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As part of CASLPO’s ongoing commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in regulation, we began collecting voluntary demographic data from registrants in 2022 during the annual renewal process. The goals of this initiative are to:
We understand that many of the questions asked are sensitive in nature. We therefore incorporated measures to ensure all responses are anonymous and are not linked to individual registrant profiles.
By analyzing this data, CASLPO can assess whether the composition of the registrant base reflects the demographics of Ontario’s population. This information helps guide strategies that support equitable access to care—such as exploring improvements to entry pathways for underrepresented groups and offering culturally responsive professional development. This work directly supports CASLPO’s mandate to ensure safe, effective, and inclusive care for all Ontarians.
As part of our commitment to transparency and continuous improvement, we are sharing the results provided by registrants. The charts below compare demographic trends from 2022 to 2024.
Please keep in mind that year-over-year comparisons should be interpreted with care. The number of registrants who responded to the survey varied each year, which affects how percentages reflect overall trends. Notably, there was a significant decline in participation from 2022 to 2024.
Additionally, a technical error in the 2023 data collection resulted in the loss or collapse of some responses. For consistency, we have omitted most of this data in the reported results with the exception of the question related to religious or spiritual practice/observance.
The insights gained from this data have already begun to shape CASLPO initiatives—such as inclusive updates to College application forms, the development of our DEI E-Forum series, and improvements in accessibility and accommodation policies.
We remain committed to ongoing data collection as part of our efforts to support inclusive, evidence-informed regulatory practices and encourage all registrants to take part in future demographic surveys. Your input is essential to helping us build a regulatory environment that supports a diverse, inclusive, and representative professional community that reflects the population of Ontario.
The following statistics provide a three-year comparative overview of the data collected between 2022-2024.
“Race” refers to the social construct of categorizing people based on physical characteristics and “Ethnicity” refers to the description of groups of people based on commonalities, e.g. language, geography, music, shared history. These concepts can frequently overlap, and so we have grouped race and ethnicity together.
Registrants were asked to identify their racial and/or ethnic identity.
| Race/Ethnicity | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous | 1% | - | - |
| Black | 2% | 2% | 9% |
| Caribbean | - | - | 0.1% |
| Central and South American | - | - | 2% |
| European | - | - | 3% |
| Hispanic | 1% | - | - |
| Jewish | - | - | 4% |
| Middle Eastern | 2% | - | 2% |
| Persian | - | - | 0.4% |
| South Asian | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| South-East Asian or East Asian | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| West Asian or Arab | - | - | 0.7% |
| West Indian | - | - | 0.1% |
| White or Caucasian | 74% | 68% | 55% |
| Prefer not to say/Additional identified identities (refer to chart below) | 8% | 8% | 9% |
| Total count | 3,098 | 2,760 | 747 |
Each of the below Racial and/or Ethnic Identities constituted less than 0.01% of the data and therefore have been reported here.
2022
Arab, Ashkenazi Jewish, Asian, Asian Canadian, Biracial (Black and White; Black and Indian; Asian and Caucasian; White and Indigenous, West Indian and White), Brazilian (not Hispanic), Caribbean, Chinese, Chinese Canadian, Czech-Canadian, Eastern European, Egyptian, European, Asian/ Caucasian, Indian, Indo-Canadian, Italian Canadian, Jewish, Latina/Lusa, Madagascar, Maori, Multiracial/ “Mixed (race)”, Parsi, Romanian, Southern European, Southern European, Spanish, West Indian
2023
Arab, Ashkenazi, Biracial (Black and Caucasian; East Asian and White, East Indian and European; Canadian and Middle Eastern; Caucasian and Arab; Caribbean Black and European White; and Persian and Indian; West Indian and Caucasian; Turkish and French-Canadian; White and South Asia), Black West Indian, Central Asia (Afghan), Coptic Egyptian, Eastern European, Eastern European & Crimean Tatar, East Asian, Eurasian (Multiple race origins), European, Greek, Hispanic, Indo-Caribbean, Jewish, Latina Lusa, Middle Eastern, Middle Eastern / Israeli, Mixed - Persian, North African, Middle Eastern, Parsi, Persian, Sicilian, Southwestern European, Spanish Jew, West Indian, White African
2024
Caucasian and East Asian, Hispanic & Lusa (Portuguese), First Nations and Caucasian, multiple racial origins
Registrants were asked to identity all the languages they speak.
