DEMOGRAPHICS
BASED ON TRENDS FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS,
FEMALE PHYSICIANS WILL ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 50%
OF ONTARIO’S PHYSICIAN POPULATION BY 2030
2000
2018
2030
21,447
19,651
MALE
21,670
21,069
15,274
PROJECTED
7,618
FEMALE
Projection from 2019 to 2029 are based on the physician’s age and sex at time of registration and does not take into account changes to policy,
undergraduate enrollment or residency positions, physician migration or other factors that may influence physician membership.
THE INCREASE IN FEMALE PHYSICIANS SINCE 2000
HAS BEEN MORE PRONOUNCED IN SOME SPECIALTIES
Family
Medicine
2000
Pediatrics
2018
57%
2000
54%
46%
43%
57%
43%
Emergency
Medicine
2000
76%
24%
OBGYN
2018
2000
61% 68% 60%
39% 32% 40%
Psychiatry
2018
2000
68% 67%
32% 33%
2018
Other Medicine
2018
2000
2018
77%
64%
56%
44%
36%
23%
Analyses are based on data collected during the annual renewal survey, initial registration process, and from the
College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
ISSUE 1, 2019 DIALOGUE
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