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Canada attracts more internationally educated healthcare professionals

  Canada attracts more internationally educated healthcare professionals Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan had the highest percentage of internationally educated healthcare professionals (IEHPs) working in their fields in 2021, with 74%, 68%, and 67%, respectively.  Ontario had attracted the most significant number of IEHPs, with 116,310 residing there in 2021. IEHPs were most likely to be nurses, with one-third studying nursing.  The fields of study varied by province, with: Prince Edward Island has the highest percentage of IEHPs studying nursing at 53%,  Newfoundland and Labrador has 30% trained to be physicians, and  Ontario has the highest proportion of IEHPs studying dentistry at 10% or pharmacy at 9%. Internationally educated healthcare professionals (IEHPs) in Canada  According to the report's authors, "There were an estimated 259,695 internationally educated healthcare professionals (IEHPs) aged 18 to 64 residing in Canada in 2021, accounting fo