Source Countries for the Regulated Professions

A source country is the country where an internationally trained applicant to one of Ontario’s regulated professions obtained his or her initial training. The following chart shows the top five source countries for each profession in 2010.

The Top Five Source Countries for Internationally Trained Applicants
In Each of Ontario’s Regulated Professions, 2010
Professions	New Applications from Internationally Trained Individuals¹	Top 5 Source Countries (in order of number of applications)²
Professions	New Applications from Internationally Trained Individuals¹	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Architects	88	Egypt	Iran	Tie³
Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists	61	U.S.	Australia	Tie⁴	Egypt
Chartered Accountants	77	U.S.	U.K.	S. Africa	India	Mexico
Chiropodists	13	U.K.	U.S.	France
Chiropractors	36	U.S.	Tie⁵
Dental Hygienists	9	U.S.	Tie⁶
Dental Surgeons	134	U.S.	India	Iran	Iraq	Romania
Dental Technologists	5	Tie⁷	Tie⁸
Denturists	5	Philippines	India	Tie⁹	Iran
Dietitians	45	U.S.	India	Pakistan	Philippines	S. Africa
Early Childhood Educators	48	U.K.	Tie¹⁰	Philippines	Israel
Engineering Technicians and Technologists	263	India	Philippines	Pakistan	Russia	China
Engineers	1,352	India	China	Iran	Pakistan	Bangladesh
Foresters	3	Tie¹¹
General Accountants	1,013	India	U.S.	China	Philippines	Pakistan
Geoscientists	67	U.S.	U.K.	China	S. Africa	Germany
Land Surveyors	5	Tie¹²	Portugal
Lawyers	309	U.K.	U.S.	Australia	India	Nigeria
Management Accountants	235	India	Philippines	U.S.	Pakistan	China
Massage Therapists	1	U.S.	Tie¹³
Medical Laboratory Technologists	82	India	Philippines	Tie¹⁴	U.S.
Medical Radiation Technologists	79	Philippines	U.S.	India	China	Korea
Midwives	9	U.S.	Iran	Tie¹⁵
Nurses	4,113	Philippines	India	Nigeria	Jamaica	China
Occupational Therapists	64	U.S.	Philippines	India	Australia	U.K.
Opticians	7	U.K.	Tie¹⁶
Optometrists	70	U.S.	Iran	U.K.	Tie¹⁷
Paralegals	N/A¹⁸
Pharmacists	397	Egypt	India	U.K.	Philippines	U.S.
Pharmacy Technicians	0
Physicians and Surgeons	1,612	India	Saudi Arabia	U.K.	Ireland	Pakistan
Physiotherapists	83	India	Philippines	U.S.	Australia	U.K.
Psychologists, Psychological Associates	38	U.S.	India	Tie¹⁹	Russia
Respiratory Therapists	10	U.S.	Philippines	China
Social Service Workers	1	U.K.
Social Workers	132	U.S.	India	U.K.	Tie²⁰
Teachers	3,007	U.S.	Australia	India	Philippines	New Zealand
Veterinarians	114	India	U.S.	Pakistan	Egypt	U.K.
Total new applications in 2010	13,587

¹ New applications in 2010

² Applications that were in progress in 2010

³ Bosnia and Herzegovina, Philippines, Russia (tied)

⁴ U.K., India (tied)

⁵ U.K., New Zealand (tied)

⁶ S. Africa, U.K. (tied)

⁷ Israel, Syrian Arab Republic, Poland (tied)

⁸ Russia, Kazakhstan (tied)

⁹ Egypt, Bulgaria (tied)

¹⁰ India, U.S. (tied)

¹¹ Nepal, Romania, Honduras (tied)

¹² Russia, Iran (tied)

¹³ Romania, Philippines, Ireland (tied)

¹⁴ Sri Lanka, Jamaica (tied)

¹⁵ China, Hungary, Netherlands (tied)

¹⁶ U.S., India, Iraq (tied)

¹⁷ Colombia, India (tied)

¹⁸ N/A = Not available (Numbers were not reported)

¹⁹ U.K., Switzerland (tied)

²⁰ Australia, Egypt (tied)