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Discrimination in health care: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Share experiencing discrimination in health care (%). 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: 7.7 (Canada).

Lowest: 5.7 to 7 %
Group 2: 7 to 8.1 %
Group 3: 8.1 to 8.2 %
Group 4: 8.2 to 9.2 %
Highest: 9.2 to 9.6 %

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.

Note: Survey estimates; territories are not covered.


1	Saskatchewan	9.6
2	Alberta	9.2
3	Nova Scotia	8.6
4	Ontario	8.2
5	Prince Edward Island	8.1
5	Manitoba	8.1
7	British Columbia	7.8
8	New Brunswick	7
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	6.1
10	Quebec	5.7

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 experiencing discrimination in health care (%) (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-experiencing-discrimination-in-health-care/

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