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This article reports on the results of a survey released by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) that confirmed a nation-wide shortage of medical laboratory technologists. The survey looked at the employment status of 137 medical laboratory technologists who completed the national certification examination in 1998. It found that 91.9 percent of graduates were employed as medical laboratory technologists one year after graduation-an increase of 17.8 percent over the 1997 survey. However, a report published in May 1999 by the Advisory Committee on Health Human Resources predicts that there will be a serious shortage of medical laboratory technologists within the next five to ten years because 16 percent will retire in five years and 33 percent will retire in 10 years. Essentially, there are not enough students to replace the number of retiring workers in this field.