Cancer incidence rates Canada by province 2023

Nova Scotia has the highest cancer incidence rate of any province in Canada, followed by Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario. However, Nunavut has the highest cancer mortality rate of the provinces. In Nunavut there are around 310 deaths from cancer per 100,000 population, compared to a rate of 218 deaths per 100,000 in Newfoundland and Labrador.

New cancer cases

As of 2023, there were around 513 new cancer cases in Canada per 100,000 population. The most common types of cancer in Canada include lung and bronchus cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women, while prostate cancer is the second most common type among men. Men have slightly higher rates of lung and bronchus cancer and colorectal cancer.

Cancer mortality

Lung and bronchus cancers have the highest mortality rate of any cancer in Canada, followed by colorectal and pancreas cancer. Men in Canada have around a five percent chance of dying as a result of lung and bronchus cancer. The lifetime probability of dying from any cancer type for males in Canada is around 24 percent.

Estimated cancer incidence rates in Canada by province in 2023 (per 100,000 population)

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November 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

As of 2023

Supplementary notes

Rates are age-standardized to the 2011 Canadian population.
Quebec was not included because a different projection method was used for Quebec than the other regions, meaning the estimates are not comparable.
Territories are not listed due to small numbers.
“All cancers” includes in situ bladder cancer and excludes non-melanoma skin cancer (neoplasms, NOS; epithelial neoplasms, NOS; and basal and squamous).

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