Dental Hygiene Workforce in Canada
The Canadian Institute for Health Information collects supply and
demographic data on 30 different groups of health care professionals,
including dental hygienists. This information can be used to help plan for a
sustainable and equitable health workforce.
The latest supply data reveals that dental hygiene is the 7th largest
registered health profession in Canada with 35,455 registered dental
hygienists.
Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information. Health workforce in
Canada: Overview.
Supply Trends: Dental Hygienists in Canada
| Jurisdiction |
2024 (%) |
2023 (%) |
2021 (%) |
2020 (%) |
2019 (%) |
| Canada |
35,455 |
33,608 |
31,170 |
30,461 |
30,219 |
| NL |
303 (<1) |
302 (<1) |
269 (<1) |
— |
233 (<1) |
| PE |
130 (<1) |
131 (<1) |
122 (<1) |
122 (<1) |
— |
| NS |
831 (2.3) |
836 (2.5) |
797 (2.6) |
770 (2.5) |
749 (2.5) |
| NB |
596 (1.7) |
576 (1.7) |
545 (1.7) |
536 (1.8) |
517 (1.7) |
| QC |
7,233 (20.4) |
7,095 (21.1) |
6,786 (21.8) |
6,699 (22.0) |
6,712 (22.2) |
| ON |
15,781 (44.5) |
14,498 (43.1) |
13,560 (43.5) |
13,500 (44.3) |
13,694 (45.3) |
| MB |
901 (2.5) |
884 (2.6) |
810 (2.6) |
802 (2.6) |
773 (2.6) |
| SK |
766 (2.1) |
720 (2.1) |
668 (2.1) |
701 (2.3) |
— |
| AB |
4,140 (11.7) |
3,921 (11.7) |
3,405 (10.9) |
3,330 (10.9) |
3,279 (10.9) |
| BC |
4,666 (13.1) |
4,550 (13.5) |
4,119 (13.2) |
3,945 (13.0) |
4,172 (13.8) |
| Territories |
108 (<1) |
95 (<1) |
89 (<1) |
56 (<1) |
90 (<1) |
Notes:
1. — Data is not applicable, does not exist or is not reported due to data quality concerns.
2. % represents proportion of Canadian total.
3. Data for territories reflects a combination of 3 territories for which data were reported.