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Prescription drug insurance: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Share with prescription drug insurance (%). 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: 77.5 (Canada).

Lowest: 73.5 to 77.4 %
Group 2: 77.4 to 78.5 %
Group 3: 78.5 to 83.1 %
Group 4: 83.1 to 83.9 %
Highest: 83.9 to 85.5 %

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	85.5
2	Newfoundland and Labrador	83.9
3	Nova Scotia	83.3
4	New Brunswick	83.1
5	Saskatchewan	81.1
6	Quebec	78.5
7	Prince Edward Island	77.7
8	Manitoba	77.4
9	Ontario	74.9
10	British Columbia	73.5

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 with prescription drug insurance (%) (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-with-prescription-drug-insurance/

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