Working as a physician in Canada
What official sources say about working as a physician in Canada: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Canada, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014). Physician is a regulated profession in Canada. Foreign qualifications go through: IMG applicants use physiciansapply.ca verification and applicable MCC examinations, then satisfy the selected regulator's route; conditions vary by training and specialty. In Canada, physicians are listed on the Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- IMG applicants use physiciansapply.ca verification and applicable MCC examinations, then satisfy the selected regulator's route; conditions vary by training and specialty.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Canada: ≈ 3,687 EUR/month (gross, 2014), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of physicians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Canada.
- Recognition route
- IMG applicants use physiciansapply.ca verification and applicable MCC examinations, then satisfy the selected regulator's route; conditions vary by training and specialty.
- Recognition authority
- Provincial/territorial medical regulatory authority issues the licence; MCC supports verification/exams. Quebec has its separate Collège des médecins route.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Canada: Canadian Occupational Projection System — projected labour-market conditions.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Canada: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a62a979b2932642fc85c25ad23f01340]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/canada/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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