TORONTO, Canada -- The Canadian manual osteopathy job analysis report (2013) by the Council on Manual Osteopathy Education (CMOE) indicates the province of Ontario (Canada) has a shortage of 2,500 manual osteopaths.

In 2013 there is only one osteopath per 20,000 people in the province of Ontario in Canada (0.05 osteopath per 1,000 people).

Other health professions in Ontario have more practitioners. There is one medical doctor per 500 people, one physical therapist per 1,500 people and 1 doctor of chiropractic per 3,000 people.

Ontario needs at least 2,500 more manual osteopaths to fill this shortage. Health professionals interested in working in Ontario (Canada) should consider studying osteopathy. Employment is found quickly in this profession, and osteopaths are able as well to open an osteopathic clinic of their own.

Manual osteopaths in Ontario are usually hired at the starting salary of $30 per hour and the average income for an established manual osteopaths is $90,000 per year. Over 95% of insurers in Ontario reimburse for osteopathic care if it is provided by a licensed osteopathic manual practitioner.

International Osteopathic Association urges health practitioners to enter the field of osteopathy. It is an amazing field, and the number one choice of patients with low back pain of mechanical origin, as well as being in high demand. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in 2012, has chosen manual osteopathy as one of the top 25 occupations in demand in Canada.