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Difficulty getting specialist care: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Difficulty getting specialist 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: 29.7 (Canada).

Lowest: 25.3 to 27.7 %
Group 2: 27.7 to 28.9 %
Group 3: 28.9 to 29.8 %
Group 4: 29.8 to 30 %
Highest: 30 to 33.8 %

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	33.8
2	Ontario	30
3	Newfoundland and Labrador	29.9
4	Alberta	29.8
5	Prince Edward Island	29
6	Saskatchewan	28.9
7	Nova Scotia	27.7
7	Quebec	27.7
9	New Brunswick	25.8
10	Manitoba	25.3

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 specialist 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-specialist-care/

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