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Skipped prescriptions due to cost: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Share skipping prescriptions because of cost (%). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Quality, coordination and cost barriers in health 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: 2026-11-11

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National value: 13.3 (Canada).

Lowest: 9.9 to 11.4 %
Group 2: 11.4 to 13.3 %
Group 3: 13.3 to 14.2 %
Group 4: 14.2 to 15.2 %
Highest: 15.2 to 16 %

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.

Note: Survey estimates; territories are not covered.


1	Alberta	16
2	Manitoba	15.2
3	British Columbia	14.3
4	Ontario	14.2
5	Nova Scotia	13.3
5	Saskatchewan	13.3
7	Newfoundland and Labrador	12.1
8	Prince Edward Island	11.4
8	New Brunswick	11.4
10	Quebec	9.9

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 share skipping prescriptions because of cost (%) (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0962-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-share-skipping-prescriptions-because-of-cost/

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