Rx drug expenditure share Canada by public drug plan 2021/2022

This statistic depicts the percent distribution of public prescription drug expenditures in Canada in fiscal year 2021/2022, by drug plan. In Alberta's drug plan, dispensing fees amounted to around 21 percent of the province's total public prescription drug expenditures.

Distribution of prescription drug expenditures in Canada in 2021/2022, by public drug plan

Characteristic	Dispensing costs	Drug costs
Alberta	21.4%	78.6%
British Columbia	21.1%	78.9%
Manitoba	18%	82%
New Brunswick	20.2%	79.8%
Newfoundland and Labrador	26.6%	73.4%
Nova Scotia	22.3%	77.7%
Ontario	15.5%	84.5%
Prince Edward Island	25.1%	74.9%
Saskatchewan	16.7%	83.3%
Yukon	8.1%	91.9%
Total*	17.3%	82.7%

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

North America, Canada

Survey time period

FY 2021/2022

Supplementary notes

This analysis only includes data for beneficiaries that met their deductible and received public reimbursement. Markup amounts are captured in the drug costs. Values may not add to totals due to rounding.
* Total results for the select public drug plans reported in this figure.

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