Total Issuance
In 2017, we issued 5,011 certificates
of registration, surpassing the
previous year’s record total by 85.
2016
2017
4,926
5,011
1.7%
Practice Certificates
2016
2017
1,977
2,076
5%
Highest
number in
our history!
Postgraduate Education Certificates
2016
2017
2,949
2,935
<1%
Practice certificates include all classes of registration,
except the postgraduate education class. Of the 2,076
practice certificates issued, 81% (1,671) were independent
practice certificates. This is the class of certificate
normally obtained after physicians complete postgraduate
training and is held throughout their professional career.
Dr. Brendan Lew,
McMaster Medical School
CPSO ANNUAL REPORT 2017 // page 9