Nursing: Canadian workforce trends reports

The Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) today released Workforce Trends of Registered Nurses in Canada, 2006. The report says the number of Canadian nurses is increasing slowly, as is the average age of nurses. Of the 252,948 RNs employed in Canada in 2006, 92.1% graduated from a nursing program in Canada. The remaining 7.9% were educated elsewhere, predominantly in the Philippines or the United Kingdom. Prince Edward Island and British Columbia attract the greatest proportion of out-of-province graduates (29.7% and 27.7% respectively). In contrast, 95.9% of Quebec’s RN workforce graduated from Quebec nursing programs. Read the CIHI press release. Three additional reports were also released:
Workforce Trends of Licensed Practical Nurses in Canada, 2006
Workforce Trends of Registered Psychiatric Nurses in Canada, 2006
Highlights from the Regulated Nursing Workforce in Canada, 2006