"Medicine, Faculty of"@en . "Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of"@en . "DSpace"@en . "HSRD 75:3"@en . "University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research"@en . "Muir, Gordon"@en . "Meade, Colleen P."@en . "Manning, Wendy G."@en . "2014-08-12T17:11:02Z"@en . "1975-07-11"@en . "The immigration of foreign-trained manpower to Canada has become a cause for concern in many segments of Canadian society over the past months, not only by government officials but also by Canadians in general. The extensive field of health manpower has not been overlooked in their concern. In response to specific requests and because of the increased interest in the area of immigration, the Division of Health Services Research and Development in the Office of the Coordinator, University of British Columbia, has produced the following set of tables from the data bases which it maintains for the Health Manpower Working Group of the Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia. These data bases have been established by the Health Manpower Research Unit of the Division. The professional groups included were dietitians, licensed practical nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and registered nurses. These tables were produced with the full permission of the associations and licensing bodies concerned. Additional reports ref erring to other health workers may be prepared if there is interest. Close attention should be paid to the definitions which accompany each table to minimize misinterpretation of data. Assistance in interpretation of this information may be obtained by contacting each of the associations concerned. In the following tables place of graduation is the country where the health worker received his/her basic professional qualifications as reported to the association."@en . "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/49987?expand=metadata"@en . "PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HEALTH MANPOWER WORKING GROUP HSRD 75:3 PLACE OF GRADUATION FOR SELECTED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ~ . 974 - 1975 Office of the Coordinator, Health Sciences Centre, UBC, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 July 11, 1975 Prepared by Gordon Muir, B.Sc.(Comp. Sci.) Colleen P. Meade, B.Sc.(Math) Wendy G. Manning, B.Ed. TABLE OF CONTENTS Int rod ......................................................... Dietitians Licensed Practical Nurses Occupational Therapists Pharmacists Physiotherapists ..................................................... Registered Nurses Page 4 6 8 10 12 l.4 - 1 -INTRODUCTION The immigration of foreign-trained manpower to Canada has become a cause for concern in many segments of Canadian society over the past months, not only by government officials but also by Canadians in general. The extensive field of health manpower has not been overlooked in their concern. In response to specific requests and because of the increased interest in the area of immigration, the Division of Health Services Research and Development in the Office of the Coordinator, University of British Columbia, has produced the following set of tables from the data bases which it maintains for the Health Manpower Working Group of the Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia. These data bases have been established by the Health Manpower Research Unit of the Division. The professional groups included were dietitians, licensed practical nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and registered nurses. These tables were produced with the full permission of the associations and licensing bodies concerned. Addf tional reports ref erring to other health workers may be prepared if there is interest. Close attention should be paid to the definitions which accompany