Become a doctor in Canada with a Windmill loan

Get approved for a career loan with a fixed interest rate as low as 6.7%.

If you’re an internationally trained doctor, a Windmill loan can assist with your career-related expenses, enabling you to start practicing again.

Why should you apply for a Windmill loan?

We know Canada’s a new start, and it can be tough. You’re working a survival job to support your family and you wonder when you can return to your profession, you need to get re-accredited or re-licensed and that can get expensive. Windmill exists to support skilled immigrants like you with a low-interest career loan. Our loans are designed to be affordable: a fixed interest rate of 6.7% for your entire loan duration.

Windmill goes beyond financing. We offer career coaching, mentorship, and even money management training – everything you need to get back on your feet. At Windmill, we want to help you return to your chosen field and live the Canadian dream you came for.

What can a Windmill loan be used for?

From examination fees to childcare costs and living expenses1 , while you study, a Windmill loan can cover the varied costs of accreditation, education and training that are essential for you to advance your career in Canada.

Note: A Windmill loan cannot be used for business start-up costs and/or to pay off other debt or debt consolidation.

1 Living allowance will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Qualifying exams
Training courses
Relocation costs
Books and materials
Assessments
Living allowances
Professional association fees

What makes a Windmill loan unique?

Loans up to $15,000

Fixed low-interest rate
as low as 6.7%

Zero loan processing fees

Success coaching support and mentorship program

Check your eligibility and get a free quote!

Take our one-minute loan eligibility quiz to find out if you qualify. You can also get a free quote by calculating what your loan payment would be.

Note: No credit check is required for the quiz or quote, so your score won’t be affected. A credit check will only occur at the end of your application.

Our impact on our clients

Over 3x

Growth in income

Newcomers take on low-income jobs to survive. Windmill helps our clients return to their trained profession to boost their income by over 3 times.

96%

Repay their loan in full

The affordability of our loans and the flexibility of our repayment structure contribute to our clients' success in completing their payments.

75%

Decrease in unemployment

As our borrowers take their next steps, employment opportunities soar upon loan repayment, marking the start of a remarkable journey and booming economy.


Here are some of the clients who benefited from a Windmill loan

Chibuike worked as a doctor in Nigeria, and when he arrived in Canada in 2011, he already had a career plan in mind. He would get his Master of Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology, at the University of Saskatchewan. From there, he would utilize his Nigerian experience as a General Practitioner in Canada’s public health services. Chibuike knew this licensing procedure meant incurring many expenses, from exam preparation to residency and purchasing course materials.

With a career plan in mind, Dr. Chibuike, a doctor from Nigeria, arrived in Canada with his family in 2011.

He knew that it was going to be expensive to receive the Canadian license he needed. Luckily, through a fellow doctor in a network of Nigerian-trained health professionals, Dr. Chibuike found out about Windmill Microlending. The loan helped him pay for exams that made it possible to receive his Canadian license.

Today, Dr. Chibuike works as a Resident Physician in Ontario.

Dr. Chibuike

Physician

Payam immigrated to Canada to pursue medical residency, facing challenges with costly exams and adjusting to a new country. Financial assistance from Windmill Microlending helped cover his expenses, allowing him to focus on his studies, after which he secured a residency in family medicine.

Payam

Physician

Learn more about becoming a doctor in Canada

International medical graduates (IMGs) need to complete the Canadian licensing process to be eligible to work as doctors in Canada. The process to become licensed is different in each province and territory which have their own sets of physician licensing requirements and fees. The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) which assesses IMGs as part of the licensure process recommends, as a first step, you research whether the school where you received your medical education meets Canadian requirements.

Download our free guides and resources to help you understand how to become a doctor in Canada.

Start your application today!