Workforce
Along with ministries of health and other groups, CIHI tracks the workforce of nurses, physicians and other health care providers. CIHI develops annual reports and analyses to understand and highlight the types of services provided by our health human resources. This includes services provided by
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Other health care providers
- Medical laboratory technologists
- Medical radiation technologists
- Occupational therapists
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- And others (through the Health Personnel Database)
CIHI gathers information on workforce size, practice settings and regulatory environments, as well as trends in supply, demographics and education. This is used by health care planners, decision-makers, policy-makers and researchers to support resource and use planning.
Key reports and analyses
Supply, Distribution and Migration of Canadian Physicians, 2011
This report provides demographic and descriptive statistics for physicians in 2011, including international entries and exits, and migration within Canada. (Dec. 2012)
Media
Nursing numbers still rising (Jan. 2013)
Doctors pay still growing but slower than before (Jan. 2013)
Physician supply increasing twice as quickly as Canadian population (Dec. 2011)
One-third of physicians 65 and older still working full time (Apr. 2011)
More physicians than ever; greatest percentage increase in physicians in 20 years (Dec. 2010)
Rural family physicians twice as likely to accept new patients as those in larger cities (July 2010)
Canada’s health care workforce shows declining migration rates (Apr. 2010)
Number of physicians in Canada up 8% over five years (Nov. 2009)
FAQ
- Did You Know? RN graduates
The age at which a student graduates from a regulated nursing program varies by profession. Across all three regulated nursing occupations—registered nursing, licensed practical nursing and registered psychiatric nursing—the average age at graduation increased over the last two decades.
- Did You Know? Practising physiotherapists educated outside Canada
Data for 2007 indicate that almost 15% of practising physiotherapists in Canada (excluding Nova Scotia, Quebec, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut) were educated outside of Canada. Data in regard to country of graduation show that these physiotherapists obtained their basic education in physiotherapy from a variety of industrialized and developing countries. The top three account for more than half of all internationally educated physiotherapists as follows: United Kingdom (31.5%), India (14.4%) and the United States (10.0%).
- What Do We Know About Family Physicians Who Accept New Patients?
Access to a family physician often represents a point of entry to the health care system, as well as a way of ensuring continuity of care across the system for Canadians. This analysis examines the factors that can influence whether or not a family physician is accepting new patients, and how these factors differ among physicians working in urban and rural settings.
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