College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Statistics Report 2024: Appendix A

Formerly Registration Renewal Statistics Report

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1 Introduction

The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is the regulatory body for nurses in Ontario, Canada. Our purpose is to protect the public by promoting safe nursing practice.

This appendix contains registration and employment statistics collected from all nurses who renewed at least one certificate of registration in 2024. This appendix was formerly a separate report published by CNO under the name Registration Renewal Statistics Report. The Registration Renewal Statistics Report is now one of the three appendices referenced in the College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Statistics Report 2024. The new report consolidates key highlights, data, and trends from the past year. To return to the College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Statistics Report 2024, please visit https://cno.org/Assets/CNO/Documents/Statistics/latest-reports/nursing-statistics-report-2024.pdf.

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2 Methods and Notes

2.1 Reporting and renewal period

This report presents demographic and employment statistics of the nurses who renewed their registrations for 2024 and compares it with data from the 2019 to 2023 renewal periods. The renewal period is the period of time when nurses are eligible to renew their registration for the subsequent year and occurs during several months at the end of each year. It typically starts in November and runs until March of the following year. Nurses who register after December 31 are subjected to a late fee. If registrants have not renewed by February, they are suspended. The final deadline occurs in March, whereafter nurses’ registrations will be expired. This year’s renewal period opened on November 1, 2023, and closed on March 19, 2024. The data presented in this report reflect the data captured during this process.

2.2 Report structure

This report is broken down into three main sections: Registrants, Registrations, and Employment positions held in Ontario.

The Registrants section presents data at the individual nurse, or registrant level, for nurses who renewed their CNO registration. Nurses who renewed multiple registrations were only counted once.

The Registrations section describes data associated with each certificate of registration that was renewed, as opposed to each nurse. As such, a nurse who renewed both their RN and RPN registrations were counted twice.

The last section, Employment positions held in Ontario presents data related to nursing employment positions that are held by CNO registrants in Ontario at the time of renewal. Only positions that are held by registrants are reported to CNO. Because registrants can hold multiple positions, across more than one registration, the total number of positions is greater than the number of registrations employed in nursing in Ontario. The number of positions presented in this section does not reflect the total number of available positions.

2.3 Nurse categories and classes

In this report, the primary focus is on nurses in the General and Extended Classes. While nurses may hold registration in more than one category (RN or RPN) at the same time, they cannot be in multiple classes in the same category. For example, a nurse may hold both RN General and RPN General registration but cannot be in the RN General and Extended classes (NP) simultaneously. Those who hold both RN and RPN registrations are considered dual RN/RPNs. For example, a nurse can hold an RN Extended and RPN General registration or an RN General and RPN General registration. Though CNO groups nurses based on their category and class, for simplicity, this report will present data by the following nurse types:

• RN: Registered Nurse in the General Class
• RPN: Registered Practical Nurse in the General Class
• NP: Registered Nurse in the Extended Class
• Dual RN/RPN: Registered Nurse in the General/Extended Class and Registered Practical Nurse in the General Class

Data on nurses in the Non-Practising Class is also included in this report. These registrants cannot practise nursing and are categorized as either RNs or RPNs. There are no NPs in the Non-Practising Class. Additionally, a nurse cannot hold dual registration where one category is in the Non-Practising Class and the other is not. For example, a dual RN/RPN cannot be registered in the RN General Class and in the RPN Non-Practising Class at the same time.

2.4 Other statistics

Several demographic and employment characteristics and statistics are examined in the report and are listed below:

• Age is a nurse’s age at the time of renewal. Calculated using full birth date and the date when a nurse successfully renews their registration with CNO.
• Employment status categorizes registrants or registrations based on different combinations of employment, such as employed in nursing only, employed in non-nursing, not employed, on leave, and whether the employment is in or outside of Ontario.
• Number of working positions is the total number of employment positions held per certificate of registration.
• Working status indicates whether an employment position held is full-time, part-time, or casual.
• Overall working status indicates whether the combination of employment positions held is full-time, part-time, per certificate of registration. A detailed definition can be found here: Overall Working Status.
• Ontario Health regions indicates where an employment position is located in Ontario and is based on the six regions defined by Ontario Health.¹
• Employment setting is the practice setting associated with a held employment position and reflects the immediate practice environment.
• Employment position is the role associated with a held employment position and reflects broad job titles or position names.
• Area of practice is the focused practice area associated with a held employment position and reflects the type of care delivered and/or patient population.

3 Registrants

This section of the report presents data related to individual registrants. Nurses who renewed multiple registrations are only counted once.

3.1 Overall Renewals

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by General & Extended Classes or Non-Practising Class.

3.1.1 General & Extended Classes

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	105,919	107,187	108,976	110,938	114,080	119,243
RPN	52,803	54,141	55,056	56,846	58,469	58,276
NP	3,569	3,819	4,035	4,352	4,642	4,998
Dual RN/RPN	790	781	806	778	993	1,246
Total	163,081	165,928	168,873	172,914	178,184	183,763

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	64.9%	64.6%	64.5%	64.2%	64.0%	64.9%
RPN	32.4%	32.6%	32.6%	32.9%	32.8%	31.7%
NP	2.2%	2.3%	2.4%	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%
Dual RN/RPN	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.1.2 Non-Practising Class

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	10,516	10,744	10,775	11,014	11,493	12,388
RPN	3,129	3,433	3,607	3,828	4,026	4,057
Dual RN/RPN	27	29	27	28	23	21
Total	13,672	14,206	14,409	14,870	15,542	16,466

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	76.9%	75.6%	74.8%	74.1%	73.9%	75.2%
RPN	22.9%	24.2%	25.0%	25.7%	25.9%	24.6%
Dual RN/RPN	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.2 Overall Renewals by Location of Education

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by location of education for the General & Extended Classes.

3.2.1 Ontario

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	87,638	88,715	90,138	91,082	91,717	92,744
RPN	45,816	46,852	47,532	48,697	49,348	50,443
NP	2,927	3,093	3,228	3,464	3,674	3,918
Dual RN/RPN	408	380	354	334	305	265
Total	136,789	139,040	141,252	143,577	145,044	147,370

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	64.1%	63.8%	63.8%	63.4%	63.2%	62.9%
RPN	33.5%	33.7%	33.7%	33.9%	34.0%	34.2%
NP	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%
Dual RN/RPN	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.2.2 Canada (Excluding Ontario)

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	6,450	6,341	6,260	6,272	6,269	6,233
RPN	981	973	977	998	1,039	1,057
NP	363	420	475	535	595	679
Dual RN/RPN	31	19	17	16	8	7
Total	7,825	7,753	7,729	7,821	7,911	7,976

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	82.4%	81.8%	81.0%	80.2%	79.2%	78.1%
RPN	12.5%	12.5%	12.6%	12.8%	13.1%	13.3%
NP	4.6%	5.4%	6.1%	6.8%	7.5%	8.5%
Dual RN/RPN	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.2.3 International

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	11,831	12,131	12,578	13,584	16,094	20,266
RPN	6,006	6,316	6,547	7,151	8,082	6,776
NP	279	306	332	353	373	401
Dual RN/RPN	351	382	435	428	680	974
Total	18,467	19,135	19,892	21,516	25,229	28,417

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	64.1%	63.4%	63.2%	63.1%	63.8%	71.3%
RPN	32.5%	33.0%	32.9%	33.2%	32.0%	23.8%
NP	1.5%	1.6%	1.7%	1.6%	1.5%	1.4%
Dual RN/RPN	1.9%	2.0%	2.2%	2.0%	2.7%	3.4%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.3 Gains and Losses

• Gains: A gain to the total registrant pool is a nurse who renewed one or more registrations in the current renewal period but did not renew any registration in the year prior. They represent the number of new nurses available to the system. Examples of gains are new registrants and reinstatements.

• Losses: A loss to the total registrant pool is a nurse who did not renew any registration in the current renewal period but did renew one or more registrations in the year prior. They represent the number of nurses who have left the system. A loss is not necessarily permanent, as a registrant can return in a subsequent year.

• Net: The net difference is calculated by subtracting the number of registrant losses from the number of registrant gains at the end of the renewal period. This represents the overall change in the number of nurses available to the system year-over-year.

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by General & Extended Classes or Non-Practising Class.

General & Extended Classes

Type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Gains	11,220	9,479	9,480	10,814	12,485	13,374
Losses	6,486	6,632	6,535	6,773	7,215	7,795
Net	4,734	2,847	2,945	4,041	5,270	5,579

Non-Practising Class

Type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Gains	2,573	2,739	2,656	2,848	3,360	4,091
Losses	2,332	2,205	2,453	2,387	2,688	3,167
Net	241	534	203	461	672	924

3.4 Age Distribution

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by General & Extended Classes or Non-Practising Class.

3.4.1 General & Extended Classes

Graph

This is a proportional stacked bar graph showing the age distribution of registrants in the General and Extended Classes for each renewal year. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the proportion of registrants. The values illustrated in this graph are in a table under the Proportions tab.

