This statistic shows the percentage of internationally trained MD specialist physicians in Canada from 1978 to 2022. In 2022, around 22.3 percent of all Canadian specialist physicians with a MD degree were trained internationally.
Percentage of Canadian specialist physicians who are trained internationally from 1978 to 2022
Characteristic
Percentage of physicians
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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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 Note 3: Excludes non-registered physicians who requested that their information not be published as of December 31 of the reference year (see Methodological Notes for details).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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CIHI. (October 26, 2023). Percentage of Canadian specialist physicians who are trained internationally from 1978 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/496770/share-of-trained-internationally-specialist-physicians-in-canada/
CIHI. "Percentage of Canadian specialist physicians who are trained internationally from 1978 to 2022." Chart. October 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/496770/share-of-trained-internationally-specialist-physicians-in-canada/
CIHI. (2023). Percentage of Canadian specialist physicians who are trained internationally from 1978 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/496770/share-of-trained-internationally-specialist-physicians-in-canada/
CIHI. "Percentage of Canadian Specialist Physicians Who Are Trained Internationally from 1978 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/496770/share-of-trained-internationally-specialist-physicians-in-canada/
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Percentage of Canadian specialist physicians who are trained internationally from 1978 to 2022 [Graph], CIHI, October 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/496770/share-of-trained-internationally-specialist-physicians-in-canada/