Interjurisdictional labour mobility

In 2009, the federal, provincial and territorial governments signed revisions to the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), removing restrictions to movement between jurisdictions in Canada related to differences in registration standards. The Alliance began gathering mobility data across jurisdictions in 2010-showing how many new physiotherapy registrants in each province were originally registered somewhere else in Canada. Five years later, we see that physiotherapists greatly benefit from mobility across and between provinces in Canada.

Physiotherapists moving from one province to another in Canada continue to focus on Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario as destination provinces of choice. In 2014, however, the number of physiotherapists moving to Alberta and Ontario declined, while the number moving into British Columbia stayed the same. This is the second year in a row with declining numbers of physiotherapy mobility for Alberta and Ontario – an interesting trend to watch. Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are the two provinces where mobility into the province increased compared to 2013, though the numbers remained quite low. In keeping with previous years’ data, the Maritime Provinces show the lowest numbers of registrants from other provinces. Almost all registrations transferring from one jurisdiction to another are granted without conditions. No registration applications from one province to another have been denied since 2010.

1 The Yukon data also showed an increase in 2014, but we believe this is due to improved data collection reasons, rather than an actual increase.

LABOUR MOBILITY DATA: NUMBER OF NEW REGISTRANTS BY PROVINCE OF DESTINATION, REGISTRATION CATEGORY AND YEAR, 2014 - 2014