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Gender distribution of registered nurses in Canada from 2006 to 2024

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July 2025

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Canada

Survey time period

2006 to 2024

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Including all registered nurses employed and unemployed.
Does not include nurses where sex was not stated.

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Gender distribution of registered nurses in Canada 2006-2024

Published by A. Minhas, Jan 6, 2026

As of 2024, nearly registered nurses in Canada is male. The percentage of male nurses has been slowly increasing since 2006, where just *** percent of registered nurses were men. Still, nursing is a female-dominated profession. 

Nurses in Canada

As of 2024, while there were over **registered nurses (RN) in Canada. The average age of a registered nurse in Canada has been decreasing in recent years. Besides registered nurses, three other nurse professionals are regulated in Canada, nurse practitioners (NP), registered psychiatric nurses (RPN), and licensed practical nurses (LPN). LPNs need less education, while NPs require higher education than RNs. 

Nurses by province

The province with the highest number of registered nurses in Canada is Ontario, followed by Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta. Yukon has the smallest number of registered nurses, with just over ***. The average age of a registered nurse can also differ by a few years depending on the province, ranging from 40 to 46 years

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