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NOC 31102 · TEER 1

Family Physician and Express Entry: NOC 31102 (TEER 1)

General practitioners and family physiciansVerified against official sources on 2026-10-01
31102
NOC 2021 code
1
TEER
$232,227
Median annual wage, Canada (Job Bank)
2
2026 EE categories

General practitioners and family physicians are the first point of contact for patients and provide ongoing care. They diagnose and treat illness and injury, prescribe treatment, give preventive care and sometimes deliver babies or provide emergency care. Residents training in family medicine are included.

Express Entry fit

FSWPossible

TEER 0–3 work counts toward FSW.

CECPossible

One year of this work in Canada can qualify for CEC.

FSTNo

Not in an FST trade group.

Category-based rounds this occupation is listed for

CategoryLatest roundCRSInvitations
Healthcare and social services occupations#441 · Sep 4, 20264753,500
Physicians with Canadian work experience Canadian experience#440 · Sep 3, 2026198229

What the work involves

Main duties

  • Take patient histories, examine patients and order tests
  • Diagnose and treat illness, injury and physiological disorders
  • Prescribe and give medications and treatments
  • Perform routine procedures and provide emergency and acute care
  • Give vaccinations, prenatal and postnatal care and health advice
  • Coordinate ongoing primary care and report notifiable diseases to authorities

Example job titles

  • Family physician
  • General practitioner (GP)
  • General practice resident
  • Medical doctor
  • Community preventive medicine physician

Employment requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (or a Quebec college program plus a year of pre-medicine university study) is usually required
  • Graduation from an approved medical school and two to three years of family medicine residency
  • Passing the Medical Council of Canada (or Collège des médecins du Québec) qualifying exams and licensing by the provincial or territorial authority
Regulated in every province and territory; a licence from the provincial or territorial medical regulatory authority is required.

Provincial streams that target this occupation

  1. Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia Nominee Program – Skilled Worker (physician sub-criteria) and Nova Scotia: Express Entry (physician sub-category)NOC 31102 physicians with a signed approved opportunity from the Nova Scotia Health Authority or IWK Health Centre can be nominated. The Express Entry route also needs a Return for Service Agreement of at least two years. ↗ liveinnovascotia.com
  2. Ontario · Ontario Workforce Priority stream – self-employed physician pathwaySelf-employed physicians need no job offer if they hold a CPSO independent, academic or provisional certificate and are eligible for OHIP billing; they do not have to meet the other applicant requirements. ↗ ontario.ca
  3. Alberta · AAIP Dedicated Health Care PathwayPhysicians are one of nine eligible professions. A job offer from an Alberta health-sector employer and proof from the regulator of ability to practise in Alberta are needed. ↗ alberta.ca
  4. British Columbia · BC PNP Skills Immigration – Care priority draws and Health Authority streamNOC 31102 is among the healthcare NOCs named for BC's targeted Care draws, and falls in the NOC 3xxxx range eligible for the Health Authority stream (offer from a BC health authority). Draws are periodic and invitation is not guaranteed. ↗ welcomebc.ca

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