Workforce trends of occupational therapists in Canada, 2007 : Tendances de la main-d'oeuvre chez les ergothérapeutes au Canada, 2007

The provincial regulatory authorities participating in the OTDB and the CAOT are the primary collectors of data compiled in the CIHI database. [...] Therefore, the data collected on the annual registration form and submitted to CIHI for the OTDB are the property of the respective provincial regulatory authorities and the CAOT. [...] For more information on Who’s Who in Occupational Therapy, please see Appendix C. Occupational Therapist Database 9 Workforce Trends of Occupational Therapists in Canada, 2007 CIHI 2008 The Occupational Therapist Database Defining the OT Workforce in Canada In this CIHI publication, “OT workforce” is defined as the total number of occupational therapists holding active registrations in Canada who [...] Occupational Therapist Database 11 Workforce Trends of Occupational Therapists in Canada, 2007 CIHI 2008 To summarize, of the 8,736 records submitted by the regulatory authorities and the CAOT, a total of 229 were excluded (72 secondary registrations and 157 unemployed/unknown employment status), yielding a total of 8,507 records that represent the OT workforce in Canada for 2007 (see Figure 1). [...] Supply data were provided by of head counts as a precise measure of the participating regulatory authorities and the supply of the OT workforce is the CAOT, as well as the Ordre des explored in this special topic report.