Today I found a Canadian government site that includes average MD yearly salaries for all provinces in Canada: British Columbia (BC), Alberta (AB), Saskatchewan (SK), Manitoba (MB), Ontario (ON), Québec (QC), Nova Scotia (NS), Prince Edward Island (PEI), New Brunswick (NB), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).

Like I said in previous article, ophthalmology is pretty darn good for the highest income nation-wide; however, it’s tough to get in.

Another note: doctors in Alberta seem to earn more than the rest of Canada.

Oh yea, one medical specialty to avoid….PSYCHIATRY?!?! The salaries aren’t as rewarding as other specialties. Could it be most Canadian are mentally healthier, less depressed than Americans?

Canadian National Average Income for Medical Doctors Year 2005-2006 salary (x $1,000)
Specialty	MB	SK	AB	BC	Canada
Family Medicine	213	233	267	228	212
Medical Specialties	231	297	308	262	243
Internal Medicine	275	352	356	322	298
Neurology	234	222	277	286	231
Psychiatry	165	196	223	195	160
Pediatrics	185	255	252	218	196
Dermatology	330	414	470	368	321
Physical Medicine	171	184	254	242	173
Anesthesis	262	286	411	249	273
Surgical Specialties	370	405	464	422	362
General Surgery	339	389	424	372	336
Thoracic / Cardiovascular	446	553	640	463	479
Urology	423	428	452	439	369
Orthopedic Surgery	341	344	420	355	325
Plastic Surgery	315	339	413	281	282
Neurosurgery	n/a	295	312	372	300
Ophthalmology	521	515	611	590	456
Otolaryngology	377	371	505	417	366
Obstetrics / Gynecology	328	381	408	394	346
Total Specialties	273	342	363	314	281
Total Physicians	243	276	305	265	245

Refernce: Canadian Institute for Health Information

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I was about to give up my search, till I found the following information from BC government website. Mission accomplished. Although the statistics is for BC, it can be used as a guide for the rest of Canada.

Ophthalmology, GI, Cardio, and Radiology are medical specialists among the highest earning groups with annual incomes as high as more than $600,000. That’s pretty impressive. What an eye opener! After working for 2 years, they are already millionaires!!! Education definitely pays off in this field. Maybe I should consider a career change?!?!

However, as far as I know, ophthalmology is one of the toughest medical specialties to get into. The number of medical students trained in this field is usually in single digit per year.

So, would you consider a career in medicine? Recession-proof for sure!

Salaries for Medical Practitioners in British Columbia Year 2007-2008

* Yellow = median annual salary
* Reference: BC Health

Specialty	<10k	10k to 49k	50k to 99k	100k to 199k	200k to 299k	300k to 399k	400k to 599k	>600k
General Physician	359	551	619	1,446	1,224	452	145	10
Dermatologist	4	4	7	10	11	13	13	2
Neurologist	3	13	13	21	24	11	13	1
Psychiatrist	25	68	123	261	120	32	8	0
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist	16	20	15	38	49	42	32	9
Ophthalmologist	6	7	8	18	13	18	36	73
General Surgeon	7	15	11	27	41	49	52	10
Neurosurgeon	1	2	1	6	2	10	9	5
Orthopaedic Surgeon	8	20	16	31	49	47	31	2
Plastic Surgeon	5	9	7	15	23	11	4	2
Cardiac Surgeon	1	1	0	2	5	5	8	2
Urologist	2	7	5	8	7	21	23	8
Paediatrician	29	36	28	50	51	20	13	1
Internal Medicine	15	40	24	34	44	37	26	6
Radiologist	5	13	2	23	24	22	52	140
Laboratory Medicine	15	11	4	9	4	2	9	72

Specialty	<10k	10k to 49k	50k to 99k	100k to 199k	200k to 299k	300k to 399k	400k to 599k	>600k
Anesthesiologist	19	39	37	96	166	82	22	0
Paediatric Cardiologist	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0
Physical Medicine	9	12	8	13	9	5	1	0
Geriatric Medicine	2	6	8	11	1	1	0	0
Cardiologist	0	3	5	7	4	12	30	40
Emergency Medicine	18	8	3	9	4	8	0	0
Medical Microbiologist	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8
Nuclear Medicine	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	18
Rheumatologist	1	3	4	17	16	9	3	0
Clinical Immunologist	1	1	0	5	4	6	7	2
Medical Genetics	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Vascular Surgeon	0	4	1	2	3	12	10	0
Thoracic Surgeon	3	0	2	2	1	1	4	1
Respirologist	1	5	5	13	15	19	10	6
Endocrinologist	1	2	8	9	18	7	1	0
Gastroenterologist	2	2	3	6	8	13	27	10
Nephrologist	2	3	8	10	8	8	20	4
Infectious Diseases	3	7	3	10	5	2	1	2
Hematology Oncologist	2	8	7	9	3	4	3	1
Total	569	928	991	2231	1973	1000	638	442

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