"Identifying Information: Name","ϱ Care Professionals Employed in Direct Care, by Top 10 Countries of Graduation and Type of Professional" "Identifying Information: Short/Other Names","ϱ Care Professionals by Top 10 Countries of Graduation" "Identifying Information: 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" "Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Rationale","Based on World ϱ Organization (WHO) National ϱ Workforce Accounts indicator 1-09: Percentage of Active Foreign-Trained ϱ 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." "Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Interpretation","Descriptive information providing insight on the proportion of Canadian and foreign-trained health care professionals and their migration patterns." "Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: HSP Framework Dimension","ϱ system resources" "Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Areas of Need","Not applicable" "Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Targets/Benchmarks","WHO: Dependency on foreign health workers" "Available Data Years","2011 to 2020" "Availability of Results: Geographic Coverage","All provinces/territories" "Reporting Level/Disaggregation",National "Reporting Level/Disaggregation: Other reporting level/disaggregation","May be further aggregated by age, highest level of education, setting of employment, urban/rural/remote, etc." "Result Updates: Indicator Results","ϱ workforce data tables" "Update Frequency","Every year" "Result Updates: Latest Results Update Date","August 2021" "Result Updates: Updates","Not applicable" "Indicator Calculation: Description","Number of health care professionals by top 10 countries of graduationUnit of Analysis: Service provider" "Indicator Calculation: Type of Measurement",Number "Indicator Calculation: Number or Rate","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)" "Denominator: Inclusions:","Top 10 countriesCountries 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" "Numerator: Inclusions:","Active registered health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care.Additional inclusion criteria vary by type of professional." "Numerator: Exclusions:","Inactive registrants or health care professionals who did not register in a province or territory.ϱ 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 "Indicator Calculation: Geographic Assignment","Place of service" "Data Sources: Other Data Source",HWDB "Quality Statement: 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." "Quality Statement: Trending Issues","Vary by type of professional" "Quality Statement: 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 ϱ Organization. National ϱ Workforce Accounts: A Handbook. 2016.World ϱ Organization. Global Strategy on ϱ Resources for ϱ: Workforce 2030. 2016."