| Language | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 96.3% | 96% | 94.1% |
| French | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Additional Languages / Prefer not to say | 3.4% | 3% | 5.6% |
| Total count | 3,098 | 2,486 | 747 |
Each of the below Languages constituted less than 0.01% of the data and therefore have been reported here.
2022
Bengali, Cantonese, English, Fanti, Twi, Farsi (Dari), Farsi/Persian/Dari, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Russian - Ukrainian, Serbian, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese
2023
Afrikaans, Punjabi, Hebrew, Akan, Romanian, Hindi, American Sign Language, Russian, Hokkien, Arabic, Scot, Gaelic, Hungarian, Armenian, Serbian, Italian, Belarussian, Serbo Croatian, Jamaican Creole, Bengali, Sinhala, Jamaican Patois, Bosnian, Slovak, Japanese, Cantonese, Somali, Kannada, Cebuano, Swahili, Kirundi, Creole, Swedish, Kiswahili, Croatian, Tagalog, Korean, Czech, Taiwanese, Kutchi Dari, Tamil, Lithuanian, Dutch-Nederlands, Telugu, Langue des Signes Québécoises, Dutch, Flemish, Tsiuchow, Malay Farsi, Twi Malayalam Féefée, Ukrainian, Maltese Filipino, Urdu Marathi, Finnish, Vietnamese, Nepali, Visayan Norwegian, German, Greek, Polish
2024
Vietnamese
Registrants were asked to identify whether they have a disability.
| Response | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| No | 89% | 86% | 82% |
| Prefer not to say | 6% | 9% | 10% |
| Total Respondents | 3,098 | 2,861 | 747 |
Registrants were asked to identify whether they live and practice.
| Location | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-practicing/living in ON/Other/Prefer not to say | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Rural (outside cities / urban areas) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Semi-urban / Suburban or Township | 14% | 15% | 14% |
| Urban / City | 64% | 64% | 64% |
| Total Respondents | 3,098 | 2,836 | 747 |
Registrants were asked whether they identify as a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
| Response | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| No | 90% | 85% | 84% |
| Prefer not to say | 6% | 11% | 10% |
| Total Respondents | 3,098 | 2,861 | 747 |
Registrants were asked to identify if they have a religious or spiritual practice/observance.
| Response | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acnosticism; Atheism | - | 8% | 8% |
| Areligious or not practicing a religion | - | - | 12% |
| Areligious/not practicing; Prefer not to say* | - | 44% | - |
| Buddhism | 1% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Christianity | 41% | 33% | 33% |
| Hinduism | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Islam | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Judaism | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Sikhism | 1% | 1% | 0.1% |
| Zoroastrianism | - | - | 0.3% |
| Prefer not to say | 32% | - | 31% |
| Other | 14% | - | - |
| Total Respondents | 3,098 | 2,800 | 747 |
*in the 2023 data collection, the “Areligious or not practising” category was inadvertently combined with “Prefer not to say”
Each of the below Religious, Spiritual Practice or Observance constituted less than 0.01% of the data and therefore have been reported here.
2022
Agnostic, Agnostic Atheism, All, Anglican, Areligious, Atheism, Humanist, Baha'i Faith, Catholic, Deist/Theist, Greek Orthodox, Independent, Indigenous spirituality, Ismaili Muslim, Nature, Non-practicing, Non-religious: spiritual awareness
2023
Baha'i, Indigenous spirituality, Jainism, Jewish and atheist, Pagan, Spiritual, Taoism, Zoroastrian
2024
Indigenous spirituality, Orthodox, Pagan, Spiritual
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