Internationally educated health care professionals in Canada: Sociodemographic characteristics and occupational distribution

Kristyn Frank, Jungwee Park, Patrick Cyr, Susan Weston and Feng Hou

Economic and Social Reports from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch

Abstract: Labour shortages in health care professions have become a pressing issue across many Canadian jurisdictions and were especially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help address these shortages, federal, provincial and territorial governments have implemented measures to facilitate the entry of skilled immigrants with health care qualifications into their respective professions (ESDC, 2022; World Education Services, 2023), among other government actions to strengthen the health workforce. However, comprehensive data on the numbers, sociodemographic characteristics and labour market outcomes of internationally educated health care professionals (IEHPs) remain scarce.

Keywords: health care; occupational distribution; skilled immigrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-08-23
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DOI: 10.25318/36280001202300800004-eng

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