The elective surgery queue cost 1.2 million Canadians a total of $2.8 billion in lost wages and productivity.
hospital wait times
April 23, 2020
9:44AM
Patients could expect to wait almost 21 weeks for elective treatment.
July 6, 2017
9:24AM
In 2016, Canadians could expect to wait 10.6 weeks for medically necessary treatment after seeing a specialist.
June 2, 2017
10:47AM
In 2016, the median wait time between referral to treatment was 20 weeks—the longest ever recorded.
April 6, 2017
3:55PM
Report finds that only three out of four Canadians receive treatment within the medically recommended wait time.
February 21, 2017
10:00AM
In France, universally accessible hospital care is delivered by public, not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals.
December 19, 2016
1:11PM
Canada’s finance ministers are currently meeting in Ottawa to discuss federal health transfers.