ALBERTA DOCTORS IN TOP SPOT AS NATION’S HIGHEST PAID

Alberta doctors have become the best paid in Canada, recording a gross average income of $365,765 last year. The numbers come from the National Physician Database, an annual report complied by the Canadian Institute of Health Information, or CIHI. Alberta doctors have typically ranked second or third in the database, but the 2014-15 fiscal year marks the first time they have claimed top spot in aver- age gross earnings since the institute began publishing the statistic eight years ago. The figure of $365,765 is a 3.2-per-cent increase from the previous year. It was enough to push Alberta physicians just ahead of their counterparts in Saskatchewan ($ 365,097). Ontario doctors, who had ranked as the top earners for the previous seven years, fell to third place ($363,841).