Specialist physicians distribution in Canada by gender

This statistic shows the distribution of specialist physicians in Canada from 1978 to 2022, sorted by gender. In 2022, roughly 40 percent of specialty doctors in Canada were female and some 60 percent were male.

Distribution of Canadian specialist physicians from 1978 to 2022, by gender

Characteristic	Males	Females
2022	59.78%	40.22%
2021	60.45%	39.55%
2020	61.16%	38.84%
2019	61.93%	38.07%
2018	62.5%	37.5%
2017	63.8%	36.2%
2016	64.1%	35.9%
2015	65%	35%
2014	66%	34%
2013	66.7%	33.3%
2012	67.8%	32.2%
2011	68.9%	31.1%
2010	69.2%	30.8%
2009	69.8%	30.2%
2008	70.6%	29.4%
2007	71.5%	28.5%
2006	71.7%	28.3%
2005	72.4%	27.6%
2004	72.9%	27.1%
2003	73.5%	26.5%
2002	74%	26%
2001	74.8%	25.2%
2000	75.8%	24.2%
1999	76.6%	23.4%
1998	77.3%	22.7%
1997	78.1%	21.9%
1996	78.7%	21.3%
1995	79.7%	20.3%
1994	80.4%	19.6%
1993	81.1%	18.9%
1992	81.8%	18.2%
1991	82.5%	17.5%
1990	83.2%	16.8%
1989	84.2%	15.8%
1988	85%	15%
1987	85.8%	14.2%
1986	86.6%	13.4%
1985	87.1%	12.9%
1984	87.9%	12.1%
1983	88.7%	11.3%
1982	89.3%	10.7%
1981	90.1%	9.9%
1980	90.5%	9.5%
1979	91.1%	8.9%
1978	91.6%	8.4%

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

1978 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Note 1: Includes active physicians in clinical and non-clinical practice (for example, research and academia) who have an MD degree and a valid mailing address.
Note 2: Excludes residents, physicians in the military as well as semi-retired and retired physicians.

Note 3: Excludes non-registered physicians who requested that their information not be published as of December 31 of the reference year (see Methodological Notes for details).

Note 4: For those physicians for whom date of birth was not available, ages were calculated using year of MD graduation, with age at MD graduation equal to 25 years.

Note 5 : Average Age calculations exclude physicians where age is unknown and where age is less than 20 or more than 90.

Note 6 : Specialist physicians include certificants of the Royal College and/or the CMQ. All other physicians are counted under family medicine, including certificants of the CFPC, unless noted otherwise.

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