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Research studies have repeatedly demonstrated a gap between the income of male and female physicians. This thesis examines the gendered income for family physicians in Ontario based on a mailed survey conducted in 1996. The model is theoretically driven based on variables drawn from two theoretical perspectives - gender stratification and human capital. The thesis demonstrates that despite a sizeable increase in the number of women in medicine and broader social trends, there remains a persistent gender gap in the earnings of family physicians in Ontario, even when controlling for a large number of practice and family characteristics. Using a model which is a synthesis of two theoretical perspectives. a large proportion of the variance between men and women physicians can be explained. However, different factors appear to contribute to determining the income of male and female physicians and the importance of these factors may be different for each.