| Academic Licence | 74 | – | 74 |
| Temporary (Locum) Licence | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Clinical Assistant | 28 | | 28 |
| Defined Licence – Fellowship | 20 | – | 20 |
| Full Licence – Postgraduate Training | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| Restricted Licence | 47 | 28 | 19 |
| Defined Licence – Term | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,766 | 1,194 | 1,572 |
Physician Age Distribution
Licensing Statistics for the 12-month period: July 2019 – June 2020
| Decrease in Licences | Increase in Licences |
|---|
| Family Medicine | 115 | 158 |
| All other | 121 | 157 |
| Total | 236 | 305 |
In addition, we have the following physicians in training:
| Educational Register | Assessments | Total Training Physicians | New Postgraduate Licences Issued |
|---|
| Postgraduate Training | – | 511 | 140 |
| Postgraduate Practising | – | 10 | 2 |
| Clinical Assessments | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 521 | 141 |
In addition to physicians in training, we have the following medical students:
| Total Medical Students | 447 |
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