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Health care system in Canada

Statistics report on health care system in Canada

This report presents a range of graphs and tables about the health care system in Canada. It includes data on healthcare expenditure, medical personnel, access to care and prescription drug insurance. The report also includes data on how the healthcare system ranks in comparison to other countries, public’s opinion on the healthcare system and outlook on the health market in Canada.

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic GHS Index in Canada 2021, by category
  • Basic Statistic Health care system performance rankings of 10 select countries 2023
  • Basic Statistic Health care outcomes ranking of 11 select countries' health care systems 2023
  • Premium Statistic Leading countries with the best medicine availability and costs worldwide in 2025

Health expenditure

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  • Premium Statistic Health expenditures in Canada 2005-2025
  • Premium Statistic Health spending as share of GDP in Canada 1975-2025
  • Premium Statistic Total health spending per capita in Canada 1975-2025
  • Premium Statistic Per capita public and private health spending in Canada 1975-2024
  • Premium Statistic Total Canadian other professional's health spending by type and source 2024
  • Premium Statistic Provincial governmental health spending per capita in Canada 2025, by province
  • Premium Statistic Drug spending by Rx and non-Rx in Canada by type 1975-2025

Medical personnel

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  • Basic Statistic Distribution of Canadian specialist physicians 1978-2024, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Number of Canadian family and general practitioners 2024, by province
  • Premium Statistic Total number of registered nurses in Canada 2014-2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of Canadian physicians 1980-2023, by location
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of Canadian physiotherapists from 2009-2023, by workplace
  • Basic Statistic Number of Psychologists in Canada 2008-2023
  • Basic Statistic Persons certified as dental practitioners in Canada 2023, by type

Prescription drug coverage

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  • Premium Statistic Canadians eligible for public prescription drug insurance as of 2020, by province
  • Basic Statistic Canadians enrolled in private prescription drug plans in 2020, by province
  • Premium Statistic Canadians enrolled in private prescription drug plan in 2020, by age
  • Basic Statistic Dispensing fee per prescription in Canada by drug plan 2021/2022
  • Premium Statistic Canadians not enrolled in any precription drug insurance as of 2020, by age

Access to care

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  • Premium Statistic Priority medical procedures in Canada within benchmark time 2010-2024
  • Basic Statistic Wait time to receive a CT-Scan in Canada 2015-2024
  • Basic Statistic Cancer surgery wait times in Canada within 90th percentile 2015-2024, by type
  • Premium Statistic Reasonable and actual wait times from appointment to treatment in Canada 1994-2025
  • Basic Statistic Median wait times from referral to treatment in Canada 1993-2024, by province

Outlook

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  • Basic Statistic Public and private health spending share forecast in Canada by use of funds 2024
  • Premium Forecast Expenditure on healthcare in Canada 2000-2050
  • Premium Forecast Spending per capita on healthcare expenditure in Canada 2000-2050
  • Premium Forecast Number of physicians in Canada 2000-2050
  • Premium Forecast GDP share of health expenditure in Canada 2000-2050
  • Premium Forecast Number of hospitals in Canada 2014-2029

Public opinion

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  • Basic Statistic Problems with national health care system in Canada 2022
  • Premium Statistic Canadians who think healthcare quality worsened over past five years 2022
  • Premium Statistic Views on priorities if provinces get additional healthcare funding Canada 2022
  • Basic Statistic Perceived fairness of distribution of healthcare costs in Canada 2022
  • Premium Statistic Opinion on need to improve capacity of health care system in Canada 2021
  • Premium Statistic Level of satisfaction with provincial health system in Canada 2021
  • Premium Statistic Perceived health service waiting time over past years in Canada 2022
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