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Health Care Professionals Employed in Direct Care, by Top 10 Countries of Graduation and Type of Professional

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 updated:
Data availability: to
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

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Name

Health Care Professionals Employed in Direct Care, by Top 10 Countries of Graduation and Type of Professional

Short/Other Names

Health Care Professionals by Top 10 Countries of Graduation

Description

Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care, by top 10 countries of graduation and type of professional

Rationale

Based on World Health Organization (WHO) National Health Workforce Accounts indicator 1-09: Percentage of Active Foreign-Trained Health Workers by Place of Birth (Domestic/Foreign) and by Country of Training, this indicator can inform programs and policies to maximize the benefits that internationally educated professionals bring to Canada.

Interpretation

Descriptive information providing insight on the proportion of Canadian and foreign-trained health care professionals and their migration patterns.

HSP Framework Dimension

Health system inputs and characteristics: Health system resources

Areas of Need

Not applicable

Targets/Benchmarks

WHO: Dependency on foreign health workers

Available Data Years

to

Geographic Coverage

  • All provinces/territories

Reporting Level/Disaggregation

  • National
  • Province/Territory
  • Provider
  • May be further aggregated by age, highest level of education, setting of employment, urban/rural/remote, etc.

Indicator Results

Health workforce data tables

Update Frequency

Every year

Latest Results Update Date

Updates

Not applicable

Description

Number of health care professionals by top 10 countries of graduation

Unit of Analysis: Service provider

Type of Measurement

Number - Number of health care professionals by top 10 countries of graduation

Denominator

Description:

Top 10 countries (based on ISO 3166-1 country codes or Statistics Canada country codes)

Inclusions:

  • Top 10 countries
  • Countries that have been dissolved may be included if a health care professional graduated in a year in which the country existed.

Numerator

Description:

Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care

Inclusions:

  • Active registered health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care.

Additional inclusion criteria vary by type of professional.

Exclusions:

  • Inactive registrants or health care professionals who did not register in a province or territory.
  • Health care professionals who did not report a country of graduation at time of registration.

Additional exclusion criteria vary by type of professional.

Method of Adjustment

Not applicable

Adjustment Applied

None

Geographic Assignment

Place of service

Data Sources

  • HWDB

Caveats and Limitations

Statistics reported may differ from those reported by other organizations due to differences in data collection and reporting methodologies.

Issues of under- and/or over-coverage may vary by type of professional.

Data is not necessarily available for each province and territory for each type of professional.

Trending Issues

Vary by type of professional

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).

References

World Health Organization. National Health Workforce Accounts: A Handbook. 2016.

World Health Organization. Global Strategy on Health Resources for Health: Workforce 2030. 2016.

How to cite:

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Health Care Professionals Employed in Direct Care, by Top 10 Countries of Graduation and Type of Professional. Accessed October 21, 2024.