Counts

Age Group	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
18 - 24	9,357	9,707	9,534	9,640	9,200	9,297
25 - 34	45,220	47,252	49,124	50,995	53,697	55,614
35 - 44	35,634	36,994	38,753	41,285	44,715	48,375
45 - 54	37,212	36,396	36,111	35,763	35,702	35,627
55 - 64	28,646	28,644	28,419	28,113	27,652	27,583
65+	7,012	6,935	6,932	7,118	7,218	7,267
Total	163,081	165,928	168,873	172,914	178,184	183,763

Proportions

Age Group	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
18 - 24	5.7%	5.9%	5.6%	5.6%	5.2%	5.1%
25 - 34	27.7%	28.5%	29.1%	29.5%	30.1%	30.3%
35 - 44	21.9%	22.3%	22.9%	23.9%	25.1%	26.3%
45 - 54	22.8%	21.9%	21.4%	20.7%	20.0%	19.4%
55 - 64	17.6%	17.3%	16.8%	16.3%	15.5%	15.0%
65+	4.3%	4.2%	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%	4.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.4.2 Non-Practising Class

Graph

This is a proportional stacked bar graph showing the age distribution of registrants in the Non-Practising Class for each renewal year. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the proportion of registrants. The values illustrated in this graph are in a table under the Proportions tab.

Counts

Age Group	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
18 - 24	143	172	128	129	132	133
25 - 34	1,959	2,181	2,199	2,272	2,514	2,696
35 - 44	2,132	2,196	2,292	2,515	2,813	3,411
45 - 54	2,831	2,865	2,792	2,804	2,784	2,789
55 - 64	3,929	3,944	3,916	3,861	3,953	4,008
65+	2,678	2,848	3,082	3,289	3,346	3,429
Total	13,672	14,206	14,409	14,870	15,542	16,466

Proportions

Age Group	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
18 - 24	1.0%	1.2%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%
25 - 34	14.3%	15.4%	15.3%	15.3%	16.2%	16.4%
35 - 44	15.6%	15.5%	15.9%	16.9%	18.1%	20.7%
45 - 54	20.7%	20.2%	19.4%	18.9%	17.9%	16.9%
55 - 64	28.7%	27.8%	27.2%	26.0%	25.4%	24.3%
65+	19.6%	20.0%	21.4%	22.1%	21.5%	20.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.5 Employment Status

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by General & Extended Classes or Non-Practising Class.

3.5.1 General & Extended Classes

Counts

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing in Ontario	148,332	150,304	152,169	155,018	158,430	164,150
Employed in nursing outside Ontario only	2,687	2,851	3,159	3,585	4,275	4,681
Employed in non-nursing	2,042	1,926	1,609	1,544	1,854	2,047
Not employed in nursing or non-nursing	6,301	6,086	6,243	6,958	7,547	7,575
On leave	3,719	4,761	5,693	5,809	6,078	5,310
Total	163,081	165,928	168,873	172,914	178,184	183,763

Proportions

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing in Ontario	91.0%	90.6%	90.1%	89.7%	88.9%	89.3%
Employed in nursing outside Ontario only	1.6%	1.7%	1.9%	2.1%	2.4%	2.5%
Employed in non-nursing	1.3%	1.2%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%
Not employed in nursing or non-nursing	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%	4.0%	4.2%	4.1%
On leave	2.3%	2.9%	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	2.9%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

3.5.2 Non-Practising Class

Counts

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing in Ontario	0	0	0	0	0	0
Employed in nursing outside Ontario only	3,869	3,974	3,857	3,981	4,279	4,770
Employed in non-nursing	2,583	2,666	2,572	2,596	2,628	2,745
Not employed in nursing or non-nursing	5,562	5,824	6,040	6,247	6,517	6,722
On leave	1,658	1,742	1,940	2,046	2,118	2,229
Total	13,672	14,206	14,409	14,870	15,542	16,466

Proportions

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing in Ontario	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Employed in nursing outside Ontario only	28.3%	28.0%	26.8%	26.8%	27.5%	29.0%
Employed in non-nursing	18.9%	18.8%	17.8%	17.5%	16.9%	16.7%
Not employed in nursing or non-nursing	40.7%	41.0%	41.9%	42.0%	41.9%	40.8%
On leave	12.1%	12.3%	13.5%	13.8%	13.6%	13.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4 Registrations

The following section outlines data related to all renewed certificates of registration. A registrant can hold a registration in either or both the RN and RPN categories. Therefore, for dual registrants, data associated with each registration is presented.

4.1 Overall Renewals

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by General & Extended Classes or Non-Practising Class.

4.1.1 Graph

This bar chart shows the number of General and Extended Class registrations that were renewed. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the number of registrations. Additionally, each bar has three portions representing the categorizations: RN, RPN, and NP.

4.1.2 General & Extended Classes

Counts

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	106,709	107,968	109,782	111,716	115,073	120,489
RPN	53,593	54,922	55,862	57,624	59,462	59,522
NP	3,569	3,819	4,035	4,352	4,642	4,998
Total	163,871	166,709	169,679	173,692	179,177	185,009

Proportions

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	65.1%	64.8%	64.7%	64.3%	64.2%	65.1%
RPN	32.7%	32.9%	32.9%	33.2%	33.2%	32.2%
NP	2.2%	2.3%	2.4%	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.1.3 Non-Practising Class

Counts

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	10,543	10,773	10,802	11,042	11,516	12,409
RPN	3,156	3,462	3,634	3,856	4,049	4,078
Total	13,699	14,235	14,436	14,898	15,565	16,487

Proportions

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	77.0%	75.7%	74.8%	74.1%	74.0%	75.3%
RPN	23.0%	24.3%	25.2%	25.9%	26.0%	24.7%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.2 Overall Renewals by Location of Education

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by location of education for the General & Extended Classes.

4.2.1 Ontario

Counts

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	88,046	89,095	90,492	91,416	92,022	93,009
RPN	46,223	47,224	47,890	49,030	49,657	50,735
NP	2,927	3,093	3,228	3,464	3,674	3,918
Total	137,196	139,412	141,610	143,910	145,353	147,662

Proportions

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	64.2%	63.9%	63.9%	63.5%	63.3%	63.0%
RPN	33.7%	33.9%	33.8%	34.1%	34.2%	34.4%
NP	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.2.2 Canada (excluding Ontario)

Counts

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	6,481	6,360	6,277	6,288	6,277	6,240
RPN	986	974	977	1,001	1,042	1,061
NP	363	420	475	535	595	679
Total	7,830	7,754	7,729	7,824	7,914	7,980

Proportions

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	82.8%	82.0%	81.2%	80.4%	79.3%	78.2%
RPN	12.6%	12.6%	12.6%	12.8%	13.2%	13.3%
NP	4.6%	5.4%	6.1%	6.8%	7.5%	8.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.2.3 International

Counts

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	12,182	12,513	13,013	14,012	16,774	21,240
RPN	6,384	6,724	6,995	7,593	8,763	7,726
NP	279	306	332	353	373	401
Total	18,845	19,543	20,340	21,958	25,910	29,367

Proportions

Category	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	64.6%	64.0%	64.0%	63.8%	64.7%	72.3%
RPN	33.9%	34.4%	34.4%	34.6%	33.8%	26.3%
NP	1.5%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.4%	1.4%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.3 Employment Status

Note: The remainder of the report presents employment statistics. Because nurses in the Non-Practising Class are not permitted to work as nurses in Ontario, only data from nurses in the General and Extended Classes are displayed going forward.

Please use the drop-down menu below to filter by nurse type.

4.3.1 RN

Counts

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing only
In Ontario	94,475	94,733	94,961	96,134	97,764	102,226
In and outside Ontario	763	793	722	912	1,225	1,474
Outside Ontario	2,062	2,190	2,357	2,715	3,290	3,732
Employed in nursing & non-nursing
In Ontario	2,615	2,752	3,524	3,144	3,095	3,208
In and outside Ontario	37	48	38	40	56	64
Outside Ontario	85	101	148	136	157	134
Employed in non-nursing only
Seeking nursing employment	438	435	337	363	509	761
Not seeking nursing employment	250	242	291	296	377	375
Not employed
Seeking nursing employment	2,267	2,230	2,251	2,582	2,913	3,376
Not seeking nursing employment	1,463	1,519	1,711	1,879	1,971	1,776
On leave
On leave	2,254	2,925	3,442	3,515	3,716	3,363
Total	106,709	107,968	109,782	111,716	115,073	120,489

Proportions

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing only
In Ontario	88.5%	87.7%	86.5%	86.1%	85.0%	84.8%
In and outside Ontario	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%	1.2%
Outside Ontario	1.9%	2.0%	2.1%	2.4%	2.9%	3.1%
Employed in nursing & non-nursing
In Ontario	2.5%	2.5%	3.2%	2.8%	2.7%	2.7%
In and outside Ontario	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Outside Ontario	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Employed in non-nursing only
Seeking nursing employment	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%
Not seeking nursing employment	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Not employed
Seeking nursing employment	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%	2.8%
Not seeking nursing employment	1.4%	1.4%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%
On leave
On leave	2.1%	2.7%	3.1%	3.1%	3.2%	2.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.3.2 RPN

