Province Prioritizing Medical Residency for Ontario Students
Our government intends to introduce legislation that will protect Ontario’s health-care workforce by prioritizing international medical graduates (IMGs) from Ontario for postgraduate medical residency positions.
This change will make it easier for Ontario students who studied medicine abroad to return home, complete their training and have a career as a doctor in Ontario.
If passed, the legislation would align Ontario with the approach taken by other jurisdictions in Canada, such as Nova Scotia, and ensure Ontario students who may otherwise do their residency elsewhere in Canada or abroad, will have a better opportunity to complete their training and begin their medical careers at home.
As part of the government’s plan to increase the number of family doctors, the province will be adding more than 270 new residency seats at Ontario medical schools bringing the total to 1,739 positions across the province, a nearly 50 per cent increase since 2018.
Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, our government continues to take bold and decisive action to grow the province’s highly skilled health-care workforce and ensure people and their families have access to high-quality care, closer to home, for generations to come.
