Canadian Physician Data

Physician perspectives: Workforce surveys

Self-reported data from doctors on topics including work hours, information technology, overall satisfaction and more.

Career planning: Specialty profiles

Key facts about various specialties, their income, educational requirements, supply and more.

Basic physician facts

Quick facts on Canada's physicians

Demographics and supply (latest data)

Number of Physicians by Province/Territory and Specialty, Canada, 2019

Number of physicians by specialty and age, Canada, 2019

Percent by specialty and age, Canada, 2019

Number and percent by specialty and gender, Canada, 2019

Physicians by age, gender and province/territory, Canada, 2019

Percent by age, gender and province/territory, Canada, 2019

Percent by country of MD graduation, Canada, 2019

Physicians by country of MD graduation, Canada, 2008-2019

Physicians by census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, Canada, 2017

Physicians within & outside census metropolitan areas (CMA) & census agglomerations (CA), 2017

Demographics and supply (historical)

Physicians by specialty, province, age and sex (2000 to present)

Physician to population ratios

Physicians per 100,000 population by province/territory, Canada, 1986-2015

Physicians per 100,000 population, Canada, 1986-2015(graph)

GP/FPs per 100,000 population by province/territory, 1986-2015

Specialists per 100,000 population by province/territory, 1986-2015

Population per physician by province/territory, 1986-2015

Population per GP/FP by province/territory, 1986-2015

Population per specialist by province/territory, 1986-2015

Physician workload

By activity, broad specialty, gender, age, and province 2017

Average hours worked (excluding on call), 1997-2017

Average hours worked by gender and broad specialty, 2017

Average hours worked by gender, 1997-2017

On-call duties, 2007-2017

Physicians in training

Annual Census of Post-MD Trainees

Remuneration

Proportion of physician who receive over 90% of income from specific methods of remuneration, 1997, 2007 and 2017

Wellness Support Line