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 Note 3: Excludes non-registered physicians who requested that their information not be published as of December 31 of the reference year (see Methodological Notes for details).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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International medical graduates among Canadian family physicians 1978-2024
In 2024, around **** percent of Canadian family physicians with an MD degree were trained internationally. After a gradual decline between 1978 and 1998, the proportion of international medical graduates (IMGs) rose steadily to a peak of around **** percent in 2017.
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CIHI. (October 29, 2025). Percentage of Canadian family medicine physicians who were trained internationally from 1978 to 2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/496746/distribution-trained-internationally-family-medicine-physicians-in-canada/
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