March 31, 2021

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	2,315	1,051	1,264
Full Licence Non-Resident Licence	178	73	105
Defined Licence	107	24	83
Academic Licence	79	–	79
Temporary (Locum) Licence	3	–	3
Clinical Assistant	29	27	2
Defined Licence – Fellowship	26	24	2
Full Licence – Postgraduate Training	20	3	17
Restricted Licence	33	22	11
Defined Licence – Term	1	0	1
Total	2,791	1,224	1,567

Physicians in training:

Educational Register	Assessments	Total Training Physicians	New Postgraduate Licences Issued
Postgraduate Training	–	496	145
Postgraduate Practising	–	28	2
Clinical Assessments	5	–	4
Total	5	524	151

Medical students:

Total Medical Students

351

Physician Age Distribution

Licensing Statistics for the period: April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021

	Decrease in Licences	Increase in Licences
Family Medicine	143	195
All other	137	178
Total	280	373