This indicator gives the number of health care providers employed in the profession and working in direct care, by top 10 countries of graduation and type of provider.
Descriptive information providing insight on the proportion of Canadian and foreign-trained health care professionals and their migration patterns.
Data availability:
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Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory, Provider
Calculation
Number of health care professionals by top 10 countries of graduation
Unit of Analysis: Service provider
Denominator
Top 10 countries (based on ISO 3166-1 country codes or Statistics Canada country codes)
Numerator
Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care
Comments
Please note that the available data years, geographic coverage, reporting level/disaggregation and update frequency vary by type of professional.
“Available data year” can refer to data year (for nurses) or to reporting year (for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists).