Medical procedures wait time benchmark by province Canada 2022

This statistic displays the percentage of medical procedures in Canada that were within the benchmark waiting period in 2022, by province. During this year, 85 percent of radiation therapies in British Columbia occurred within its benchmark of 28 days of waiting. Long wait times can prevent sick patients from receiving timely health care services.

Percentage of medical procedures in Canada within benchmark wait time by province in 2022

Procedure (benchmark)	Cataract Surgery (112 days)	Hip Fracture Repair (48 hrs)	Hip Replacement (182 days)	Knee Replacement (182 days)	Radiation Therapy (28 days)
Alberta	65%	89%	38%	27%	98%
British Columbia	81%	77%	62%	56%	85%
Manitoba	43%	88%	43%	26%	100%
New Brunswick	62%	82%	38%	28%	98%
Newfoundland & Labrador	39%	88%	45%	36%	94%
Nova Scotia	59%	85%	49%	39%	79%
Ontario	59%	81%	72%	68%	98%
Prince Edward Island	40%	91%	53%	36%	95%
Quebec**	68%	-	45%	32%	98%
Saskatchewan	63%	81%	34%	23%	98%

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Release date

July 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* 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.
** Quebec wait times for hip fracture repair are not included due to methodological differences in the data.

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