No. rheumatologists per province identified in databases and surveys (most recent data available reported).
| Source | Year | Type | No. Rheumatologists Identified per Province/territory | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | YT/NU/NWT | Total | |||
| CIHI | 2012 | Adult | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 103 | 148 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 45 | 0 | 372 |
| Pediatric | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 107 | 161 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 51 | 0 | 406 | ||
| CMA | 2015 | Not specified | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 106 | 154 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 55 | 0 | 398 |
| RCPSC | 2015 | Both | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 84 | 194 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 59 | 0 | 428 |
| Provincial regulatory authorities | 2015 | Both | 4 | — | 8 | 14 | — | 225 | 15 | — | 50 | 65 | — | |
| The Arthritis Society | 2015 | Both | — | — | 14 | 10 | — | — | 14 | 11 | — | — | — | |
| Provincial rheumatology listings CCAR | 2015 | Adult | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 63 | — | |
| Pediatric | — | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Adult (academic) | 3 | — | 10 | — | 61 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 22 | — | 207 | |
| Pediatric (academic) | 1 | — | 4 | — | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 34 | ||
| Total | 4 | — | 14 | — | 69 | 89 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 27 | — | 241 | ||
| Estimate of rheumatologists per 100,000 population | ||||||||||||||
| CMA | 2015 | Both | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
AB: Alberta; BC: British Columbia; CCAR: Canadian Council of Academic Rheumatologists; CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information; CMA: Canadian Medical Association; MB: Manitoba; NB: New Brunswick; NL: Newfoundland and Labrador; NWT: Northwest Territories; NS: Nova Scotia; NU: Nunavut; ON: Ontario; QC: Quebec; RCPSC: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; SK: Saskatchewan; YT: Yukon; PEI: Prince Edward Island.