each table to minimize misinterpretation of data. Assistance in interpretation of this information may be obtained by contacting each of the associations concerned. In the following tables place of graduation is the country where the health worker received his/her basic professional qualifications as reported to the association. - 2 -Regional Hospital District refers to the place of residence of the health worker, using the British Columbia Regional Hospital Districts. Greater Vancouver refers to the Gre_~_t_er Vancouve_r_Ke_g_:i_q_n_Cll_Ho_s_Q._i_t_al_j)j.s_trJ.c=t~w~h=i~\"c=h~----\u00C2\u00ADincludes the larger areas of Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Delta, Richmond, Surrey, and Coquitlam as well as a number of smaller areas. Capital refers to the Capital Regional Hospital District which includes the large areas of Victoria, Sooke, Sidney and Saanich as well as a number of smaller areas. Other B.C. refers to the other 27 Regional Hospital Districts in the Province. - 3 -SELECTED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS Humber and Percent Distributicn of Dietitians (Member) t in British Columbia by Place of Graduation by Regional Bcsfital DiEtrict as at January 1975 E1AS~_2!-~~agYA~i2D -------------------B~~i2nsl_Hg\u00C2\u00A7~i!A1..Ri\u00C2\u00A7iiif! __________________ _ __ \u00C2\u00A7\u00E2\u0080\u00A2~al~~-!a~~~~~~\u00E2\u0080\u00A2- _______ &s~i!sl______ _ ____ Q!h~!-~L~L------!~!R~~-- g~!f\u00C2\u00A7D~!- _]]!I~I-- g~!f~D!!_ _!Y!f\u00C2\u00A7!__ g~!\u00C2\u00A3~E!!_ Canadian Subtotal British Columbia Albsrta Saskatchewan l.'lanitoba Quetec Ontario New Brunswick Nova Scotia Bon-Canadian 5Jbtotal Horth and Central America o.s. A South America Europe Netherlands United Kingdom Africa south Africa Asia Fhilippines Oceania Hew Zealand !on-Respondents:t Total 150 68 21 16 19 7 10 6 3 16 7 1 0 1 6 1 44 210 i Definition~ are as in the attached text. 2 Percentages may not add due to rounding. 71.\" 32.4 10.0 7.6 9.0 3. 3 4.8 2.9 1.4 7. 6 3.3 o.s o.o o.s 2.9 o.s 21.0 100.0 :s Dietitians who did not resfoud to the guesticnnaire. Prepar~d by: Health Manpower Research unit University of B.C. 37 77.1 9 18.8 5 10.4 6 12.5 6 12.5 3 6.3 5 10.4 3 6.3 0 o.o 2 4.2 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 4.2 0 o.o 9 18 0 8 48 100.0 52 20 8 4 5 6 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 111 68 . 76.5 29.4 11. e 5.9 7 \u00C2\u00B7\" a.a 7. If 1. 5 4 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 '' 2.9 o.o o.o 1.5 o.o 1. 5 o.o 20.6 100.0 ----~--12~!! _______ _]]!~~!-- ~~Xf~D~! I I 239 73.3 97 29.8 ~q 1C.4 26 e.o 30 s.2 16 4.9 20 6.1 1o 3. 1 l e I 1.e 2o 6. 1 i :1 2. 1 ! lJ1 i ! i 1 ~ C.3 0.3 I 11 0.3 i 19 2.e o.3 11 ~ 7 20.6 I I 326 100.0 I I - 6 -LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES Date of Record: June 5, 1975 Source of Data: British Columbia Council of Practical Nurses. Definition: Nurses licensed under the Practical Nurses Act as of the date of record. Out-of-province licensee's and those people licensed by Virtue of experience are not included in these figures. There are 5646 practical nurses licensed in the province; of these 290 live outside of B.C. and 521 are licensed under the partial or experience clause. Only those licensed under the Practical Nurses Act are allowed to practice in B.C. The figures do not distinguish between practicing and non-practicing licensed practical nurses. - 7 -lluaber and Percent Distribution of Licensed Practical lluraeaa iD British Coluabia by Pl~ce of Graduation. by Regional Hospital District as at .:lune 1975 Canadian subtotal British Coluabia Alberta Saskatcbevan ~~~~-o;-ftanTto\"Da::...:;.;;=::~~~~~~~~ Ontario Quebec Nev Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edvard Island llevfoundland !Ukon Northwest Territories Canada, unspecified