Job prospects General Practitioner (GP) near Charlottetown (PE)

Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a major labour shortage for General practitioners and family physicians near Charlottetown (PE). There were far more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

The employment outlook will be very good for General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in Prince Edward Island for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.

A growing and aging population, coupled with wide-spread labour shortages in health care, will contribute to increased demand for workers in the province. The province continues to contend with considerable health care challenges due to the lack of staff and overcapacity issues resulting in frequent closures to emergency room services and clinics (particularly in rural areas). Long wait times for surgery and thousands of people without a family doctor continue to add pressure to the Island's health care system. In addition to its continued recruitment efforts, the province introduced its five-year health plan to help address health care challenges, which includes adding new health care roles to the system (such as Physician Assistants and Associate Physicians) and opening more medical homes across the province. Working in a group practice is becoming more prevalent. However, as the health care sector expands, developments in technology, testing methods and procedures have allowed physicians to see a greater number of patients than before.

Here are some key facts about General practitioners and family physicians in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 200 people work in this occupation.
• General practitioners and family physicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 60%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 36%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 95% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 5% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 72% of general practitioners and family physicians work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• 33% of general practitioners and family physicians are self-employed compared to an average of 13% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 48% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 53% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 8% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology