NOC 31102: General practitioners and family physicians

What is NOC 31102?

NOC 31102 is the code for general practitioners and family physicians in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021. Job titles in this group include family physician, general practice resident, general practitioner (GP) and medical doctor. It is a TEER 1 occupation (usually a university degree), so it counts as skilled work for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class, and IRCC lists it for the healthcare and social services and physicians with Canadian work experience category draws. The Job Bank median wage across Canada is $232,227 a year.

NOC code

31102

TEER

1: University degree

Broad category

Health occupations

Express Entry

Skilled (TEER 0 to 3)

Category draws

Healthcare and social services and physicians with Canadian work experience

Median wage

$232,227 a year

Job titles under NOC 31102

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 job titles

• family physician
• general practice resident
• general practitioner (GP)
• medical doctor

All 27 job titles in the NOC index

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, resident, resident physician, telemedicine family physician.

Also included in this group

• community preventive medicine physician
• medical missionary

Main duties of NOC 31102

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.

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.

Additional information

• General practitioners and family physicians may become specialist physicians with additional training.

Is NOC 31102 eligible for Express Entry?

Yes for the programs that need skilled work: TEER 1 is in the TEER 0 to 3 range IRCC accepts.

Read how TEER categories work and the full list of NOC codes in each 2026 category draw. Category draws also need at least 12 months of full-time work (or the same amount part-time) in one listed occupation within the past 3 years.

How much does NOC 31102 pay?

Job Bank wages for this occupation, per year. Low and high are, in most cases, the 10th and 90th percentiles, so 8 in 10 workers earn somewhere between them.

Source: Job Bank, Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank 2025 wages, revised November 19, 2025), data from 2023-2024 (Canadian Institute for Health Information and Canadian Medical Association - custom tabulation). Wages for job offers in LMIA and provincial programs are compared with these figures, so check the current numbers on Job Bank before you rely on them.

Similar NOC codes to compare

If your work leans toward one of these, read its duties too. The closest match is the one whose lead statement and main duties describe most of what you did.

Classified somewhere else

• Chiropractors: 31201 Chiropractors
• Managers in health care: 30010 Managers in health care
• Nurse practitioners: 31302 Nurse practitioners
• Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating: 31209 Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
• Physicians assistants, midwives and allied health professionals: 31303 Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
• Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine: 31100 Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine

Same minor group (3110 Physicians and veterinarians)

• 31100 Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, TEER 1
• 31101 Specialists in surgery, TEER 1
• 31103 Veterinarians, TEER 1

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Where this information comes from

Occupation codes, titles and descriptions are adapted from Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Wages come from Job Bank, Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank 2025 wages, revised November 19, 2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Express Entry rules come from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): the program pages for the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Canadian Experience Class and the Federal Skilled Trades Program, and the category-based selection page as modified on June 22, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NOC code for a family physician?

NOC 31102, General practitioners and family physicians, a TEER 1 occupation in NOC 2021.

What TEER is NOC 31102?

TEER 1. Usually a university degree. The TEER is the second digit of the code. See all TEER categories.

Is NOC 31102 eligible for Express Entry?

Yes. As a TEER 1 occupation it counts as skilled work for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class. You still have to meet every other requirement, and your duties must match the NOC description.

Is NOC 31102 in an Express Entry category-based draw?

Yes. IRCC’s 2026 list puts it in the healthcare and social services and physicians with Canadian work experience categories. You need at least 12 months of full-time work (or the same part-time) in it within the past 3 years.

How much does NOC 31102 pay in Canada?

The Job Bank median across Canada is $232,227 a year, with most wages between $90,826 and $435,240. Pay varies by province: see the table above.

Where is the official description?

On the Statistics Canada and ESDC NOC site: search 31102 in NOC 2021 Version 1.0. This page shows the same text, from the open data Statistics Canada publishes.

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