Physician Offices Industry Focus - Canada Edition

About 70,000 physicians practice in Canada, generating about $19 billion in payments for clinical services. Canada’s physician population includes about 36,000 family physicians; 25,000 clinical and laboratory specialists; and 9,000 surgical specialists, according to the Canadian Medical Association. The National Physician Survey reports that about 65 percent of Canadian physicians work in a group or interprofessional practice and 27 percent work in a solo practice.