Ion-Canadian Subtotal3 Horth and central l\u00E2\u0080\u00A2erica u.s.1 West Indies South Aaerica ParaguaJ Eurupe Czechoslovakia Denaark Pin land Prance Germany, Unspecified Greece Hung arr Irish Republic (Eire) ItalJ Netherlands llorvaJ svi tzerland united ttingdo\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 !ug osla via Africa Asia Poraosa Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea, Un3pecified 11alaysia Philippines Sing~p~~~-SJria Oceania Australia \u00C2\u00B7Piji llew Zealand Unknown fatal 13911 959, 131 117 79 101 23 13 22 0 10 3 0 6 230 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 . 11 1 1 1 2 6 2 2 6a 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 II 12 1 0 11 3 3 51 16211 a Definitions are as in the attached test. 2 Percentages may not add due to rounding. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Includes unknowns. Prepared by: Health ftanpover Research Unit universitJ of B.c. as.a 59.1 a.1 2.9 4. 9 6.2 1. 4 o.a 1.11 o.o 0.6 0.2 o.o 0.11 1.4 0.1 o.o 0.11 o.o o.o 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.11 0.1 0.1 4.2 0.1 0.1 o.9 0.1 0.1 0-.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 o~o 0.1 0.2 0.2 100.0 530 394 117 12 19 30 5 1 13 2 1 2 0 II 34 II 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 564 94.0 69.9 a.3 2.1 3.11 s.3 0.9 0.2 2.3 O.ll 0.2 0.11 o.o 0.1 6.0 0.1 o.o o.o 0.2 0.2 o.o o.o 0.2 o.o o.o o.o o.o o~o o.o o.o 2.1 o.o o.o 0.2 o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.4 o.o o~o 0.2 o.o o.o 2.0 100.0 2329 163a 2aa 116 106 102 12 15 26 3 2 11 1 9 320 27 0 1 1 2 0 II 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 22 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 21l6 26119 a7.9 61.a 10.9 4 ... 11.0 3.9 o.s 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.11 o.o o.3 12.1 1.0 o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.1 o.o 0.2 o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.1 o.o o.o o.a o.o o.o 0.1 0.1 o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.1 o.o o~o 0.1 o.o 0.1 100.0 4253 2991 466 175 201l 233 110 29 61 5 13 16 1 19 sa11 53 1 1 9 2 2 1 16 1 2 1 2 9 2 2 102 1 1 17 3 1 1 1 .. 16 1 ; 111 3 6 30a lla37 a7.9 61. 8 9.6 3.6 4.2 11. 8 o.a 0.6 1.3 0.1 o.3 0.3 o.o o.\" 12.1 1.1 o.o o.o 0.2 o.o o.o o.o 0.3 o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.2 o.o o.o 2.1 o.o o.o 0.11 0.1 o.o o.o o.o 0.1 o.3 o.o o.o -0.3 o. 1 0.1 100.0 - 8 -OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS Date of Record: October 31, 1975 Source of Data: British Columbia Society of Occupational Therapists. Definition: Members of the British Columbia Society of Occupational Therapists both active and inactive as of date of the record. Occupational Therapists do not have to be registered or licensed to practice in British Columbia The numbers in this table do not agree with those in ROLLCALL-74* because of names added to the data base after the tables for ROLLCALL-74 had been prepared. *ROLLCALL-74, Health Manpower Research and Development, The University of British Columbia, November 1974, HSRD 74:5 - 9 Hu\u00E2\u0080\u00A2bet and Percent Distribution of Occupational Therapists' in British Coluabia ty Place of Graduaticn ty Re9ictal HC!Fital District as at Hcvember 1974 Canadian Subtotal 60 43.2 12 so.a 11 5E. 7 British Columbia 27 19. 4 4 16.7 11 36.7 llterta \" 2.9 1 \"\u00C2\u00B7 2 1 3.3 llanitoba 2 1. II 2 e.3 0 o.o Ontario 22 15.8 5 20.8 5 16.7 Quebec \" 2.9 0 o.o 0 o.o Canada, Dnspecified \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 1 0.1 0 o.o I) o.o Bcn-CaDadian Subtotal3 79 56.8 12 so.a 13 43.3 Horth and central America ll.s.1 7 s.o ~ 12.5 3. 3\u00C2\u00B7 south l\u00E2\u0080\u00A2erica Chile . Q.7 0 o.o 0 o.o Europe Denmark 2 1. 4 0 o.o 0 o.o Sweden 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 3.3 United llingdc11 41 29. 