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National Statistics
As of January 1, 2002, there were 26,273 licensed pharmacists in Canada,
and 8,080 accredited pharmacies as follows:
| National Pharmacist/Pharmacies
Statistics |
2002
|
| Total Licensed Pharmacists |
26,526
|
| Pharmacies: |
|
| Community Pharmacies |
7,196
|
| Hospital Pharmacies Accredited by Licensing Body |
889
|
| Total Licensed Pharmacies |
8,085
|
|
Provincial Statistics - as of January 2002
The total number of practising pharmacists and pharmacies
were as follows:
Province/
Territory
|
Total
Pharmacists Licensed to Practice
|
Community
Pharmacies |
Hospital
Pharmacies |
Total Licensed
Pharmacies
|
| Alberta |
2,990
|
802
|
140
|
942
|
| British Columbia |
3,406
|
775
|
81
|
856
|
| Manitoba |
990
|
277
|
46
|
323
|
| New Brunswick |
569
|
165
|
18
|
183
|
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
526
|
179
|
0
|
179
|
| Nova Scotia |
954
|
259
|
0
|
259
|
| Northwest Territories |
23
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
| Nunavut |
5
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
| Ontario |
9,382
|
2,709
|
0
|
2,709
|
| Prince Edward Island |
131
|
41
|
7
|
48
|
| Quebec |
6,394
|
1,617
|
597
|
2,214
|
| Saskatchewan |
1,129
|
358
|
0
|
358
|
| Yukon |
27
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
| CANADA |
26,526
|
7,196
|
889
|
8,085
|
|
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