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Difficulty getting non-urgent primary care: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Difficulty getting non-urgent primary care. All 10 provinces and territories with data in Access to primary and specialist care by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0962-01. 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: 38.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 33.9 to 37.5 %
Group 2: 37.5 to 37.9 %
Group 3: 37.9 to 38.5 %
Group 4: 38.5 to 40.3 %
Highest: 40.3 to 44.6 %

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	British Columbia	44.6
2	Nova Scotia	40.3
3	Prince Edward Island	39.6
4	Saskatchewan	38.5
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	38.4
6	Ontario	37.9
7	Quebec	37.5
7	Alberta	37.5
9	Manitoba	34.6
10	New Brunswick	33.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0962-01: Health indicators, Survey on Health Care Access and Experiences - Primary and Specialist Care. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by difficulty getting non-urgent primary care (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0962-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-difficulty-getting-non-urgent-primary-care/

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