Counts

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing only
In Ontario	45,149	46,457	46,077	48,701	50,125	50,915
In and outside Ontario	65	71	64	126	176	234
Outside Ontario	455	449	514	584	672	630
Employed in nursing & non-nursing
In Ontario	2,525	2,564	3,674	2,583	2,445	2,314
In and outside Ontario	5	6	7	4	9	6
Outside Ontario	26	36	43	42	43	33
Employed in non-nursing only
Seeking nursing employment	1,190	1,047	767	658	707	673
Not seeking nursing employment	166	201	216	232	272	249
Not employed
Seeking nursing employment	2,165	1,888	1,794	1,927	2,178	2,010
Not seeking nursing employment	425	445	507	552	536	532
On leave
On leave	1,422	1,758	2,199	2,215	2,299	1,926
Total	53,593	54,922	55,862	57,624	59,462	59,522

Proportions

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing only
In Ontario	84.2%	84.6%	82.5%	84.5%	84.3%	85.5%
In and outside Ontario	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%
Outside Ontario	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%
Employed in nursing & non-nursing
In Ontario	4.7%	4.7%	6.6%	4.5%	4.1%	3.9%
In and outside Ontario	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Outside Ontario	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Employed in non-nursing only
Seeking nursing employment	2.2%	1.9%	1.4%	1.1%	1.2%	1.1%
Not seeking nursing employment	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
Not employed
Seeking nursing employment	4.0%	3.4%	3.2%	3.3%	3.7%	3.4%
Not seeking nursing employment	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%
On leave
On leave	2.7%	3.2%	3.9%	3.8%	3.9%	3.2%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.3.3 NP

Counts

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing only
In Ontario	3,107	3,268	3,445	3,691	3,921	4,176
In and outside Ontario	58	77	94	116	144	215
Outside Ontario	77	90	119	135	142	185
Employed in nursing & non-nursing
In Ontario	127	136	156	150	164	165
In and outside Ontario	2	2	3	3	6	9
Outside Ontario	2	8	2	6	13	10
Employed in non-nursing only
Seeking nursing employment	4	4	4	1	6	4
Not seeking nursing employment	5	5	4	5	5	8
Not employed
Seeking nursing employment	67	65	57	65	62	57
Not seeking nursing employment	20	36	36	41	35	43
On leave
On leave	100	128	115	139	144	126
Total	3,569	3,819	4,035	4,352	4,642	4,998

Proportions

Employment Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Employed in nursing only
In Ontario	87.1%	85.6%	85.4%	84.8%	84.5%	83.6%
In and outside Ontario	1.6%	2.0%	2.3%	2.7%	3.1%	4.3%
Outside Ontario	2.2%	2.4%	2.9%	3.1%	3.1%	3.7%
Employed in nursing & non-nursing
In Ontario	3.6%	3.6%	3.9%	3.4%	3.5%	3.3%
In and outside Ontario	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Outside Ontario	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
Employed in non-nursing only
Seeking nursing employment	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
Not seeking nursing employment	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Not employed
Seeking nursing employment	1.9%	1.7%	1.4%	1.5%	1.3%	1.1%
Not seeking nursing employment	0.6%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%
On leave
On leave	2.8%	3.4%	2.9%	3.2%	3.1%	2.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.4 Employed in nursing in Ontario

Note: For the remainder of the Registrations section, “In Ontario” includes registrants who reported employment only in Ontario and registrants who reported employment in and outside Ontario.

4.4.1 Graph

This bar chart shows the number of General and Extended Class registrations that were renewed in each year where the registrant was employed in nursing in Ontario. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the number of registrations. Additionally, each bar has three portions representing the categorizations: RN, RPN, and NP.

4.4.2 Counts

Nurse Type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	97,890	98,326	99,245	100,230	102,140	106,972
RPN	47,744	49,098	49,822	51,414	52,755	53,469
NP	3,294	3,483	3,698	3,960	4,235	4,565
Total	148,928	150,907	152,765	155,604	159,130	165,006

4.4.3 Proportions

Nurse Type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	65.7%	65.2%	65.0%	64.4%	64.2%	64.8%
RPN	32.1%	32.5%	32.6%	33.0%	33.2%	32.4%
NP	2.2%	2.3%	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%	2.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.5 Overall Working Status

Overall working status is calculated based on the highest working status among all nursing positions held in Ontario for a given registration. The three examples below illustrate how overall working status is derived:

• Example 1: If a nurse holds both a casual nursing position and a full-time nursing position associated with a single registration, the overall working status is full-time.
• Example 2: If a nurse holds three casual nursing positions associated with a single registration, the overall working status is casual.
• Example 3: If a nurse holds one part-time nursing position and one full-time non-nursing position associated with a single registration, the overall working status is part-time.

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4.5.1 RN

Graph

This is a proportional stacked bar graph showing the overall working status distribution of registrants in the General and Extended Classes for each renewal year. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the proportion of registrants. The values illustrated in this graph are in a table under the Proportions tab.

Counts

Overall Working Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	65,796	66,453	68,578	70,747	72,099	75,236
Part-time employment	25,373	25,245	24,413	22,608	21,739	22,640
Casual employment	6,721	6,628	6,254	6,875	8,302	9,096
Total	97,890	98,326	99,245	100,230	102,140	106,972

Proportions

Overall Working Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	67.2%	67.6%	69.1%	70.6%	70.6%	70.3%
Part-time employment	25.9%	25.7%	24.6%	22.6%	21.3%	21.2%
Casual employment	6.9%	6.7%	6.3%	6.9%	8.1%	8.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.5.2 RPN

Graph

This is a proportional stacked bar graph showing the overall working status distribution of registrants in the General and Extended Classes for each renewal year. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the proportion of registrants. The values illustrated in this graph are in a table under the Proportions tab.

Counts

Overall Working Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	26,174	27,405	29,536	31,876	33,646	34,585
Part-time employment	17,245	17,301	16,477	15,760	14,773	14,458
Casual employment	4,325	4,392	3,809	3,778	4,336	4,426
Total	47,744	49,098	49,822	51,414	52,755	53,469

Proportions

Overall Working Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	54.8%	55.8%	59.3%	62.0%	63.8%	64.7%
Part-time employment	36.1%	35.2%	33.1%	30.7%	28.0%	27.0%
Casual employment	9.1%	8.9%	7.6%	7.3%	8.2%	8.3%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.5.3 NP

Graph

This is a proportional stacked bar graph showing the overall working status distribution of registrants in the General and Extended Classes for each renewal year. The horizontal axis shows the renewal years from 2019 to 2024. The vertical axis shows the proportion of registrants. The values illustrated in this graph are in a table under the Proportions tab.

Counts

Overall Working Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	2,514	2,646	2,813	2,996	3,238	3,472
Part-time employment	663	715	743	808	814	909
Casual employment	117	122	142	156	183	184
Total	3,294	3,483	3,698	3,960	4,235	4,565

Proportions

Overall Working Status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	76.3%	76.0%	76.1%	75.7%	76.5%	76.1%
Part-time employment	20.1%	20.5%	20.1%	20.4%	19.2%	19.9%
Casual employment	3.6%	3.5%	3.8%	3.9%	4.3%	4.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.6 Number of nursing positions held and working status

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4.6.1 RN

Counts

Number of positions held and working status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
One nursing employment position
Full-time	56,301	56,860	58,726	59,439	60,953	63,855
Part-time	19,750	19,584	19,378	17,381	16,699	17,409
Casual	5,982	5,883	5,633	6,096	7,296	7,970
One nursing employment position subtotal	82,033	82,327	83,737	82,916	84,948	89,234
Two nursing employment positions
Both full-time	399	395	464	537	535	596
Full-time and part-time	1,927	1,966	2,053	2,268	2,050	2,131
Full-time and casual	5,892	5,912	5,963	6,758	6,743	6,681
Both part-time	1,870	1,853	1,622	1,562	1,444	1,547
Part-time and casual	2,887	2,896	2,612	2,697	2,689	2,758
Both casual	814	827	687	884	1,150	1,299
Two nursing employment positions subtotal	13,789	13,849	13,401	14,706	14,611	15,012
Three or more nursing employment positions
Overall full-time (at least one full-time position)	1,048	1,093	1,177	1,486	1,415	1,485
Overall part-time (highest working status is part-time, no full-time positions)	862	900	777	945	900	922
Overall casual (all positions are casual)	158	157	153	177	266	319
Three or more nursing employment positions subtotal	2,068	2,150	2,107	2,608	2,581	2,726
Total	97,890	98,326	99,245	100,230	102,140	106,972

Proportions

Number of positions held and working status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
One nursing employment position
Full-time	57.5%	57.8%	59.2%	59.3%	59.7%	59.7%
Part-time	20.2%	19.9%	19.5%	17.3%	16.3%	16.3%
Casual	6.1%	6.0%	5.7%	6.1%	7.1%	7.5%
One nursing employment position subtotal	83.8%	83.7%	84.4%	82.7%	83.2%	83.4%
Two nursing employment positions
Both full-time	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%
Full-time and part-time	2.0%	2.0%	2.1%	2.3%	2.0%	2.0%
Full-time and casual	6.0%	6.0%	6.0%	6.7%	6.6%	6.2%
Both part-time	1.9%	1.9%	1.6%	1.6%	1.4%	1.4%
Part-time and casual	2.9%	2.9%	2.6%	2.7%	2.6%	2.6%
Both casual	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	1.1%	1.2%
Two nursing employment positions subtotal	14.1%	14.1%	13.5%	14.7%	14.3%	14.0%
Three or more nursing employment positions
Overall full-time (at least one full-time position)	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
Overall part-time (highest working status is part-time, no full-time positions)	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
Overall casual (all positions are casual)	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Three or more nursing employment positions subtotal	2.1%	2.2%	2.1%	2.6%	2.5%	2.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.6.2 RPN

