Official data. Sources you can follow.

Health in Canada

3 measures, with 42 available answers. Select a place under each question to see its exact figures and reporting period.

Coverage and reporting periods differ by measure. Each reading below names its place; province links appear only where the source data is available.

How are mortality rates changing?

All causes · age-standardized rate per 100,000

782.8Rate per 100,000 population
Canada · 2024

Preliminary data

Source notes

Use caution when comparing mortality rates: 2024 is preliminary and may omit deaths because collection was shorter. Earlier years may be revised. Cause-of-death coding changed in 2013 and 2017. Yukon figures for 2017–2022 are uncertain. Rates use the estimated 2021 Canadian population for age standardization.

Statistics Canada · Table 13-10-0932-01

Download Canada data (JSON)

How are cancer mortality rates changing?

Malignant neoplasms · age-standardized rate per 100,000

204.6Rate per 100,000 population
Canada · 2024

Preliminary data

Source notes

Use caution when comparing mortality rates: 2024 is preliminary and may omit deaths because collection was shorter. Earlier years may be revised. Cause-of-death coding changed in 2013 and 2017. Yukon figures for 2017–2022 are uncertain. Rates use the estimated 2021 Canadian population for age standardization.

Statistics Canada · Table 13-10-0932-01

Download Canada data (JSON)

How did provincial, territorial and local government spending on health change in Canada?

258,893millions · Dollars
Canada · 2024

preliminary

Source notes

Includes provincial and territorial governments, health and social service institutions, universities and colleges, municipalities and other local public administrations and, school boards.

Statistics Canada · Table 10-10-0005-01

Download Canada data (JSON)

Explore more topics

Canada in Data is an independent project. Statistics Canada produces the source data; our answers preserve its definitions, units, reporting periods, and qualifications. How this project works.