Table 2

Number of Canadian-educated and foreign-educated physicians by province/territory, Canada, 2004


Foreign-trained
Domestically-trained
% foreign-trained

Newfoundland and Labrador
393
557
41%
Prince Edward Island
33
165
17%
Nova Scotia
560
1432
28%
New Brunswick
281
976
22%
Quebec
1758
14 366
11%
Ontario
5272
16 783
24%
Manitoba
537
1369
28%
Saskatchewan
793
728
52%
Alberta
1549
4350
26%
British Columbia
2244
6008
27%
Yukon Territory
17
34
33%
Northwest Territories
13
38
25%
Nunavut
2
5
29%

Canada total
13 453
46 811
22%

Source: CIHI, Southam Medical Database. Supply, Distribution and Migration of Canadian Physicians, 2004, Ottawa, CIHI, 2005, pp. 35–48. Available at http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiwebproducts/SupDistandMigCanPhysic_2004_e.pdf webcite. Figures represent physicians in family medicine and specialists.

Labonté et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:22   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-22

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