Counts

Number of positions held and working status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
One nursing employment position
Full-time	21,813	22,816	25,220	26,242	27,961	28,937
Part-time	12,455	12,600	13,199	11,998	11,317	11,214
Casual	3,545	3,625	3,345	3,190	3,620	3,699
One nursing employment position subtotal	37,813	39,041	41,764	41,430	42,898	43,850
Two nursing employment positions
Both full-time	278	319	353	419	430	430
Full-time and part-time	1,347	1,397	1,228	1,519	1,386	1,417
Full-time and casual	2,230	2,330	2,198	2,960	3,110	3,032
Both part-time	1,724	1,651	1,234	1,365	1,171	1,091
Part-time and casual	2,338	2,346	1,607	1,889	1,814	1,710
Both casual	709	680	422	524	646	665
Two nursing employment positions subtotal	8,626	8,723	7,042	8,676	8,557	8,345
Three or more nursing employment positions
Overall full-time (at least one full-time position)	482	518	522	698	716	711
Overall part-time (highest working status is part-time, no full-time positions)	722	699	431	508	468	445
Overall casual (all positions are casual)	101	117	63	102	116	118
Three or more nursing employment positions subtotal	1,305	1,334	1,016	1,308	1,300	1,274
Total	47,744	49,098	49,822	51,414	52,755	53,469

Proportions

Number of positions held and working status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
One nursing employment position
Full-time	45.7%	46.5%	50.6%	51.0%	53.0%	54.1%
Part-time	26.1%	25.7%	26.5%	23.3%	21.5%	21.0%
Casual	7.4%	7.4%	6.7%	6.2%	6.9%	6.9%
One nursing employment position subtotal	79.2%	79.5%	83.8%	80.6%	81.3%	82.0%
Two nursing employment positions
Both full-time	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%
Full-time and part-time	2.8%	2.8%	2.5%	3.0%	2.6%	2.7%
Full-time and casual	4.7%	4.7%	4.4%	5.8%	5.9%	5.7%
Both part-time	3.6%	3.4%	2.5%	2.7%	2.2%	2.0%
Part-time and casual	4.9%	4.8%	3.2%	3.7%	3.4%	3.2%
Both casual	1.5%	1.4%	0.8%	1.0%	1.2%	1.2%
Two nursing employment positions subtotal	18.1%	17.8%	14.1%	16.9%	16.2%	15.6%
Three or more nursing employment positions
Overall full-time (at least one full-time position)	1.0%	1.1%	1.0%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%
Overall part-time (highest working status is part-time, no full-time positions)	1.5%	1.4%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%
Overall casual (all positions are casual)	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Three or more nursing employment positions subtotal	2.7%	2.7%	2.0%	2.5%	2.5%	2.4%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

4.6.3 NP

Counts

Number of positions held and working status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
One nursing employment position
Full-time	1,878	1,953	2,073	2,148	2,308	2,436
Part-time	389	420	445	473	442	496
Casual	99	111	133	146	185	182
One nursing employment position subtotal	2,366	2,484	2,651	2,767	2,935	3,114
Two nursing employment positions
Both full-time	25	23	27	32	40	37
Full-time and part-time	127	138	144	145	148	180
Full-time and casual	350	376	385	445	472	531
Both part-time	100	106	113	128	131	140
Part-time and casual	85	98	98	119	141	149
Both casual	23	22	24	32	43	48
Two nursing employment positions subtotal	710	763	791	901	975	1,085
Three or more nursing employment positions
Overall full-time (at least one full-time position)	122	139	155	183	221	237
Overall part-time (highest working status is part-time, no full-time positions)	86	91	93	95	93	118
Overall casual (all positions are casual)	10	6	8	14	11	11
Three or more nursing employment positions subtotal	218	236	256	292	325	366
Total	3,294	3,483	3,698	3,960	4,235	4,565

Proportions

Number of positions held and working status	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
One nursing employment position
Full-time	57.0%	56.1%	56.1%	54.2%	54.5%	53.4%
Part-time	11.8%	12.1%	12.0%	11.9%	10.4%	10.9%
Casual	3.0%	3.2%	3.6%	3.7%	4.4%	4.0%
One nursing employment position subtotal	71.8%	71.3%	71.7%	69.9%	69.3%	68.2%
Two nursing employment positions
Both full-time	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%
Full-time and part-time	3.9%	4.0%	3.9%	3.7%	3.5%	3.9%
Full-time and casual	10.6%	10.8%	10.4%	11.2%	11.1%	11.6%
Both part-time	3.0%	3.0%	3.1%	3.2%	3.1%	3.1%
Part-time and casual	2.6%	2.8%	2.7%	3.0%	3.3%	3.3%
Both casual	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%	1.0%	1.1%
Two nursing employment positions subtotal	21.6%	21.9%	21.4%	22.8%	23.0%	23.8%
Three or more nursing employment positions
Overall full-time (at least one full-time position)	3.7%	4.0%	4.2%	4.6%	5.2%	5.2%
Overall part-time (highest working status is part-time, no full-time positions)	2.6%	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%	2.2%	2.6%
Overall casual (all positions are casual)	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
Three or more nursing employment positions subtotal	6.6%	6.8%	6.9%	7.4%	7.7%	8.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5 Employment positions held in Ontario

This section presents data at the level of employment positions held. Only nursing positions in Ontario are included. Since registrants can hold multiple positions, the number of positions is greater than the total number of registrations categorized as employed in nursing in Ontario.

5.1 Working Status for Employment Positions

Working status for employment positions (full-time, part-time, or casual) is a statistic that provides information about the working status of each nursing employment position held by registrants. Unlike overall working status, it does not aggregate working status to the registration level, but instead reports it at the position level. For example, for an RN holding two part-time positions, both positions would be counted under “Part-time employment”.

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5.1.1 RN

Counts

Working Status for Employment Positions	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	66,075	66,710	68,965	71,166	72,371	75,489
Part-time employment	30,221	30,197	29,149	27,643	26,450	27,541
Casual employment	19,886	19,973	19,127	21,837	23,592	24,949
Total	116,182	116,880	117,241	120,646	122,413	127,979

Proportions

Working Status for Employment Positions	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	56.9%	57.1%	58.8%	59.0%	59.1%	59.0%
Part-time employment	26.0%	25.8%	24.9%	22.9%	21.6%	21.5%
Casual employment	17.1%	17.1%	16.3%	18.1%	19.3%	19.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.1.2 RPN

Counts

Working Status for Employment Positions	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	26,498	27,798	29,977	32,385	34,179	35,090
Part-time employment	21,047	21,095	19,535	19,406	18,012	17,670
Casual employment	11,628	11,779	9,512	11,117	11,955	11,837
Total	59,173	60,672	59,024	62,908	64,146	64,597

Proportions

Working Status for Employment Positions	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	44.8%	45.8%	50.8%	51.5%	53.3%	54.3%
Part-time employment	35.6%	34.8%	33.1%	30.8%	28.1%	27.4%
Casual employment	19.7%	19.4%	16.1%	17.7%	18.6%	18.3%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.1.3 NP

Counts

Working Status for Employment Positions	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	2,532	2,666	2,825	3,007	3,247	3,494
Part-time employment	1,055	1,138	1,188	1,282	1,323	1,508
Casual employment	908	989	1,053	1,238	1,392	1,494
Total	4,495	4,793	5,066	5,527	5,962	6,496

Proportions

Working Status for Employment Positions	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Full-time employment	56.3%	55.6%	55.8%	54.4%	54.5%	53.8%
Part-time employment	23.5%	23.7%	23.5%	23.2%	22.2%	23.2%
Casual employment	20.2%	20.6%	20.8%	22.4%	23.3%	23.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.2 Ontario Health Regions

Ontario Health Regions is a statistic which provides information about the region in Ontario in which each employment position is held.

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5.2.1 RN

Counts

Ontario Health Region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Central	20,784	21,121	21,307	22,584	23,809	25,218
East	23,787	23,994	24,292	25,004	24,818	25,633
North East	6,122	6,132	6,144	6,321	6,248	6,307
North West	2,987	3,054	3,033	3,076	3,101	3,257
Toronto	30,220	30,299	30,425	31,115	31,566	33,217
West	32,252	32,253	32,012	32,515	32,807	34,305
Not specified	30	27	28	31	64	42
Total	116,182	116,880	117,241	120,646	122,413	127,979

Proportions

Ontario Health Region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Central	17.9%	18.1%	18.2%	18.7%	19.4%	19.7%
East	20.5%	20.5%	20.7%	20.7%	20.3%	20.0%
North East	5.3%	5.2%	5.2%	5.2%	5.1%	4.9%
North West	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
Toronto	26.0%	25.9%	26.0%	25.8%	25.8%	26.0%
West	27.8%	27.6%	27.3%	27.0%	26.8%	26.8%
Not specified	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.2.2 RPN

Counts

Ontario Health Region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Central	11,271	11,603	11,235	12,526	13,020	12,962
East	12,792	13,090	12,611	13,133	13,456	13,781
North East	3,559	3,581	3,504	3,630	3,645	3,662
North West	1,499	1,556	1,516	1,548	1,558	1,553
Toronto	11,431	11,894	11,674	13,016	13,060	13,003
West	18,594	18,924	18,470	19,036	19,384	19,600
Not specified	27	24	14	19	23	36
Total	59,173	60,672	59,024	62,908	64,146	64,597

