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Share with unmet health care needs: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Share with unmet health care needs (%). 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: 22.4 (Canada).

Lowest: 17.9 to 20 %
Group 2: 20 to 23.1 %
Group 3: 23.1 to 24.6 %
Group 4: 24.6 to 25.6 %
Highest: 25.6 to 27.9 %

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	Prince Edward Island	27.9
2	British Columbia	25.6
3	Nova Scotia	25
4	Quebec	24.6
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	23.4
6	New Brunswick	23.1
7	Ontario	21.2
8	Saskatchewan	20
9	Alberta	19.3
10	Manitoba	17.9

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 with unmet health care needs (%) (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-unmet-health-care-needs/

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