High opportunity occupation
About this job
Specialist physicians are doctors with extra training and who treat patients in specific areas of health care, including clinical medicine, laboratory medicine and surgery.
One type of specialist physician is a psychiatrist. Watch the video below to see what a day in the life of a psychiatrist is like.
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Common job titles
- allergist / immunologist
- anatomical pathologist / anatomopathologist
- anesthesiologist / anesthetist
- bacteriologist, medical
- clinical pharmacologist
- dermatologist / skin specialist
- endocrinologist
- environmental medicine specialist
- gastroenterologist
- geneticist - medical specialist
- geriatrician / geriatrist
- gynecologist
- heart specialist / cardiologist
- hematologist / hematopathologist
- infectious disease physician
- internist / internal medicine specialist
- medical examiner
- microbiologist, medical
- nephrologist / kidney specialist
- nerve specialist
- neurologist / neuropathologist
- obstetrician / gynecologist
- occupational health physician (OHP)
- oculist / eye specialist
- OHP (occupational health physician)
- oncologist
- ophthalmologist / eye specialist
- otolaryngologist
- parasitologist, medical
- pathologist
- pediatrician / neonatologist
- phoniatrician / phoniatrist
- physiatrist
- physician, hyperbaric
- physician, in-patient
- pneumologist / lung specialist
- proctologist
- psychiatrist
- psychopharmacologist
- respirologist / respiratory specialist
- rheumatologist
- rhinologist / nose specialist
- specialist, acute care / critical care
- specialist, cancer / oncology
- specialist, cardiology
- specialist, emergency medicine
- specialist, environmental medicine
- specialist, epidemiology / public health
- specialist, fertility / infertility
- specialist, gerontology
- specialist, hematopathology
- specialist, infectious diseases
- specialist, internal medicine
- specialist, nuclear medicine
- specialist, pediatric / neonatology
- specialist, plastic surgery
- specialist, preventive medicine
- specialist, spinal injury
- specialist, sports medicine
- surgeon, cardothoracic surgeon
- surgeon, cosmetic / plastic / esthetic
- surgeon, general
- surgeon, neurological / neurosurgeon
- surgeon, orthopedic
- surgeon, pediatric
- surgeon, police
- surgeon, vascular
- surgical physician / resident
- urologist
- allergist / immunologist
- anatomical pathologist / anatomopathologist
- anesthesiologist / anesthetist
- bacteriologist, medical
- clinical pharmacologist
- dermatologist / skin specialist
- endocrinologist
- environmental medicine specialist
- gastroenterologist
- geneticist - medical specialist
- geriatrician / geriatrist
- gynecologist
- heart specialist / cardiologist
- hematologist / hematopathologist
- infectious disease physician
- internist / internal medicine specialist
- medical examiner
- microbiologist, medical
- nephrologist / kidney specialist
- nerve specialist
- neurologist / neuropathologist
- obstetrician / gynecologist
- occupational health physician (OHP)
- oculist / eye specialist
- OHP (occupational health physician)
- oncologist
- ophthalmologist / eye specialist
- otolaryngologist
- parasitologist, medical
- pathologist
- pediatrician / neonatologist
- phoniatrician / phoniatrist
- physiatrist
- physician, hyperbaric
- physician, in-patient
- pneumologist / lung specialist
- proctologist
- psychiatrist
- psychopharmacologist
- respirologist / respiratory specialist
- rheumatologist
- rhinologist / nose specialist
- specialist, acute care / critical care
- specialist, cancer / oncology
- specialist, cardiology
- specialist, emergency medicine
- specialist, environmental medicine
- specialist, epidemiology / public health
- specialist, fertility / infertility
- specialist, gerontology
- specialist, hematopathology
- specialist, infectious diseases
- specialist, internal medicine
- specialist, nuclear medicine
- specialist, pediatric / neonatology
- specialist, plastic surgery
- specialist, preventive medicine
- specialist, spinal injury
- specialist, sports medicine
- surgeon, cardothoracic surgeon
- surgeon, cosmetic / plastic / esthetic
- surgeon, general
- surgeon, neurological / neurosurgeon
- surgeon, orthopedic
- surgeon, pediatric
- surgeon, police
- surgeon, vascular
- surgical physician / resident
- urologist
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$250,975
Source:
2020 Wage Bank Data (Median employment income from Canadian Institute for Health Information and Canadian Medical Association - custom tabulation)
Provincial hourly rate
N/A - Data not available
Source: 2020 Job Bank Wage Report