Comments on: National Average Income for Medical Doctors

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:56:23 +0000

Would you mind explaining the difference in salary if I were to practice psychiatry or psychology in Canada (Anywhere really, Ontario, B.C..)? Is it worth going the extra step and doing psychiatry or should I stick to psychology, because I prefer focusing on the behavioral rather than biological aspects of humans?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:49:31 +0000

Why does Quebec pay less? These numbers are several times what doctors in France, Germany and Japan make.

Doctors salaries in English Canada are driven up the our proximity to the USA, common language and largely common popular culture.

I suppose Quebecers have less in common with the USA so this income inflating effect is less.

It works the other way too, Quebec houses cost a lot less than in other successful cities in Canada, probably because of the lack of prosperous immigrants driving up prices.

By: wes

wes — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:19:58 +0000

Bear in mind….it costs far far less to attend a university/college in Quebec.

So, if those doctors in Quebec enjoyed low tuition to start with, then they shouldn’t complain about low salaries, either. You start low, then finish low.

By: raphaella

raphaella — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:59:33 +0000

those salaries are without overhead, im 99% sure. Im a PGY-2 resident in psychiatry(i.e. 2nd year). Psychiatry has a small overhead, fam doctors have more overhead, for instance.
other remarks: ER medicine is also a sub specialty on its own (5 years residency), one year fellowship after fam med is just another option, basically confined to work in community hospitals, never academic ones, and unlikely to be in a big city.
-how come in Quebec, the salaries are lower question. Answer: in Quebec, all physician salaries are lower. Specialists were on strike abou this in 2006. Didn’t fix the situation at all. It’s a disgrace and it sucks.

By: med rules

med rules — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:26:26 +0000

These are gross physician billings. You need to deduct overhead expenses which range from 30-50% to get the actual “income”.