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March 31, 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 2,257 1,108 1,149
Full Licence Non-Resident Licence 143 51 92
Defined Licence 93 9 84
Academic Licence 68 68
Temporary (Locum) Licence 33 9 24
Clinical Assistant 26 26
Defined Licence – Fellowship 26 26
Full Licence – Postgraduate Training 21 4 17
Restricted Licence 19 16 3
Defined Licence – Term 1 1
Total 2,687 1,197 1,490

Physician Age Distribution

Licensing Statistics for the period April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019

Decrease in Licences Increase in Licences
Family Medicine 90 110
Specialists 104 133
Total 194 243

In addition, we have the following physicians in training:

Postgraduate Licences Post Graduate Trainees New Post Graduate Trainees
Postgraduate Training 469 155
Postgraduate Practising 36 6
Total 505 161

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

Total Medical Students 465