General Practitioner and Family Physician Salary Canada

Average Canadian General Practitioner and Family Physician Salary :: General Practitioner and Family Physician Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for General Practitioners and Family Physicians. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 3112.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: medical doctor, general practitioner (GP) and family physician.

The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
  • Low pay: The bottom 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • High pay: The top 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • Average pay: The average wage in this sector after removing the bottom 10 percent and the top 10 percent of workers. Average pay is then calculated on the remaining 80 percent of workers' wages.

According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Winnipeg, Manitoba at $87.93 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Laval, Quebec at $29.50 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for general practitioners and family physicians is health care and social assistance. The average weekly earnings for the health care and social assistance sector as a whole were $800.90 in February 2011, an increase of 3.3% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $775.57. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for February 2011 are $22.25.

Average Hourly Wages for
General Practitioners and Family Physicians in Canada

Location Low Wage
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per hr
Average
$
per hr
High Wage
$
per hr

Year
Calgary - Alberta* 33.00 62.52 82.42 2009
Edmonton - Alberta* 19.23 62.52 64.62 2009
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia - 51.59 - 2001
Winnipeg - Manitoba 55.25 87.93 120.62 2009
Saint John / Sussex / St. Stephen - New Brunswick 43.27 - 96.15 2009
Halifax - Nova Scotia 24.80 78.23 89.93 2010
Hamilton - Ontario - 61.82 - 2005
Brant / Haldimand / Norfolk - Ontario - 61.82 - 2005
Windsor-Essex County - Ontario - 65.27 - 2006
Niagara Area - Ontario - 61.82 - 2005
Prince Edward Island 71.25 - 82.10 2011
Laval - Quebec 22.25 29.50 34.75 2008
Saskatoon Area - Saskatchewan - 65.40 - 2010





* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.