Proportions

Ontario Health Region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Central	19.0%	19.1%	19.0%	19.9%	20.3%	20.1%
East	21.6%	21.6%	21.4%	20.9%	21.0%	21.3%
North East	6.0%	5.9%	5.9%	5.8%	5.7%	5.7%
North West	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Toronto	19.3%	19.6%	19.8%	20.7%	20.4%	20.1%
West	31.4%	31.2%	31.3%	30.3%	30.2%	30.3%
Not specified	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.2.3 NP

Counts

Ontario Health Region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Central	604	685	727	805	920	991
East	878	894	946	1,025	1,086	1,180
North East	313	342	358	383	388	406
North West	213	208	201	242	279	309
Toronto	1,156	1,269	1,358	1,497	1,634	1,823
West	1,329	1,393	1,474	1,575	1,644	1,784
Not specified	2	2	2	0	11	3
Total	4,495	4,793	5,066	5,527	5,962	6,496

5.2.3.1 Proportions

Ontario Health Region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Central	13.4%	14.3%	14.4%	14.6%	15.4%	15.3%
East	19.5%	18.7%	18.7%	18.5%	18.2%	18.2%
North East	7.0%	7.1%	7.1%	6.9%	6.5%	6.2%
North West	4.7%	4.3%	4.0%	4.4%	4.7%	4.8%
Toronto	25.7%	26.5%	26.8%	27.1%	27.4%	28.1%
West	29.6%	29.1%	29.1%	28.5%	27.6%	27.5%
Not specified	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.3 Employment Sector

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5.3.1 Hospital

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	71,707	72,535	73,222	73,386	74,599	79,208
RPN	21,322	22,174	23,429	25,028	25,988	26,952
NP	1,591	1,663	1,723	1,865	1,952	2,115
Total	94,620	96,372	98,374	100,279	102,539	108,275

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	75.8%	75.3%	74.4%	73.2%	72.8%	73.2%
RPN	22.5%	23.0%	23.8%	25.0%	25.3%	24.9%
NP	1.7%	1.7%	1.8%	1.9%	1.9%	2.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.3.2 Community

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	22,671	22,321	22,971	25,405	24,642	23,953
RPN	12,996	13,274	12,445	13,884	13,667	13,206
NP	2,168	2,261	2,389	2,581	2,746	2,955
Total	37,835	37,856	37,805	41,870	41,055	40,114

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	59.9%	59.0%	60.8%	60.7%	60.0%	59.7%
RPN	34.3%	35.1%	32.9%	33.2%	33.3%	32.9%
NP	5.7%	6.0%	6.3%	6.2%	6.7%	7.4%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.3.3 Long-Term Care

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	10,099	10,257	9,083	8,985	9,770	10,939
RPN	21,629	21,698	19,655	19,412	20,088	19,805
NP	182	189	210	217	245	285
Total	31,910	32,144	28,948	28,614	30,103	31,029

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	31.6%	31.9%	31.4%	31.4%	32.5%	35.3%
RPN	67.8%	67.5%	67.9%	67.8%	66.7%	63.8%
NP	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.3.4 Other

Counts

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	11,621	11,463	11,929	12,824	13,379	13,848
RPN	3,157	3,330	3,470	4,551	4,383	4,612
NP	551	605	744	864	1,019	1,138
Total	15,329	15,398	16,143	18,239	18,781	19,598

Proportions

Nurse type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
RN	75.8%	74.4%	73.9%	70.3%	71.2%	70.7%
RPN	20.6%	21.6%	21.5%	25.0%	23.3%	23.5%
NP	3.6%	3.9%	4.6%	4.7%	5.4%	5.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.4 Employment Setting

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5.4.1 RN

Counts

Employment Setting	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Hospital
Acute Care Hospital	63,577	64,265	65,170	65,282	66,233	70,074
Addiction & Mental Health Centre/Psychiatric Hospital	3,220	3,296	3,243	3,148	3,247	3,392
Complex Continuing Care Hospital	1,603	1,554	1,508	1,470	1,524	1,689
Rehabilitation Hospital	1,719	1,826	1,759	1,765	1,816	2,024
Other Hospital (describe)	1,588	1,594	1,542	1,721	1,779	2,029
Hospital Subtotal	71,707	72,535	73,222	73,386	74,599	79,208
Community
Blood Transfusion Centre	70	55	59	55	59	62
Cancer Centre	799	804	782	817	864	957
Children Treatment Centre (CTC)	60	60	59	66	66	61
Client Environment	503	481	441	363	348	362
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)	4,194	4,219	5	—	—	—
Community Health Centre (CHC)	1,154	1,188	1,213	1,356	1,257	1,280
Community Mental Health Program	682	684	679	701	760	755
Diabetes Education Centre (DEC)	214	214	198	211	195	196
Family Health Team (FHT)	1,156	1,098	1,060	1,058	1,075	1,031
Hospice	630	654	654	726	763	760
Home and Community Care Support Services	—	—	4,889	4,736	5,864	6,219
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic	75	64	70	79	96	98
Nursing/Staffing Agency	2,083	2,091	1,762	1,885	1,743	1,844
Physician Office	2,328	2,247	2,040	1,934	1,952	1,911
Public Health Unit/Department	3,862	3,712	5,160	6,827	5,684	4,338
Remote Nursing Station	372	365	391	464	435	477
Other Community (describe)	4,489	4,385	3,509	4,127	3,481	3,602
Community Subtotal	22,671	22,321	22,971	25,405	24,642	23,953
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Facility	9,453	9,611	8,485	8,376	9,124	10,163
Retirement Home	447	455	399	427	427	550
Other Long-Term Care Facility (describe)	199	191	199	182	219	226
Long-Term Care Subtotal	10,099	10,257	9,083	8,985	9,770	10,939
Other
College/University	4,382	4,301	4,125	4,351	4,405	4,601
Correctional Facility	842	843	874	900	925	964
Government/Association/Regulatory Body/Union	1,495	1,517	1,552	1,600	1,718	1,803
Health-Related Business/Industry	1,879	1,839	1,847	2,107	2,242	2,348
Industry (Not Health-Related)	336	311	308	307	307	318
School	431	416	418	439	431	445
Spa	178	208	250	332	406	527
Telephone Health Advisory Services	234	233	353	408	312	331
Other (describe)	1,844	1,795	2,202	2,380	2,633	2,511
Not stated	85	304	36	46	23	31
Other Subtotal	11,621	11,463	11,929	12,824	13,379	13,848
Total	116,183	116,880	117,241	120,646	122,413	127,979

Proportions

Employment Setting	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Hospital
Acute Care Hospital	54.7%	55.0%	55.6%	54.1%	54.1%	54.8%
Addiction & Mental Health Centre/Psychiatric Hospital	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.6%	2.7%	2.7%
Complex Continuing Care Hospital	1.4%	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%
Rehabilitation Hospital	1.5%	1.6%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.6%
Other Hospital (describe)	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.4%	1.5%	1.6%
Hospital Subtotal	61.8%	62.2%	62.5%	60.9%	61.0%	61.9%
Community
Blood Transfusion Centre	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cancer Centre	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
Children Treatment Centre (CTC)	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Client Environment	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)	3.6%	3.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Health Centre (CHC)	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.0%	1.0%
Community Mental Health Program	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Diabetes Education Centre (DEC)	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Family Health Team (FHT)	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%
Hospice	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Home and Community Care Support Services	0.0%	0.0%	4.2%	3.9%	4.8%	4.9%
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Nursing/Staffing Agency	1.8%	1.8%	1.5%	1.6%	1.4%	1.4%
Physician Office	2.0%	1.9%	1.7%	1.6%	1.6%	1.5%
Public Health Unit/Department	3.3%	3.2%	4.4%	5.7%	4.6%	3.4%
Remote Nursing Station	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
Other Community (describe)	3.9%	3.8%	3.0%	3.4%	2.8%	2.8%
Community Subtotal	19.5%	19.1%	19.6%	21.1%	20.1%	18.7%
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Facility	8.1%	8.2%	7.2%	6.9%	7.5%	7.9%
Retirement Home	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%
Other Long-Term Care Facility (describe)	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Long-Term Care Subtotal	8.7%	8.8%	7.7%	7.5%	8.0%	8.5%
Other
College/University	3.8%	3.7%	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
Correctional Facility	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
Government/Association/Regulatory Body/Union	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%
Health-Related Business/Industry	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%
Industry (Not Health-Related)	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
School	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
Spa	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
Telephone Health Advisory Services	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Other (describe)	1.6%	1.5%	1.9%	2.0%	2.2%	2.0%
Not stated	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Other Subtotal	10.0%	9.8%	10.2%	10.6%	10.9%	10.8%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.4.2 RPN

