International Medical Graduates

Canada is witnessing a growing number of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and continued effort to assess, train and recognise foreign credentials leading to licensed practice. In 2004, the Canadian Task Force on the Licensure of International Medical Graduates made six recommendations to address IMG barriers to licensure and practice. The National IMG Database was subsequently formed in 2005 based on 2 recommendations stipulating the need to develop a national research agenda, and the capacity to track and recruit IMGs. 

This pan-Canadian database provides a complete picture of internationally trained physicians and their unique contribution to the Canadian physician workforce, by tracking IMGs through the various milestone events on the path to licensure.

Data is received on an annual basis from the following organisations:     Nine Medical Regulatory Authorities Seven Regional and Provincial IMG Assessment Centres Seventeen Canadian Faculties of Medicine The College of Family Physicians of Canada The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada The Medical Council of Canada Le Collège des médecins du Québec

This project is funded by the Government of Canada’s Foreign Credential Recognition Program.