Internationally trained specialist physicians share in Canada

This statistic shows the percentage of internationally trained MD specialist physicians in Canada from 1978 to 2023. In 2023, around 26.1 percent of all Canadian specialist physicians with an MD degree were trained internationally.

Percentage of Canadian specialist physicians who are trained internationally from 1978 to 2023

Characteristic	Percentage of physicians
2023	26.1%
2022	22.3%
2021	22%
2020	22.1%
2018	22.7%
2017	22.5%
2016	22.4%
2015	22.7%
2014	22.5%
2013	22.5%
2012	22.8%
2011	23%
2010	22.7%
2009	21.8%
2008	21.5%
2007	21.6%
2006	21.2%
2005	21.6%
2004	21.8%
2003	22.1%
2002	22.9%
2001	23.5%
2000	24.1%
1999	24.6%
1998	25.2%
1997	25.8%
1996	26.2%
1995	26.5%
1994	26.9%
1993	27%
1992	27.3%
1991	27.5%
1990	27.9%
1989	28.4%
1988	28.8%
1987	29.3%
1986	29.6%
1985	29.8%
1984	30.5%
1983	31%
1982	31.4%
1981	31.7%
1980	31.8%
1979	31.8%
1978	31.6%

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

1978 to 2023

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Note 3: Excludes non-registered physicians who requested that their information not be published as of December 31 of the reference year (see Methodological Notes for details).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