Counts

Employment Setting	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Hospital
Acute Care Hospital	13,606	14,303	15,491	16,641	17,322	17,967
Addiction & Mental Health Centre/Psychiatric Hospital	2,422	2,435	2,437	2,483	2,562	2,582
Complex Continuing Care Hospital	2,503	2,468	2,413	2,429	2,410	2,464
Rehabilitation Hospital	1,796	1,918	2,028	2,167	2,317	2,473
Other Hospital (describe)	995	1,050	1,060	1,308	1,377	1,466
Hospital Subtotal	21,322	22,174	23,429	25,028	25,988	26,952
Community
Blood Transfusion Centre	6	4	2	5	4	11
Cancer Centre	43	29	38	62	61	67
Children Treatment Centre (CTC)	33	30	36	29	36	36
Client Environment	655	619	455	403	330	296
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)	1,177	1,097	0	0	0	0
Community Health Centre (CHC)	804	885	961	1,057	854	813
Community Mental Health Program	357	372	356	410	465	471
Diabetes Education Centre (DEC)	25	11	16	17	13	21
Family Health Team (FHT)	737	769	775	746	782	785
Hospice	377	407	406	437	476	503
Home and Community Care Support Services	0	0	2,033	1,884	3,529	3,475
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic	43	48	56	53	67	89
Nursing/Staffing Agency	2,638	2,675	2,105	2,251	1,771	1,676
Physician Office	1,986	2,081	1,852	1,830	1,921	1,889
Public Health Unit/Department	246	254	381	1,385	941	511
Remote Nursing Station	33	32	61	145	89	90
Other Community (describe)	3,836	3,961	2,912	3,170	2,328	2,473
Community Subtotal	12,996	13,274	12,445	13,884	13,667	13,206
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Facility	16,513	16,420	14,945	14,915	15,614	15,397
Retirement Home	4,771	4,924	4,350	4,121	4,090	4,014
Other Long-Term Care Facility (describe)	345	354	360	376	384	394
Long-Term Care Subtotal	21,629	21,698	19,655	19,412	20,088	19,805
Other
College/University	675	690	712	828	881	878
Correctional Facility	105	108	113	120	141	138
Government/Association/Regulatory Body/Union	104	118	109	132	136	145
Health-Related Business/Industry	793	772	765	1,012	981	1,037
Industry (Not Health-Related)	88	105	126	158	155	137
School	404	402	323	317	379	398
Spa	154	197	249	300	375	520
Telephone Health Advisory Services	21	26	39	184	51	54
Other (describe)	813	912	1,034	1,500	1,284	1,305
Not stated	69	196	25	33	20	22
Other Subtotal	3,157	3,330	3,470	4,551	4,383	4,612
Total	59,173	60,672	59,024	62,908	64,146	64,597

Proportions

Employment Setting	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Hospital
Acute Care Hospital	23.0%	23.6%	26.2%	26.5%	27.0%	27.8%
Addiction & Mental Health Centre/Psychiatric Hospital	4.1%	4.0%	4.1%	3.9%	4.0%	4.0%
Complex Continuing Care Hospital	4.2%	4.1%	4.1%	3.9%	3.8%	3.8%
Rehabilitation Hospital	3.0%	3.2%	3.4%	3.4%	3.6%	3.8%
Other Hospital (describe)	1.7%	1.7%	1.8%	2.1%	2.1%	2.3%
Hospital Subtotal	36.1%	36.7%	39.7%	39.8%	40.5%	41.7%
Community
Blood Transfusion Centre	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cancer Centre	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Children Treatment Centre (CTC)	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
Client Environment	1.1%	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)	2.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Health Centre (CHC)	1.4%	1.5%	1.6%	1.7%	1.3%	1.3%
Community Mental Health Program	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
Diabetes Education Centre (DEC)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Family Health Team (FHT)	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%
Hospice	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
Home and Community Care Support Services	0.0%	0.0%	3.4%	3.0%	5.5%	5.4%
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Nursing/Staffing Agency	4.5%	4.4%	3.6%	3.6%	2.8%	2.6%
Physician Office	3.4%	3.4%	3.1%	2.9%	3.0%	2.9%
Public Health Unit/Department	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	2.2%	1.5%	0.8%
Remote Nursing Station	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Other Community (describe)	6.5%	6.5%	4.9%	5.0%	3.6%	3.8%
Community Subtotal	22.0%	21.9%	21.1%	22.1%	21.3%	20.5%
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Facility	27.9%	27.1%	25.3%	23.7%	24.3%	23.8%
Retirement Home	8.1%	8.1%	7.4%	6.6%	6.4%	6.2%
Other Long-Term Care Facility (describe)	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Long-Term Care Subtotal	36.6%	35.9%	33.3%	30.9%	31.3%	30.7%
Other
College/University	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%
Correctional Facility	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Government/Association/Regulatory Body/Union	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Health-Related Business/Industry	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.6%	1.5%	1.6%
Industry (Not Health-Related)	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
School	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%
Spa	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%
Telephone Health Advisory Services	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
Other (describe)	1.4%	1.5%	1.8%	2.4%	2.0%	2.0%
Not stated	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Other Subtotal	5.3%	5.5%	5.9%	7.2%	6.8%	7.1%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.4.3 NP

Counts

Employment Setting	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Hospital
Acute Care Hospital	1,389	1,459	1,507	1,607	1,661	1,813
Addiction & Mental Health Centre/Psychiatric Hospital	58	65	69	92	104	106
Complex Continuing Care Hospital	27	27	27	32	37	36
Rehabilitation Hospital	35	35	44	49	46	55
Other Hospital (describe)	82	77	76	85	104	105
Hospital Subtotal	1,591	1,663	1,723	1,865	1,952	2,115
Community
Blood Transfusion Centre	0	0	0	0	0	1
Cancer Centre	29	31	32	26	35	38
Children Treatment Centre (CTC)	4	4	3	4	2	3
Client Environment	5	8	6	4	5	5
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)	116	128	—	—	—	—
Community Health Centre (CHC)	523	528	550	571	584	608
Community Mental Health Program	30	40	40	42	63	67
Diabetes Education Centre (DEC)	5	7	5	7	5	9
Family Health Team (FHT)	629	655	679	693	723	773
Hospice	6	5	10	6	4	7
Home and Community Care Support Services	—	—	152	153	145	153
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic	159	162	186	205	225	266
Nursing/Staffing Agency	10	8	9	16	18	11
Physician Office	253	250	264	326	389	394
Public Health Unit/Department	56	48	66	95	75	56
Remote Nursing Station	60	62	59	61	62	60
Other Community (describe)	283	325	328	372	411	504
Community Subtotal	2,168	2,261	2,389	2,581	2,746	2,955
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Facility	161	159	178	189	208	251
Retirement Home	16	18	22	19	32	28
Other Long-Term Care Facility (describe)	5	12	10	9	5	6
Long-Term Care Subtotal	182	189	210	217	245	285
Other
College/University	271	278	272	300	326	346
Correctional Facility	16	19	24	26	22	22
Government/Association/Regulatory Body/Union	35	39	44	41	49	49
Health-Related Business/Industry	82	99	106	134	156	185
Industry (Not Health-Related)	6	7	8	7	13	10
School	5	4	14	11	19	15
Spa	26	33	45	64	91	99
Telephone Health Advisory Services	15	12	47	57	82	80
Other (describe)	95	114	184	224	261	332
Not stated	3	75	0	0	0	3
Other Subtotal	551	605	744	864	1,019	1,138
Total	4,495	4,793	5,066	5,527	5,962	6,496

Proportions

Employment Setting	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Hospital
Acute Care Hospital	30.9%	30.4%	29.7%	29.1%	27.9%	27.9%
Addiction & Mental Health Centre/Psychiatric Hospital	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%
Complex Continuing Care Hospital	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Rehabilitation Hospital	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%
Other Hospital (describe)	1.8%	1.6%	1.5%	1.5%	1.7%	1.6%
Hospital Subtotal	35.4%	35.2%	34.0%	33.7%	32.7%	32.6%
Community
Blood Transfusion Centre	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cancer Centre	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%
Children Treatment Centre (CTC)	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Client Environment	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)	2.6%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Health Centre (CHC)	11.6%	11.0%	10.9%	10.3%	9.8%	9.4%
Community Mental Health Program	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1.1%	1.0%
Diabetes Education Centre (DEC)	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Family Health Team (FHT)	14.0%	13.7%	13.4%	12.5%	12.1%	11.9%
Hospice	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Home and Community Care Support Services	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%	2.8%	2.4%	2.4%
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic	3.5%	3.4%	3.7%	3.7%	3.8%	4.1%
Nursing/Staffing Agency	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Physician Office	5.6%	5.2%	5.2%	5.9%	6.5%	6.1%
Public Health Unit/Department	1.2%	1.0%	1.3%	1.7%	1.3%	0.9%
Remote Nursing Station	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%
Other Community (describe)	6.3%	6.8%	6.5%	6.7%	6.9%	7.8%
Community Subtotal	48.3%	47.9%	47.2%	46.7%	46.1%	45.5%
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Facility	3.6%	3.3%	3.5%	3.4%	3.5%	3.9%
Retirement Home	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%
Other Long-Term Care Facility (describe)	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Long-Term Care Subtotal	4.1%	4.0%	4.1%	3.9%	4.1%	4.4%
Other
College/University	6.0%	5.8%	5.4%	5.4%	5.5%	5.3%
Correctional Facility	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.3%
Government/Association/Regulatory Body/Union	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%
Health-Related Business/Industry	1.8%	2.1%	2.1%	2.4%	2.6%	2.8%
Industry (Not Health-Related)	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
School	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
Spa	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	1.2%	1.5%	1.5%
Telephone Health Advisory Services	0.3%	0.3%	0.9%	1.0%	1.4%	1.2%
Other (describe)	2.1%	2.4%	3.6%	4.1%	4.4%	5.1%
Not stated	0.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Other Subtotal	12.3%	12.8%	14.7%	15.6%	17.1%	17.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.5 Employment Position