5 4 16.7 6 20.0 Africa Asia India 2 1.4 0 o.o 0 o.o Oceania Australia 5 3.6 0 o.o 0 o.o Bev 2ealand II 2.9 0 o.o 0 o.o Dnltnovn 17 12. 2 5 20.8 5 16.7 Total 139 100.0 211 100.0 30 100.0 I. Definitions are as ia the attached tent. 2 Percentages ma1 not add due to rcuDding. 3 Includes unknowns. Prepared by: Health !aDpover Research Dnit University of e.c. 89 46.1 42 21.8 6 3. 1 4 2.1 32 16.6 q 2.1 1 0.5 1011 S3.9 11 5.7 o.5 2 1.0 1 0.5 51 26.4 2 1.0 5 :.. 6 4 2.1 27 14.0 193 100.0 - 10 -PHARMACISTS Date of Record: May, 1975 Source of Data: The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia. Definition: Active Pharmacists: Active pharmacists are those registered who have a British Columbia address and are licensed to practice pharmaceutical chemistry as of the date of record. Humber and Percent Distribution of Active Pharaacistst in British Columtia ty Place of .Gracuaticn ty Regicral Bcffital District as ' at !lay ig75 ll!S:L.!!LIU~2Jl -----------\u00C2\u00B7------B!.9l!i.!!!.L!!S!El!!.Lii~~.!\u00C2\u00A31 _GI.HULlJ!IS!2YI.!I--1!.l!!!l~.!!I;: __ cauadian subtotal 802 British Coluabia 657 Alterta 31 Saskatchevan 67 llanitota 23 Ontario 17 Que tee 2 Be'v Brunsvick 1 Bova Scotia 4 Bon-Canadian Subtotalll 53 Borth and central A\u00E2\u0080\u00A2erica c.s.A 111 South America Burcpe Ger many, East 1 Geraany, lie st 1 Greece 0 Hungary 1 Irish Beputlic CEire) 0 Italy 1 llethEilands 1 Poland 0 united Kingdo\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 9 o.s.s.a 1 Yugoslavia 1 Africa Asia China \" Japan 2 llorea, south 0 Korea, Unspecified 2 Philii:i::ines II Singapore 1 Oceania Australia 3 Unknovn 7 Total 855 1 Cefiniticns are as in the attached te1t, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Percentages aay not add due to rounding, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Includes unknovns, Prepared by: Health llanpover Research unit university of B.c. i.!H!!!!.!-93.8 76.8 3,6 7.8 2.1 2.0 0.2 0.1. 0.5 6.2 1. 6 0.1 0.1 o.o 0.1 o.o 0.1 o. 1 o.-o 1. 1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.2 o.o 0.2 o.s \u00C2\u00B7o. 1 0.4 o.8 100.0 -------~i!nJ ______ ___ OJ.llJE B,C, _Ji.Y.!.l!I- .f!li!H.!- ..J!.llilL.. ~!:!: 165 gq ,8 517 9E, E 102 5e.6 3e4 71. 8 17 9,6 311 6,11 32 1 e ,q 77 111.4 8 11,6 17 3.2 5 2,g 3 O,E 0 o.o 1 0.2 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 0.6 1 0.2 9 5.2 18 3. 4 1 0.6 7 1. 3 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 0.2 0 o.o , 0.2 0 o.o 2 0.4 0 o.o 0 o.o o. c.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 0.2 q 2.3 5 0.9 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 0,6 1 0.2 1 0,6 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o {i o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 . 1.1 0 o.o 1711 100.0 535 100.0 ..ii!i\u00C2\u00A7~:i.t~\u00C2\u00B7\u00C2\u00B7\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2l 111811 911,g 11113 73.1 82 5. 2 176 11.3 48 3.1 25 1.6 3 0.2 1 c.1 6 0.4 80 5, 1 22 1.4 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 2 c.1 2 0.1 ...... 1 0.1 ...... 1 o. 1 1 c.1 18 1.2 1 c.1 1 0.1 4 0.3 4 0,3 1 c.1 2 o. 1 II 0.3 1 o. 1 3 I 0.2 g C,6 1564 ~ oo.o I - 12 -PHYSIOTHERAPISTS Date of Record: May 15, 1975 Source of Data: Association of Physiotherapists and Massage Practitioners of British Columbia. Definition: Those physiotherapists licensed to practice in British Columbia under the Physiotherapists and Massage Practitioners Act with a British Columbia address as of the date of record. All physiotherapists are required to be licensed with the Association to practice as a physiotherapists. The figures do not distinguish between practicing and non-practicing members. \u00C2\u00A5umber-and Percent Distritution cf Physiotherai::ists\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 i in British Cclumbia ty Place of Graduation by Regional Hc.si;ital District I I as at l!ay 1975 I f11\u00C2\u00A31..21-~Il!lJll!l2!! ------------1.Ui.!!Jll.LH~.li.Ei!1L12i.Uii!i1 7. l -\u00C2\u00B7----ira-nT toba ____________ 3Y6----s. o 80 4.5 30S 5.9 721 5.3 ont~rio 743 11. 