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Cancer death rate: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Deaths from cancer (malignant neoplasms), age-standardized rate per 100,000. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Leading causes of death by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0932-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 204.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 189.1 to 195
Group 2: 195 to 216.9
Group 3: 216.9 to 225.3
Group 4: 225.3 to 246.6
Highest: 246.6 to 429.6

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nunavut	429.6
2	Northwest Territories	280.6
3	Newfoundland and Labrador	246.6
4	Nova Scotia	241.6
5	Yukon	230.7
6	Prince Edward Island	225.3
7	Quebec	222.9
8	Manitoba	216.9
9	Saskatchewan	214.3
10	New Brunswick	196.1
11	Ontario	195
12	Alberta	194
13	British Columbia	189.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0932-01: Deaths and mortality rate (age standardization using 2021 population), by selected grouped causes. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by deaths from cancer (malignant neoplasms), age-standardized rate per 100,000 (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0932-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-cancer-malignant-neoplasms/

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