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5.5.1 RN

Counts

Employment Position	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Advanced Practice Nurse - CNS	463	467	494	502	538	590
Advanced Practice Nurse - Other	344	355	350	372	388	431
Case Manager	4,387	4,328	4,349	4,215	4,247	4,279
Clinical Educator	2,479	2,514	2,396	2,540	2,707	2,710
Consultant	1,206	1,151	1,155	1,087	1,177	1,226
Educator/Faculty	3,101	3,053	2,962	3,189	3,152	3,406
Infection Control Nurse	285	282	435	526	572	565
Informatics Analyst	317	314	354	328	333	380
Middle Manager	3,721	3,749	3,728	3,800	3,924	3,954
Occupational Health Nurse	755	733	778	810	813	801
Office Nurse	2,160	2,003	1,944	1,860	1,962	1,931
Other (please specify)	8,592	8,502	8,628	9,383	10,161	11,292
Outpost Nurse	309	291	288	307	310	277
Policy Analyst	58	62	53	70	76	83
Public Health Nurse	3,237	3,177	4,396	5,509	4,705	3,679
Researcher	411	372	365	378	400	383
Sales/Marketing Representative	110	105	94	81	84	87
Senior Manager	1,948	1,934	1,927	2,080	2,053	2,145
Staff Nurse	78,808	79,973	79,464	80,688	81,837	86,497
Visiting Nurse	3,082	2,970	2,811	2,614	2,720	2,964
Volunteer	285	263	225	225	221	234
Not stated	125	282	45	82	33	65
Total	116,183	116,880	117,241	120,646	122,413	127,979

Note: CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist

Proportions

Employment Position	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Advanced Practice Nurse - CNS	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%
Advanced Practice Nurse - Other	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Case Manager	3.8%	3.7%	3.7%	3.5%	3.5%	3.3%
Clinical Educator	2.1%	2.2%	2.0%	2.1%	2.2%	2.1%
Consultant	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%
Educator/Faculty	2.7%	2.6%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2.7%
Infection Control Nurse	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
Informatics Analyst	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Middle Manager	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	3.1%	3.2%	3.1%
Occupational Health Nurse	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Office Nurse	1.9%	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%	1.6%	1.5%
Other (please specify)	7.4%	7.3%	7.4%	7.8%	8.3%	8.8%
Outpost Nurse	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Policy Analyst	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Public Health Nurse	2.8%	2.7%	3.7%	4.6%	3.8%	2.9%
Researcher	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Sales/Marketing Representative	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Senior Manager	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%
Staff Nurse	67.8%	68.4%	67.8%	66.9%	66.9%	67.6%
Visiting Nurse	2.7%	2.5%	2.4%	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%
Volunteer	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Not stated	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Note: CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist

5.5.2 RPN

Counts

Employment Position	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Advanced Practice Nurse - Other	0	0	0	0	1	0
Case Manager	487	523	536	620	665	711
Clinical Educator	452	458	469	499	564	582
Consultant	115	112	126	136	165	169
Educator/Faculty	435	455	449	550	555	534
Infection Control Nurse	35	36	100	213	257	266
Informatics Analyst	93	101	100	96	109	120
Middle Manager	666	702	704	758	814	873
Occupational Health Nurse	184	184	242	277	301	286
Office Nurse	1,941	1,920	1,935	1,948	2,007	2,034
Other (please specify)	5,800	5,921	5,709	6,123	6,261	6,342
Outpost Nurse	52	34	31	63	64	54
Policy Analyst	4	4	5	5	6	5
Public Health Nurse	223	236	286	1,023	698	381
Researcher	37	29	36	31	34	44
Sales/Marketing Representative	29	37	28	30	33	39
Senior Manager	320	370	380	441	470	462
Staff Nurse	43,441	44,652	43,700	46,151	47,148	47,668
Visiting Nurse	4,670	4,647	4,092	3,820	3,907	3,941
Volunteer	77	63	72	68	66	56
Not stated	112	188	24	56	21	30
Total	59,173	60,672	59,024	62,908	64,146	64,597

Proportions

Employment Position	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Advanced Practice Nurse - Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Case Manager	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%
Clinical Educator	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%
Consultant	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
Educator/Faculty	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%
Infection Control Nurse	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%
Informatics Analyst	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Middle Manager	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%
Occupational Health Nurse	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
Office Nurse	3.3%	3.2%	3.3%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
Other (please specify)	9.8%	9.8%	9.7%	9.7%	9.8%	9.8%
Outpost Nurse	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Policy Analyst	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Public Health Nurse	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	1.6%	1.1%	0.6%
Researcher	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
Sales/Marketing Representative	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
Senior Manager	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
Staff Nurse	73.4%	73.6%	74.0%	73.4%	73.5%	73.8%
Visiting Nurse	7.9%	7.7%	6.9%	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%
Volunteer	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Not stated	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.5.3 NP

Counts

Employment Position	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Advanced Practice Nurse - CNS	9	10	15	10	14	18
Advanced Practice Nurse - Other	12	18	20	18	12	19
Case Manager	9	11	12	15	12	19
Clinical Educator	47	54	69	63	71	59
Consultant	26	38	38	39	43	40
Educator/Faculty	204	205	194	221	223	253
Infection Control Nurse	0	0	1	3	1	0
Informatics Analyst	0	0	0	0	0	2
Middle Manager	19	26	29	35	36	30
Nurse Practitioner (NP)	3,583	3,786	4,093	4,486	4,976	5,433
Occupational Health Nurse	4	3	3	6	1	4
Office Nurse	4	10	5	8	6	4
Other (please specify)	106	117	127	126	125	150
Outpost Nurse	21	16	11	6	10	6
Policy Analyst	1	2	1	3	1	2
Public Health Nurse	13	11	23	35	29	14
Researcher	6	6	9	10	11	11
Sales/Marketing Representative	0	0	0	1	1	1
Senior Manager	20	15	12	20	23	20
Staff Nurse	395	378	391	408	357	389
Visiting Nurse	9	9	8	9	4	14
Volunteer	4	4	3	4	5	3
Not stated	3	74	2	1	1	5
Total	4,495	4,793	5,066	5,527	5,962	6,496

Note: CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist

Proportions

Employment Position	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Advanced Practice Nurse - CNS	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Advanced Practice Nurse - Other	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
Case Manager	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
Clinical Educator	1.0%	1.1%	1.4%	1.1%	1.2%	0.9%
Consultant	0.6%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Educator/Faculty	4.5%	4.3%	3.8%	4.0%	3.7%	3.9%
Infection Control Nurse	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Informatics Analyst	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Middle Manager	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%
Nurse Practitioner (NP)	79.7%	79.0%	80.8%	81.2%	83.5%	83.6%
Occupational Health Nurse	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Office Nurse	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Other (please specify)	2.4%	2.4%	2.5%	2.3%	2.1%	2.3%
Outpost Nurse	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
Policy Analyst	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Public Health Nurse	0.3%	0.2%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%
Researcher	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Sales/Marketing Representative	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Senior Manager	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
Staff Nurse	8.8%	7.9%	7.7%	7.4%	6.0%	6.0%
Visiting Nurse	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
Volunteer	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Not stated	0.1%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Note: CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist

5.6 Area of Practice

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5.6.1 RN

Counts

Area of Practice	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Acute Care	10,838	11,090	11,540	11,662	11,933	12,721
Administration	2,458	2,449	2,395	2,487	2,548	2,606
Cancer Care	2,906	2,958	2,950	3,016	3,127	3,353
Cardiac Care	3,087	3,072	2,968	2,856	2,989	3,140
Case Management	4,045	4,098	4,202	4,161	4,078	4,244
Chronic Disease Prevention/Management	1,034	1,014	961	970	1,053	1,121
Complex Continuing Care	2,188	2,180	2,071	1,989	2,022	2,211
Critical Care	8,447	8,607	8,768	9,218	9,393	9,921
Diabetes Care	731	733	695	700	705	718
Education	3,629	3,568	3,504	3,677	3,792	4,067
Emergency	7,824	7,879	8,012	7,974	8,164	8,916
Foot Care	404	366	342	315	316	326
Geriatrics	9,808	9,938	8,869	8,610	9,232	10,281
Infection Prevention/Control	469	443	908	1,226	1,014	832
Informatics	487	466	500	481	526	556
Maternal/Newborn	6,304	6,233	6,268	6,216	6,319	6,652
Medicine	6,405	6,522	6,521	6,127	6,181	6,713
Mental Health/Psychiatric/Addiction	7,233	7,394	7,309	7,251	7,534	7,914
Nephrology	2,761	2,815	2,783	2,815	2,938	3,045
Occupational Health	927	911	1,001	1,036	1,055	1,024
Other	9,893	9,780	9,618	10,501	10,691	11,230
Palliative Care	2,314	2,284	2,233	2,188	2,275	2,320
Perioperative Care	4,994	5,004	5,061	5,294	5,553	5,849
Policy	167	141	164	183	229	213
Primary Care	4,457	4,442	4,318	4,342	4,460	4,708
Public Health	3,802	3,717	4,869	6,817	5,724	4,402
Rehabilitation	2,066	2,148	1,962	1,948	2,032	2,200
Sales	92	98	79	72	80	96
Surgery	5,882	5,886	5,846	5,793	5,927	6,031
Telehealth Services	353	348	492	649	496	518
Not stated	178	296	32	72	27	51
Total	116,183	116,880	117,241	120,646	122,413	127,979

