COVID-19 lack of healthcare access Canada May 2020

As of May 19, around 23 percent of Canadian respondents stated they required but were unable to access their family doctor in the past two months due to COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic shows the share of respondents who needed but were unable to access select health services in the past two months in Canada, as of May 19 2020.

Percentage of Canadians who needed but were unable to access select health services in the last two months because of COVID-19 as of May 2020

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
A family doctor or GP	23%
A medical specialist	18%
An advanced diagnostic test	13%
A minor non-emergency surgery	8%
Treatment for a chronic or ongoing illness	5%
A major non-emergency surgery	3%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

May 18 to 19, 2020

Number of respondents

1,777 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: In the last two months, have you personally needed but were unable to access any of the following because of the COVID-19 situation?

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