Health care system in Canada - Statistics & Facts

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Total health expenditure in Canada
372 bn CAD
Number of active public drug plan beneficiaries in British Columbia in 2021
774.3k
Number of people enrolled in private prescription drug plan in Ontario in 2020
9.4mn

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Health expenditure

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  • Premium Statistic Provincial governmental health spending per capita in Canada 2024, by province
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Prescription drug coverage

Access to care

  • Premium Statistic Priority medical procedures in Canada within benchmark time 2010-2023
  • Basic Statistic Wait time to receive a CT-Scan in Canada 2015-2024
  • Basic Statistic Cancer surgery wait times in Canada within 90th percentile 2015-2023, by type
  • Premium Statistic Reasonable and actual wait times from appointment to treatment in Canada 1994-2024
  • Basic Statistic Median wait times from referral to treatment in Canada 1993-2024, by province

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