Licensed Nurse Practitioners per 100,000 Population, by Province and Territory, 2004 to 2008
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| Source: | Workforce Trends of Registered Nurses in Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2006. Population figures from Statistics Canada, 2007. |
| Note: | Includes all licensed nurse practitioners, regardless of employment status. A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse (RN) with additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries, including ordering tests and prescribing drugs. Each bar represents one year from 2004 to 2008. Non-Ontario Provinces are N.L., P.E.I., N.S., N.B., Que., Man., Sask., Alta., and B.C. Data not available for P.E.I., Manitoba, and Yukon (2004-2008), B.C. (2004-2006), and Quebec (2004-2005) because data not applicable, do not exist or suppressed. Data for N.W.T. and Nunavut are combined. |