Job prospects Physician, Primary Care in the Southern Region

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "General practitioners and family physicians" in the Southern Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for General practitioners and family physicians in the Southern Region over the past few years (2021-2023) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Assessment Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Very good

The employment outlook will be very good for General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Southern region for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
Several positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Additional information is available at the provincial level.

Here are some key facts about General practitioners and family physicians in the Southern region:

Approximately 120 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
General practitioners and family physicians mainly work in the following sectors:
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 60%
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 40%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology