Number of Newly Licensed Quebec Nurses Reaches 10-year Low

A health-care worker is shown outside a hospital in Montreal, on July 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

The number of new nursing licences issued in Quebec has reached a 10-year low as the province struggles to staff its medical facilities.

The professional order that regulates nursing in the province says it granted 2,864 licences between April 2022 and March 2023.