Share of medical procedures in Canada within benchmark wait time 2023, by province

Published by Jenny Yang, May 23, 2024

In 2023, most provinces and territories managed to treat more than 90 percent of patients needing radiation therapy within its benchmark of 28 days wait time. The exceptions were British Columbia and Newfoundland & Labrador. Other surgical procedures had longer waits, past recommended benchmarks.

Percentage of medical procedure wait times meeting benchmark in Canada in 2023, by province

Procedure (benchmark)AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland & LabradorNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewan
Cataract Surgery (112 days) 61% 83% 63% 66% 43% 69% 65% 21% 72% 69%
Hip Fracture Repair (48 hrs) 86% 73% 89% 84% 90% 83% 83% - - 82%
Hip Replacement (182 days) 59% 65% 59% 42% 48% 53% 79% 39% 52% 44%
Knee Replacement (182 days) 49% 57% 44% 38% 37% 47% 76% 21% 38% 31%
Radiation Therapy (28 days) 97% 72% 100% 93% 57% - 99% 98% 96% 98%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Procedure (benchmark)Percentage within benchmarkAlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland & LabradorNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewanCataract Surgery (112 days)Hip Fracture Repair (48 hrs)Hip Replacement (182 days)Knee Replacement (182 days)Radiation Therapy (28 days)
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April 2024

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Canada

Survey time period

2023

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* The pan-Canadian benchmark specifies cataract surgery within 16 weeks (112 days) for patients who are at high risk. There is not yet consensus on a definition of “high risk,” so the benchmark is applied across all priority levels.

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