1 185 10.5 506 9.8 1434 10.s Quebec 229 3.4 38 2.1 94 1.8 361 2.7 llav Brunsviclt es 1. 3 18 1.0 119 1.0 152 1. 1 Nov;, Scotia 115 1. 7 32 1.8 11 1. 5 224 1.6 Pri11ce Edvard Island 23 0.3 6 0.3 18 0.3 117 0.3 Newfoundland 118 0.1 8 o.s 17 0.3 13 o.s lion-Canadian Subtotal:. 1390 20. 7 254 111.11 738 111.3 2382 17. s Horth and Central America Ja1aica 3 o.o 2 o.o 2 o.o 1 0.1 Trinidad 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o 1 o.o u. s.1 126 1.9 26 1.5 10S 2.0 257 1. 9 Sou th A 11erica Arge11tina 2 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o Chile \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 1 o.o 1 0.1 0 o.o 2 o.o Europe Austria 5 0.1 1 0.1 2 o.o 8 0.1 Belgiua 2 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o llan11arlt 10 o. 1 2 0.1 8 0.2 20 0.1 FinlanJ 2 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o 4 o.o Germany, unspecified 28 0.4 0 o.o 15 0.3 43 0.3 Gree.ca 2 \u00C2\u00B7o. o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o Iceland 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o Irish Republic (!in) 8 0.1 2 0.1 4 0.1 111 0.1 tletherlands 25 o.4 5 0.3 19 0.11 49 0.11 Norway 2 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o l'ortugal 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o SpaiD 2 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o svede11 1 o.o 0 o.o 6 0.1 7 0.1 !;vitzerla11d 3 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o 4 o.o United Kingdo1 632 9.4 142 e.o 344 6.7 1118 8.2 Africa K&nfa 2 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o lligeria 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o 11hodesia 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o south Africa 9 0.1 1 \u00C2\u00B7 0.1 8 0.2 18 0.1 1Si4 Ceylon 0 o.o 1 0.1 1 o.o 2 o.o China 2 o.o 0 o.o 3 0.1 5 o.o for1os1 3 o.o 2 0.1 0 o.o 5 o.o Hong Kong 611 1.0 1 0.1 1 o.o 66 0.5 India 111 . 0.2 2 0.1 8 0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2. 2 24 0.2 Israel 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o Japan 3 o.o 1 0.1 \u00C2\u00B7o o.o II o.o Koraa, Unspecified 11 0.2 0 o.o 2 o.o 13 0.1 Lebanon 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o llalaysia 3 o.o 0 o.o 2 o.o 5 o.o l'hilippines 194 2.9 33 1.9 60 1.2 287 2.1 sing a pore 7 0.1 1 0.1 1 o.o 9 0.1 rhailand 1 o.o 0 o.o 0 o.o 1 o.o Oceania Australia 80 1.2 II 0.2 49 1.0 133 1~0 Nev zealant! 40 0.6 6 o.3 20 0.4 66 o.s Unknown 97 1.11 21 1.2 711 1.4 192 1.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 1'otal 6707 100.0 1770 100.0 5145 100.0 13622 100.0 I Defiliitions are as in the attached text. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ParcLntages 1a7 not add due to rounding. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Includes unknowns. Prepar .. d b7: Health ftaapover Research ' Unit University of B.c. "@en . "Report"@en . "British Columbia"@en . "10.14288/1.0075886"@en . "eng"@en . "Unreviewed"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Health Human Resources Unit (HHRU); Health Sciences Centre"@en . "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada"@en . "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/"@en . "Faculty"@en . "Researcher"@en . "Medical personnel -- British Columbia -- Statistics"@en . "Health occupations schools"@en . "Health Manpower -- British Columbia -- Statistics"@en . "Schools, Health Occupations"@en . "Health human resources"@en . "Place of graduation for selected health occupations 1974 - 1975"@en . "Text"@en . "http://hdl.handle.net/2429/49987"@en .