Data on the supply of dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants is available in the Provider Profiles dashboard, including the total number and the number per 10,000 population.
We continue to work with data partners to support collection and availability of more detailed and timely data on oral health and other health care providers.
We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territories of many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. We recognize and celebrate the strength and resilience of Indigenous health workers and we embrace the opportunity to work closely together to advance cultural safety for those who provide care and those we care for.
Health Workforce Canada is a new, independent organization established by an Interim Steering Committee, supported by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), and funded by Health Canada. It has been created in recognition of the need to bring together health workforce experts and those in the health care field to learn from each other and strengthen health workforce data and planning to help ensure health workers are there to provide the care people in Canada need.
We are committed to engaging with a broad spectrum of stakeholders as we chart the path toward new approaches to health workforce planning.