Primary practice location of practising FPs (N = 129 CMGs, N = 29 IMGs) who finished their PG training in 2011 to 2013 and completed their UG or PG medical education or both at NOSM
| PRACTICE LOCATION | NORTHERN ONTARIO* | SOUTHERN ONTARIO | OTHER NORTHERN CANADA | OTHER SOUTHERN CANADA | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG, N (%) | IMG, N | CMG, N (%) | IMG, N | CMG, N (%) | IMG, N | CMG, N (%) | IMG, N | CMG, N (%) | IMG, N | |
| Rural† | 21 (16.3) | 2 | 7 (5.4) | 2 | 2 (1.6) | 0 | 4 (3.1) | 0 | 34 (26.4) | 4 |
| Urban | 58 (45.0) | 15 | 23 (17.8) | 10 | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 14 (10.9) | 0 | 95 (73.6) | 25 |
| Total | 79 (61.2) | 17 | 30 (23.3) | 12 | 2 (1.6) | 0 | 18 (14.0) | 0 | 129 (100.0) | 29 |
CMG—Canadian medical graduate, IMG—international medical graduate, NOSM—Northern Ontario School of Medicine, PG—postgraduate, UG—undergraduate.
↵* Northern Ontario was defined by 3 district health council boundaries in 200330 and northern Canada was defined in 2014 by the applicable provincial or territorial Ministry of Health.
↵† Rural location was defined in 2011 by Statistics Canada as any census subdivision that was not a census metropolitan area or census agglomeration.31