# Pharmacists per 10,000 people in Canada

Pharmacists per 10,000 people in Canada was 11.66 per 10,000 people in 2024. Source: World Health Organization.

- Indicator id: `pharmacists_per_10k`
- Place id: `ca`
- Unit: per 10,000 people
- Definition: Pharmacists per 10,000 population (ISCO-08 code 2262), as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts, divided by the national population. Depending on the country's source, the count covers practising pharmacists only or all registered pharmacists.
- Note: Pharmacy technicians and assistants are not counted. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
- Source: World Health Organization, Density of pharmaceutical personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0014) (https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C668579/45CA7C8)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: World Health Organization, data.who.int. Density of pharmaceutical personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0014) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C668579/45CA7C8 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | per 10,000 people |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 11.66 |
| 2023 | 11.62 |
| 2022 | 11.26 |
| 2021 | 11.21 |
| 2020 | 11.12 |
| 2019 | 11.08 |
| 2018 | 11.02 |
| 2017 | 10.19 |
| 2016 | 10.01 |
| 2015 | 9.8 |
| 2014 | 9.32 |
| 2013 | 9.23 |
| 2012 | 9.06 |
| 2011 | 9.26 |
| 2010 | 9.04 |
| 2009 | 8.89 |
| 2008 | 8.59 |
| 2007 | 8.43 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7.84 |
| 2004 | 7.86 |
| 2003 | 7.87 |
| 2002 | 7.81 |
| 2001 | 7.57 |
| 2000 | 7.65 |
| 1999 | 7.71 |
| 1998 | 7.17 |
| 1997 | 7.14 |
| 1996 | 7.12 |
| 1995 | 7.01 |
| 1994 | 6.97 |
| 1993 | 6.91 |
| 1992 | 6.8 |
| 1991 | 6.63 |
| 1990 | 6.8 |