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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, 2012, and Where They Received Their Training
Profession 1
  
Ontario
Other Canadian Provinces
USA
Other International
Unknown
Total
Proportion of Internationally Trained Members (includes USA)
Total648,65951,37334,78984,8096,586826,216 
Architects1,631670493507233,32430%
Audiologists1,839529986227253,60634%
Certified General Accountants17,53924102,4951,61421,88911%
Chartered Accountants31,3313,0743931,503036,3015%
Chiropodists47717949060621%
Chiropractors3,14271,1802704,35628%
Dental Hygienists11,9840604134012,7226%
Dental Surgeons5,1671,2279591,58808,94128%
Dental Technologists243161313813554528%
Denturists46711228966045%
Dietitians2,3768081788903,4518%
Early Childhood Educators39,11833416701,92441,4620%
Engineering Technicians and Technologists12,985586603,239016,87020%
Engineers44,48110,1021,92118,2031,27475,98126%
Foresters62413351137762%
Geoscientists1,2314307838762,13222%
Land Surveyors00005985980%
Lawyers41,5651,65701,430044,6523%
Management Accountants16,5611,8882891,875120,61410%
Massage Therapists11,06585545011,2000%
Medical Laboratory Technologists5,793435551,0653367,68415%
Medical Radiation Technologists5,7664136354206,7849%
Midwives51492095063818%
Nurses139,6354,7181,53316,67524162,58511%
Occupational Therapists4,07748314935305,06210%
Opticians1,8772149224242,5461%
Optometrists1,3975645616302,07230%
Paralegals4,91200004,9120%
Pharmacists5,9751,8999694,557013,40041%
Pharmacy Technicians1,02300001,0230%
Physicians and Surgeons20,0486,73549310,408037,68429%
Physiotherapists5,3607702191,26607,61520%
Psychologists, Psychological Associates2,37948253114603,53819%
Respiratory Therapists2,61718268602,8733%
Social Service Workers1,773091121,7951%
Social Workers12,190090652910113,72610%
Teachers186,31512,79621,92916,2090237,24916%
Veterinarians3,18238211971704,40019%

N/A = Not available

The Law Society of Upper Canada regulates lawyers and paralegals.

The Ontario College of Pharmacists regulates pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

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