Source Countries for the Regulated Professions

A source country is the country where an internationally trained applicant to one of Ontario’s regulated professions obtained his or her initial training. The following chart shows the top five source countries for each profession in 2008.

The Top Five Source Countries for Internationally Trained Applicants
In Each of Ontario’s Regulated Professions, 2008
Professions	New Applications from Internationally Trained Individuals	Top 5 Source Countries (in order of number of applications)
Professions	New Applications from Internationally Trained Individuals	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Architects	23	Iran	India	Iraq	Lebanon
Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists	55	U.S.	Australia	Ireland	S. Africal	Tie¹
Chartered Accountants	73	U.S.	U.K.	S. Africa	India	Mexico
Chiropodists	6	U.K.	U.S.
Chiropractors	999	U.S.	U.K.
Dental Hygienists	3	Tie²
Dental Surgeons	N/A³	U.S.	India	Iran	Pakistan	Egypt
Dental Technologists	7	Tie⁴	Tie⁵
Denturists	33	Philippines	India	Israel	Tie⁶	Tie⁷
Dietetitians	28	India	U.S.	Iran	Lebanon	Australia
Engineering Technicians and Technologists	280	India	Philippines	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
Engineers	910	China	India	Iran	Pakistan	Bangladesh
Foresters	10	Tie⁸	Tie⁹
General Accountants	859	India	China	Philippines	U.S.	Pakistan
Géoscientists	20	U.S.	China	India	Pakistan	Tie¹⁰
Land Surveyors	5	Tie¹¹
Lawyers	96	U.S.	India	Australia	U.K.	Nigeria
Management Accountants	356	U.S.	Philippines	China	India	Pakistan
Massage Therapists	6	China	Tie¹²
Medical Laboratory Technologists	53	India	Philippines
Medical Radiation Technologists	46	U.S.	Philippines	India	China	Trinidad & Tobago
Midwives	N/A³	Iran	U.S.	U.K.	China	Nigeria
Nurses	1,840	Philippines	India	Nigeria	U.K.	China
Occupational Therapists	36	U.S.	Philippines	U.K.	India	Ireland
Opticians	20	Tie¹³	Tie¹⁴	Tie¹⁵
Optometrists	60	U.S.	India	China	Iran	Australia
Paralegals	N/A³
Pharmacists	203	Egypt	India	U.S.	Philippines	Pakistan
Physicians and Surgeons	575	India	Saudi Arabia	U.K.	Egypt	Pakistan
Physiotherapists	104	India	U.S.	Iran	Australia	Tie¹⁶
Psychologists, Psychological Associates	53	U.S.	S. Africa	U.K.	Iran	Tie¹⁷
Respiratory Therapists	22	U.S.	Tie¹⁸	Tie¹⁹
Social Service Workers	1	Pakistan
Social Workers	103	U.S.	India	U.K.	Tie²⁰	S. Africa
Teachers	3,087	U.S.	Australia	India	U.K.	Jamaica
Veterinarians	58	India	Tie²¹	Egypt	Belgium	Tie²²
¹ Iran, Egypt, U.K. (tied) ² Israel, Japan, Sweden (tied) ³ N/A = Not available (Numbers were not reported) ⁴ Lebanon, Germany (tied) ⁵ Bulgaria, Greece, Iran (tied) ⁶ Russia, China, Ukraine, Venezuela, Colombia (tied) ⁷ Scotland, Syria, U.S., Egypt, Iraq, Romania, Honduras (tied) ⁸ Pakistan, Germany, Romania, India (tied) ⁹ Nepal, Scotland (tied) ¹⁰ Tie among various countries ¹¹ Iran, Albania, Egypt, Romania, China (tied) ¹² Israel, Romania, U.S. (tied) ¹³ U.K., U.S. (tied) ¹⁴ India, Nigeria (tied) ¹⁵ Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Israel, Iran, Algeria, Romania, Jamaica (tied) ¹⁶ U.K., Philippines (tied) ¹⁷ India, Chile, Moldova, Spain, Netherlands, Bosnia, Australia (tied) ¹⁸ Bangladesh, Philippines (tied) ¹⁹ China, Cuba, Haiti, India, Sri Lanka, Venezuela (tied) ²⁰ Pakistan, Ireland (tied) ²¹ Iran, Pakistan, France, Australia, U.K., U.S. (tied) ²² Tie among 11 countries