| Active Physician Registry | Listing of Physicians in active practice compiled annually by OPRC. |
|---|---|
| Active Practice | Physician has an independent practice licence, and is practicing, in Ontario for a significant portion of the calendar year. |
| Age Range | Physicians are assigned to an age range based on the distance from their year of birth. |
| Census Date | PIO census date is December 31 of the year in question. |
| Census SubDivision | Assigned by Statistics Canada, this is roughly equivalent, although not the same, as the geopolitical category of municipality. |
| CFPC | College of Family Physicians of Canada |
| County | Equivalent to Statistics Canada Census Division, these are often now called Regional Municipalities. Toronto is now a Region, a Census Subdivision and a County. |
| Gender | Gender is based on data provided by CPSO and no specific distinction is made between sex and gender identity. Starting in 2021, an ‘Other’ category (which combines both non-binary and unknown gender categories) is provided in addition to ‘Male’ and ‘Female’. |
| LHIN | Local Health Integration Network – Health Planning Region of the Ontario Ministry of Health. |
| Location of Practice | Location based on primary practice street address. |
| OPRC | Ontario Physician Reporting Centre. |
| Physician | Physician licenced to practice medicine as an independent practitioner or Postgraduate medical trainee in the Province of Ontario. |
| PIO | Physicians In Ontario – Name of the OPRC annual report on active physicians in Ontario. |
| RCPSC | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Specialty | Primary practice specialty using nomenclature of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Canadian College of Family Physicians. |
| Year | Calendar year. |