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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 |
|
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