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Location of Training for Members in the Regulated Professions

The following table shows the numbers of members in each of the regulated professions, the location of their original training (Ontario, other provinces or outside of Canada) and the proportion of their members who were trained internationally.)

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Members in OFC-Monitored Professions, 2010, and Where They Received Their Training
Profession 1
  
Ontario
Other Canadian Provinces
USA
Other International
Unknown
Total
Proportion of Internationally Trained Members (includes USA)
Architects1,455620417418242,93428%
Audiologists1,697512959223143,40535%
Certified General Accountants16,374225N/A2,3291,50720,43511%
Chartered Accountants29,7913,0673061,554034,7185%
Chiropodists42508239054622%
Chiropractors2,83141,07519N/A3,92928%
Dental Hygienists10,905365637143012,0506%
Dental Surgeons5,0401,1728661,46208,54027%
Dental Technologists206141112816051927%
Denturists56810635176366%
Dietitians2,2037628413103,1807%
Early Childhood Educators29,336270161,26430,8770%
Engineering Technicians and Technologists12,434571623,065016,13219%
Engineers43,41010,0021,83217,2871,61174,14226%
Foresters68514061748523%
Geoscientists1,0143415629951,71521%
Land SurveyorsN/AN/AN/AN/A6336330%
Lawyers39,5101,495N/A1,154042,1593%
Management Accountants15,6711,6961221,475018,9648%
Massage Therapists9,1786354509,2911%
Medical Laboratory Technologists5,360414579129817,72413%
Medical Radiation Technologists5,7714064442206,6437%
Midwives41981885053019%
Nurses134,6974,3781,45114,429627155,58210%
Occupational Therapists3,83045913934404,77210%
Opticians2,075273333672,4511%
Optometrists1,3015335311301,82026%
Paralegals3,540N/AN/AN/AN/A3,5400%
Pharmacists5,6991,8778823,928012,38639%
Pharmacy Technicians10900001090%
Physicians and Surgeons19,1656,4234279,553035,56828%
Physiotherapists5,1978221941,22407,43719%
Psychologists, Psychological Associates2,297425491135N/A3,34819%
Respiratory Therapists2,581199681102,8593%
Social Service Workers1,424N/A121611,4532%
Social Workers11,182N/A8214314912,48310%
Teachers181,34413,15020,55315,0750230,12215%
Veterinarians3,41637510967734,58017%
Total612,13950,58732,14577,2156,964779,064 

N/A = Not available

For Lawyers and Paralegals:
The Law Society of Upper Canada regulates lawyers and paralegals.

For Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians:
The Ontario College of Pharmacists regulates pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

For Social Workers and Social Service Workers:
The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers regulates the two groups represented in its name.