List of medical schools in Canada - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list of medical schools in Canada includes major academic institutions that award the Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

(M.D.) degree, which is required to become a physician

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

or a surgeon

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. M.D. granting medical school

Medical school in Canada

In Canada, a medical school is a faculty or school of a university that trains would-be medical doctors and physician assistants usually offering a 3- or 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree and 2 year Physician Assistant degrees. Although presently most students enter medicine having previously...

s are accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education

Liaison Committee on Medical Education

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education is an accrediting body for educational programs at schools of medicine in the United States and Canada. The LCME accredits only the schools that grant a doctor of medicine degree; osteopathic medical schools are accredited by the Commission on...

Current medical schools

Province	School	City	Degree	Established	First class	Notes
Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	University of Alberta University of Alberta The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada... Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry	Edmonton	MD	1913
Alberta	University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary is one of two medical schools in Alberta and one of 17 in Canada. Established in 1967, the school is linked to the hospitals in Alberta Health Services -- Calgary ZoneCalgary Health Region...	Calgary	MD	1967
British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...	University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine	Vancouver	MD	1950
Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine	Winnipeg	MD	1883	1886
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...	Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University of Newfoundland is one of two medical schools located in Atlantic Canada and one of seventeen in Canada.Established in 1967 by , the school has 150 graduate students enrolled in programs such as:* MD-PhD degree...	St.John's	MD	1967
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...	Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine The Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, otherwise known as Dalhousie Medical School, is a faculty at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...	Halifax	MD	1867	1872	1875 Halifax Medical College, 1911 Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences The McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The faculty was established in 1974 to oversee the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, and Graduate programs in health sciences...	Hamilton	MD	1966
Ontario	Northern Ontario School of Medicine Northern Ontario School of Medicine The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is a medical school in the Canadian province of Ontario, created through a partnership between Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay...	Sudbury / Thunder Bay	MD	2005		Joint faculty of Laurentian University Laurentian University Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.... and Lakehead University Lakehead University Lakehead University is a public research university in Thunder Bay, and Orillia, Ontario, Canada.Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', or 'LU', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate and graduate programs and a medical school.The school has more than 45,000... .
Ontario	Queen's School of Medicine Queen's School of Medicine The Queen's School of Medicine is a unit of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University responsible for research, as well as undergraduate and graduate education in Medicine....	Kingston	MD	1854	1855	1866 separated from Queen's University to become Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons at Kingston, 1892 rejoined Queen's University
Ontario	University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is the medical school of the University of Western Ontario, and is one of 17 medical schools in Canada and one of six in Ontario....	London	MD	1881	1883
Ontario	University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine	Ottawa	MD
Ontario	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine The Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto is the medical school of the University of Toronto. The faculty is based in the Discovery District of Downtown Toronto along with most of its teaching hospitals and research institutes. Founded in 1843, it is one of Canada's oldest institutions of...	Toronto	MD	1843		1843 Medical Faculty of King's College, 1847 became University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, 1853-1887 abolished, 1887 reestablished by take over of Toronto School of Medicine, 1902 absorbed Victoria University Medical Department, 1903 absorbed Trinity Medical College
Québec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	Université Laval Faculté de Médecine Faculté de médecine de l'Université Laval The Faculté de médecine is one of four medical schools in Quebec. The faculty is part of the Université Laval and is located in Quebec City.-External links:*...	Québec City	MD	1848		1848 Québec School of Medicine, 1852 Medical Department of Laval University
Québec	McGill University Faculty of Medicine McGill University Faculty of Medicine The Faculty of Medicine is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University. It was established in 1823 as the Montreal Medical Institution, and became the first faculty of McGill College in 1829; it was the first medical faculty to be established in Canada....	Montréal	MDCM	1824		1824 Montréal Medical Institution, 1829 Medical Faculty of McGill University, 1836-1839 no sessions, 1905 absorbed Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bishop College
Québec	Université de Montréal Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal... Faculté de Médecine	Montréal	MD	1843	1843	1843 Montréal School of Medicine and Surgery, 1891 absorbed Laval University Medical Faculty at Montréal
Québec	Université de Sherbrooke Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with campuses located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities, and the only French language university, in the Estrie region of Quebec.In 2007, the... Faculté de Médecine et des sciences de la santé	Sherbrooke	MD
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine	Saskatoon	MD

Former medical schools

Province	School	City	Degree	Established	First class	Closed	Notes
Ontario	Kingston Woman's Medical College	Kingston	MD	1883		1893	Degrees granted by affiliated Queen's University
Ontario	Ontario Medical College for Women	Toronto	MD	1884		unknown	Affiliated with University of Toronto, not empowered to grant degrees
Ontario	Toronto School of Medicine	Toronto	MD	1847		1887	1854 affiliated with University of Toronto and Victoria University, 1887 absorbed by University of Toronto
Ontario	Trinity Medical College	Toronto	MD	1853		1903	1853 Upper Canada School of Medicine, 1854 suspended, 1870 reorganized as Faculty of Medicine of Trinity College, 1877 became independent Trinity Medical College, 1878 affiliated with Trinity University and University of Toronto, 1902 reconstituted as Medical Faculty of Trinity University, 1903 merged with Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto
Ontario	Victoria University Medical Department	Toronto	MD	1853		1869	Also known as Rolph's School, Granted degrees until 1902 when absorbed by University of Toronto
Québec	Laval University Medical Faculty	Montréal	MD	1878	1879	1891	1891 absorbed by the Montréal School of Medicine and Surgery
Québec	St. Lawrence School of Medicine	St. Lawrence	MD	1851		1852
Québec	University of Bishop College Faculty of Medicine	Montréal	MD	1870	1871	1905	1905 absorbed by McGill University Faculty of Medicine

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