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Registration & Licensing Statistics

Licensing Statistics: 4-Year Overview 2019-2022

This data represents a physician headcount, not a total of full-time equivalent practising physicians. Additional data regarding licensing is available in the College’s annual report, Building Bridges.


  • Licensing Data as of December 31, 2022

    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 TypeTotalFamily MedicineAll Other
    Full Licence2,6301,1231,507
    Full Licence Non-Resident Licence
    Defined Licence85877
    Academic Licence9595
    Temporary (Locum) Licence22
    Clinical Assistant2828
    Defined Licence – Fellowship3232
    Full Licence – Postgraduate Training21219
    Restricted Licence30624
    Defined Licence – Term
    Total2,9231,1401,783

    Physicians in training:

    Educational RegisterAssessmentsTotal Training Physicians
    Postgraduate Training510
    Postgraduate Practising48
    Clincal Assessments1
    Total1558

    Medical students:

    Total Medical Students397

    Licensing Statistics for the period: October 2021 – December 2022

    Decrease in LicencesIncrease in Licences
    Family Medicine96154
    All other395392
    Total491546

    Physician Age Distribution