Reports
Original analysis built from the same public disclosure data that powers this site. Every number is reproducible from the linked sources.
2026-07-12
Which medical specialty pays the most in Canada?
Ophthalmology, cardiology, and gastroenterology top physician billings in both BC and Manitoba; internal medicine sits near the bottom. The full specialty ranking, and why procedures pay and thinking does not.
2026-07-11
Why is there no federal Sunshine List?
Ontario names 400,000 public employees and their salaries every year. Ottawa names none. What federal employee pay information is actually public, and why the difference exists.
2026-07-11
Alberta passed a physician pay disclosure law in 2020. It has never published a name.
The Physician Payment Disclosure Regulation required Alberta to publish every physician's fee-for-service payments starting November 2020. More than five years later, not one disclosure has appeared.
2026-07-11
Which surgeons actually get the rural raise?
The rural pay premium belongs to the operating room: general surgeons out-bill Winnipeg by 16%, orthopedics and OB-GYN by 4%, while radiology and internal medicine pay less outside the city.
2026-07-11
Who marries whom in Canada?
Interactive census microdata: pick an occupation group and see whom its workers marry, with partner gender and same-field rates from 8.76 million weighted partnered workers.
2026-07-11
Governments pay doctors to go rural. So why do rural doctors bill less?
Manitoba disclosure data shows rural family physicians bill about 21% less than their Winnipeg colleagues, while rural general surgeons out-bill the city by 16%. What the loan-forgiveness programs are really compensating for.
Interactive tools and maps
The datasets behind these reports, explorable directly.
Where do you rank?
Compare any salary against the Sunshine List: percentile, rank, and the gap to the top 1%.
InteractiveBC physician payments map
Where BC’s top-billing physicians practice, city by city.
InteractiveManitoba physician payments map
Every Manitoba practice city, with payments and top earners.