Proportions

Area of Practice	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Acute Care	9.3%	9.5%	9.8%	9.7%	9.7%	9.9%
Administration	2.1%	2.1%	2.0%	2.1%	2.1%	2.0%
Cancer Care	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%
Cardiac Care	2.7%	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%	2.5%
Case Management	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.4%	3.3%	3.3%
Chronic Disease Prevention/Management	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%
Complex Continuing Care	1.9%	1.9%	1.8%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%
Critical Care	7.3%	7.4%	7.5%	7.6%	7.7%	7.8%
Diabetes Care	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
Education	3.1%	3.1%	3.0%	3.0%	3.1%	3.2%
Emergency	6.7%	6.7%	6.8%	6.6%	6.7%	7.0%
Foot Care	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Geriatrics	8.4%	8.5%	7.6%	7.1%	7.5%	8.0%
Infection Prevention/Control	0.4%	0.4%	0.8%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%
Informatics	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
Maternal/Newborn	5.4%	5.3%	5.3%	5.2%	5.2%	5.2%
Medicine	5.5%	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%	5.0%	5.2%
Mental Health/Psychiatric/Addiction	6.2%	6.3%	6.2%	6.0%	6.2%	6.2%
Nephrology	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%	2.3%	2.4%	2.4%
Occupational Health	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%
Other	8.5%	8.4%	8.2%	8.7%	8.7%	8.8%
Palliative Care	2.0%	2.0%	1.9%	1.8%	1.9%	1.8%
Perioperative Care	4.3%	4.3%	4.3%	4.4%	4.5%	4.6%
Policy	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Primary Care	3.8%	3.8%	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%
Public Health	3.3%	3.2%	4.2%	5.7%	4.7%	3.4%
Rehabilitation	1.8%	1.8%	1.7%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%
Sales	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Surgery	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%	4.8%	4.8%	4.7%
Telehealth Services	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%
Not stated	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.6.2 RPN

Counts

Area of Practice	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Acute Care	4,002	4,278	4,423	4,769	4,967	5,227
Administration	593	650	661	681	773	820
Cancer Care	204	228	185	231	289	326
Cardiac Care	278	315	302	330	326	369
Case Management	507	522	550	571	680	674
Chronic Disease Prevention/Management	498	526	514	527	555	534
Complex Continuing Care	4,071	4,049	3,905	3,754	3,794	3,890
Critical Care	45	43	40	53	69	64
Diabetes Care	148	123	116	117	125	132
Education	755	760	728	812	895	863
Emergency	722	750	849	982	1,257	1,368
Foot Care	952	870	858	831	903	927
Geriatrics	19,500	19,668	17,746	17,420	17,733	17,312
Infection Prevention/Control	80	66	266	681	496	322
Informatics	130	151	138	134	148	157
Maternal/Newborn	779	792	803	871	923	943
Medicine	4,138	4,358	4,440	4,759	5,149	5,325
Mental Health/Psychiatric/Addiction	3,882	3,961	3,993	4,122	4,237	4,329
Nephrology	468	512	546	577	604	595
Occupational Health	202	202	269	334	354	323
Other	4,676	4,778	4,780	5,655	5,559	6,063
Palliative Care	1,632	1,725	1,636	1,650	1,642	1,690
Perioperative Care	1,017	1,038	1,000	1,102	1,147	1,213
Policy	18	20	11	15	18	22
Primary Care	4,566	4,766	4,613	4,536	4,846	4,787
Public Health	641	667	806	2,000	1,362	861
Rehabilitation	2,302	2,336	2,329	2,475	2,541	2,655
Sales	42	71	48	53	63	66
Surgery	2,020	2,108	2,261	2,326	2,509	2,586
Telehealth Services	123	149	166	495	158	126
Not stated	182	190	42	45	24	28
Total	59,173	60,672	59,024	62,908	64,146	64,597

Proportions

Area of Practice	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Acute Care	6.8%	7.1%	7.5%	7.6%	7.7%	8.1%
Administration	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%
Cancer Care	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%
Cardiac Care	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%
Case Management	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%	1.0%
Chronic Disease Prevention/Management	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%
Complex Continuing Care	6.9%	6.7%	6.6%	6.0%	5.9%	6.0%
Critical Care	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Diabetes Care	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Education	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.3%
Emergency	1.2%	1.2%	1.4%	1.6%	2.0%	2.1%
Foot Care	1.6%	1.4%	1.5%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%
Geriatrics	33.0%	32.4%	30.1%	27.7%	27.6%	26.8%
Infection Prevention/Control	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	1.1%	0.8%	0.5%
Informatics	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Maternal/Newborn	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.5%
Medicine	7.0%	7.2%	7.5%	7.6%	8.0%	8.2%
Mental Health/Psychiatric/Addiction	6.6%	6.5%	6.8%	6.6%	6.6%	6.7%
Nephrology	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
Occupational Health	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%
Other	7.9%	7.9%	8.1%	9.0%	8.7%	9.4%
Palliative Care	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%
Perioperative Care	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%	1.9%
Policy	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Primary Care	7.7%	7.9%	7.8%	7.2%	7.6%	7.4%
Public Health	1.1%	1.1%	1.4%	3.2%	2.1%	1.3%
Rehabilitation	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%	4.0%	4.1%
Sales	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Surgery	3.4%	3.5%	3.8%	3.7%	3.9%	4.0%
Telehealth Services	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%
Not stated	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

5.6.3 NP

Counts

Area of Practice	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Acute Care	294	322	341	372	432	460
Administration	25	34	35	30	38	39
Cancer Care	104	128	122	126	134	148
Cardiac Care	139	152	150	158	179	178
Case Management	17	16	17	20	17	21
Chronic Disease Prevention/Management	91	105	108	115	121	138
Complex Continuing Care	41	43	58	56	69	61
Critical Care	98	106	91	113	102	113
Diabetes Care	47	43	36	42	39	41
Education	181	205	179	206	227	258
Emergency	183	156	172	177	182	204
Foot Care	3	1	5	1	1	2
Geriatrics	296	297	328	361	369	391
Infection Prevention/Control	2	2	11	17	12	8
Informatics	2	2	3	2	3	3
Maternal/Newborn	63	58	58	64	70	81
Medicine	78	106	98	95	112	121
Mental Health/Psychiatric/Addiction	138	160	179	226	296	343
Nephrology	54	50	55	68	67	72
Occupational Health	20	19	24	27	26	23
Other	414	418	481	553	557	641
Palliative Care	126	136	149	149	139	148
Perioperative Care	14	20	18	15	14	26
Policy	1	5	4	2	3	6
Primary Care	1,882	1,944	2,080	2,219	2,426	2,624
Public Health	39	36	55	93	63	49
Rehabilitation	42	38	36	43	42	42
Sales	0	0	1	0	0	0
Surgery	67	77	82	80	90	93
Telehealth Services	27	42	86	97	132	161
Not stated	7	72	4	0	0	1
Total	4,495	4,793	5,066	5,527	5,962	6,496

Proportions

Area of Practice	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Acute Care	6.5%	6.7%	6.7%	6.7%	7.2%	7.1%
Administration	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%
Cancer Care	2.3%	2.7%	2.4%	2.3%	2.2%	2.3%
Cardiac Care	3.1%	3.2%	3.0%	2.9%	3.0%	2.7%
Case Management	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
Chronic Disease Prevention/Management	2.0%	2.2%	2.1%	2.1%	2.0%	2.1%
Complex Continuing Care	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%	1.0%	1.2%	0.9%
Critical Care	2.2%	2.2%	1.8%	2.0%	1.7%	1.7%
Diabetes Care	1.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%
Education	4.0%	4.3%	3.5%	3.7%	3.8%	4.0%
Emergency	4.1%	3.3%	3.4%	3.2%	3.1%	3.1%
Foot Care	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Geriatrics	6.6%	6.2%	6.5%	6.5%	6.2%	6.0%
Infection Prevention/Control	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
Informatics	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
Maternal/Newborn	1.4%	1.2%	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%
Medicine	1.7%	2.2%	1.9%	1.7%	1.9%	1.9%
Mental Health/Psychiatric/Addiction	3.1%	3.3%	3.5%	4.1%	5.0%	5.3%
Nephrology	1.2%	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%
Occupational Health	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%
Other	9.2%	8.7%	9.5%	10.0%	9.3%	9.9%
Palliative Care	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%	2.7%	2.3%	2.3%
Perioperative Care	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%
Policy	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
Primary Care	41.9%	40.6%	41.1%	40.1%	40.7%	40.4%
Public Health	0.9%	0.8%	1.1%	1.7%	1.1%	0.8%
Rehabilitation	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%
Sales	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Surgery	1.5%	1.6%	1.6%	1.4%	1.5%	1.4%
Telehealth Services	0.6%	0.9%	1.7%	1.8%	2.2%	2.5%
Not stated	0.2%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

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