Diagnostic Imaging Technologists / Sonographers

General Information

Canadian health care employers are facing an ever-growing shortage of health professionals. Driven by a number of factors, principal of which is the aging of the workforce, shortages of Diagnostic Imaging Technologists / Sonographers are becoming commonplace in Canadian hospitals and clinics. In an attempt to compensate for enduring staff shortages, employers have had to use the existing health care workforce more intensively by relying on overtime and agency staffing. More recently Canadian health care employers are incorporating a foreign recruitment strategy into their overall staffing plans.

There are approximately ten thousand radiological technologists currently practicing in Canada