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Table 1 Provincial breakdown of physicians having graduated from selected sub-Saharan African countries, 2003

From: Managing health professional migration from sub-Saharan Africa to Canada: a stakeholder inquiry into policy options

 

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland

Northwest Territories

Ghana

1

1

3

0

3

0

Nigeria

17

7

6

4

21

0

South Africa

373

592

134

8

50

2

Tanzania

3

0

0

0

0

0

Uganda

7

12

2

0

5

0

Zambia

5

4

0

0

0

0

Zimbabwe

2

8

0

1

1

0

 

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Ghana

1

0

21

0

0

6

Nigeria

6

0

47

0

1

23

South Africa

22

1

336

2

13

266

Tanzania

0

0

4

0

0

0

Uganda

1

0

30

0

0

6

Zambia

0

0

2

0

1

1

Zimbabwe

0

0

5

0

0

2

  1. Source: CIHI, Southam Medical Database. Statistics gathered at special request of authors and issued by CIHI on 12 August 2005. Table excludes the Yukon Territory, which has no physicians from these countries.