Data for 1980-1981 pertaining to medical education in Canada are presented. Information about Canadian medical schools, population of Canada by province and distribution of medical school openings, tuition, payment scales for post-M.D. clinical trainees, clinical clerkship stipends, and numbers of Canadian medical schools offering instruction in selected areas. Additional information includes: enrollment in Canadian faculties of medicine by sex, 1957-1958 to 1980-1981; first year enrollment by sex; female enrollment and graduation in Canadian medical schools; undergraduate medical enrollment by year of study; grade point averages of first year students; number of years of college attendance; highest level of education completed at time of application; sex distribution of students enrolled in Canadian medical schools, non-Canadians enrolled in Canadian medical schools; attrition, 1973-1974 to 1979-1980; medical student attrition by year of study and by sex; characteristics of M.D. degree recipients; duration and phasing of clinical clerkships; masters and doctoral level enrollment/graduation in biomedical sciences; continuing education course registrants and course contact in biomedical sciences; continuing education course registrants and course contact hours; post-M.D. clinical training (internship and residency); full-time faculty by rank and department; biomedical research expenditures; citizenship and sex of applicants, 1973-1974 to 1980-1981; comparative acceptance rates by characteristics of applicants; characteristics of the 1980-1981 applicant pool, including province of residence, language of instruction of schools applied to, and performance on admission test. (SW)