Research Guides: Medical Licensing Exams: Guides & Resources: International Medical Graduates

Helpful Websites

The following websites will be useful for international medical graduates seeking employment in Ontario.

HealthForceOntario
The HealthForceOntario Marketing and Recruitment Agency, an initiative of the HealthForceOntario strategy, is designed to help increase the number of qualified health professionals practicing in Ontario by recruiting qualified health care professionals into Ontario and by assisting internationally educated health professionals living in Ontario to become qualified to practice in the province.
Access Centre
The Access Centre is a unit within HealthForceOntario. Staff at the Access Centre has the knowledge and expertise to help clients navigate the licensing, certification and regulatory process for all of Ontario’s regulated health professions.
Medical Council of Canada
The information is geared to international medical graduates (IMGs) looking to begin the process of obtaining a licence to practice medicine in Canada.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
College of Family Physicians of Canada
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
International medical graduates (IMGs) comprise one-quarter of the U.S. physician workforce. Certification by ECFMG is the standard for evaluating the qualifications of these physicians before they enter U.S. graduate medical education (GME), where they provide supervised patient care.

Use the Work in Canada site to access free up-to-date information about jobs, including:

the Working in Canada Tool - providing job seekers with a detailed labour market report customized by occupation and location that features job opportunities, wages, skills requirements, and more;
the library of occupational videos; and,
useful facts about working in Canada.