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. 2023 Jun 27;14(3):14–32. doi: 10.36834/cmej.74645

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of Canadian medical student survey respondents

Total n (%) Total n (%)
Pre-clerks Clerks
(n = 3,162)
Class Year (n = 3,239) (n = 2005) (n = 1,157)
2021 587 (18.1) 0 (0.0) 587 (50.7)
2022 570 (17.6) 0 (0.0) 570 (49.3)
2023 1024 (31.6) 1024 (51.1) 0 (0.0)
2024 883 (27.3) 0 (0.0)
Other 175 (5.4)
School (n = 3,239) (n = 2005) (n = 1,157)
University of Alberta 254 (7.8) 134 (6.7) 114 (9.9)
University of British Columbia 377 (11.6) 239 (7.6) 126 (10.9)
University of Calgary 153 (4.7) 67 (3.3) 83 (7.2)
Dalhousie University 193 (6.0) 103 (5.1) 89 (7.7)
Université Laval 349 (10.8) 271 (13.5) 75 (6.5)
University of Manitoba 123 (3.8) 61 (3.0) 58 (5.0)
McGill University 175 (2.2) 108 (5.4) 65 (5.6)
McMaster University 83 (2.6) 31 (1.5) 51 (5.6)
Université de Montréal 189 (5.9) 143 (7.1) 32 (2.8)
Memorial University of Newfoundland 76 (2.3) 40 (2.0) 35 (3.0)
Northern Ontario School of Medicine 71 (2.2) 40 (2.0) 30 (2.6)
University of Ottawa 240 (7.4) 158 (7.9) 68 (5.9)
Queen’s University 83 (2.6) 59 2.9) 21 (1.8)
University of Saskatchewan 84 (2.6) 73 (3.6)
Université de Sherbrooke 330 (10.2) 184 (9.2) 141 (12.2)
University of Toronto 274 (8.4) 162 (8.1) 99 (8.6)
Western University 185 (5.7) 122 (3.9) 60 (5.2)
Gender (n = 3,239) (n = 2005) (n = 1,157)
Men 1053 (32.5) 628 (31.3) 397 (34.3)
Women 2156 (66.6) 67.8 (1359) 749 (64.7)
Age (n = 3,239) (n = 2005) (n = 1,157)
≤24 1,749 (54.0) 1,308 (65.3) 408 (35.2)
25+ 1,490 (45.4) 697 (34.7) 749 (64.8)
Upbringing (n = 3,239) (n = 2005) (n = 1,157)
*Urban 2434 (75.1) 477 (23.7) 269 (25.0)
**Rural 775 (23.9) 1,509 (75.3) 858 (74.2)
Months in Clinical Practice (n = 3,239) (n = 2005) (n = 1,157)
≤3 1911 (59.1) 1,806 (90.2) 65 (5.6)
4-6 293 (9.1) 62 (3.1) 224 (19.4)
7-12 443 (13.7) 80 (4.0) 347 (30.1)
>12 584 (18.1) 55 (2.7) 517 (44.8)
*

Urban: Population >1000; **Rural: Population <1000