NOC 31102: General practitioners and family physicians
What general practitioners and family physicians do
General practitioners and family physicians diagnose and treat the diseases, physiological disorders and injuries of patients. They provide primary contact and continuous care toward the management of patients' health. They usually work in private practice, including group or team practices, hospitals and clinics. Residents in training to be general practitioners or family physicians are included in this unit group.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Examine patients and take their histories, order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures and consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Provide emergency care
- Provide acute care management
- Vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
- Advise patients and their families on health care including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Perform patient advocacy role
- Coordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide continuous care to patients
- Supervise home care services
- Report births, deaths, and contagious and other diseases to governmental authorities.
Job titles under NOC 31102
27 job titles are classified here, including family physician, general practice resident, general practitioner (GP).
- civil aviation medical officer
- community preventive medicine physician
- company physician
- doctor of medicine (MD)
- family doctor
- family physician
- family practitioner
- general practice intern
- general practice physician
- general practice resident
- general practitioner (GP)
- industrial medical officer
- industrial medicine physician
- industrial physician
- intern
- locum doctor
- medical doctor
- medical missionary
- medical officer - Canadian Armed Forces
- medical officer of health (MOH)
- missionary doctor
- physician resident
- primary care physician
- public health physician
Employment requirements
- A bachelor's degree or in Quebec, completion of a college program and one year of pre-medicine university studies is usually required.
- Graduation from an approved medical school and two to three years of family medicine residency training are required.
- Completion of the qualifying examinations of the Medical Council of Canada or the Collège des médecins du Québec and licensing by the provincial or territorial licensing authority are required.
General practitioners and family physicians wages in Canada
Low, median and high annual salaries from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data.
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $90,826/yr | $232,227/yr | $435,240/yr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $95,137/yr | $268,808/yr | $505,024/yr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $86,738/yr | $204,492/yr | $396,356/yr |
Nova Scotia | $75,058/yr | $187,135/yr | $345,667/yr |
New Brunswick | $89,344/yr | $187,297/yr | $346,082/yr |
Quebec | $95,137/yr | $268,808/yr | $505,024/yr |
Ontario | $84,266/yr | $233,752/yr | $451,418/yr |
Manitoba | $97,422/yr | $240,395/yr | $487,678/yr |
Alberta | $66,798/yr | $178,213/yr | $327,151/yr |
British Columbia | $56,864/yr | $160,960/yr | $348,082/yr |
Using NOC 31102 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 27 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Chiropractors (NOC 31201)
- Managers in health care (NOC 30010)
- Nurse practitioners (NOC 31302)
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (NOC 31209)
- Physicians assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (NOC 31303)
- Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for general practitioners and family physicians?
General practitioners and family physicians are NOC 2021 unit group 31102. Example job titles in this group include family physician, general practice resident, general practitioner (GP), medical doctor.
What TEER is NOC 31102?
NOC 31102 is TEER 1 (University degree). Usually requires a university degree (bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate), or experience from a related TEER 2 occupation. TEER 0, 1, 2 and 3 work counts as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do general practitioners and family physicians earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $232,227 a year, with a range of $90,826/yr to $435,240/yr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.