Figure 1. First-year enrollment in medical schools in Canada, 1968 to 2005.

Source: Canadian Medical Education Statistics, Vol 28. Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, 2006.

CMF = CMF Report: Canadian Medical Forum Task Force on Physician Supply in Canada (Report 1999). Available at http://cua.org/socioeconomics/physician_supply_2000.pdf. Accessed 20 August 2006.

Notes: As geographic background, Canada has an area of 3.9 million square miles (making it larger than the United States) but has only 32 million people and 17 medical schools.