Overview of cancer statistics
This is a high-level overview of the Canadian cancer data, presented as different epidemiological measures including incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival.
Overview
Overview
Indicators
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Age-standardized incidence rate
508.1
Cases per 100,000 people
Reference period: 2018
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Age-standardized mortality rate
182.6
Deaths per 100,000 people
Reference period: 2020
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Prevalence proportion, five-year duration
1,767.8
Cases per 100,000 people
Reference period: 2018
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Predicted five-year net survival, lung cancer
22
%
Reference period: 2015 / 2017
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Data sources
The data used to create this interactive web application is from the following listed data tables:
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0747-01 Number of new cases and age-standardized rates of primary cancer, by cancer type and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0751-01 Number of prevalent cases and prevalence proportions of primary cancer, by prevalence duration, cancer type, attained age group and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0790-01 Predicted age-standardized and all ages five-year net survival estimates for selected primary types of cancer, by sex, three years combined
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0800-01 Deaths and mortality rate (age standardization using 2011 population), by selected grouped causes
Datasets
Datasets
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0111-01 Number and rates of new cases of primary cancer, by cancer type, age group and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0747-01 Number of new cases and age-standardized rates of primary cancer, by cancer type and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0761-01 Number and rates of new primary cancer cases, by stage at diagnosis, selected cancer type, age group and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0762-01 Number of new cases and age-standardized rates of primary cancer, by stage at diagnosis, selected cancer type and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0109-01 Cancer incidence, by selected sites of cancer and sex, three-year average, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (2015 boundaries)
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0112-01 Cancer incidence, by selected sites of cancer and sex, three-year average, census metropolitan areas
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0840-01 Cancer incidence trends, by sex and cancer type
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0839-01 Cancer mortality trends, by sex and cancer type
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0392-01 Deaths and age-specific mortality rates, by selected grouped causes
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0800-01 Deaths and mortality rate (age standardization using 2011 population), by selected grouped causes
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0142-01 Deaths, by cause, Chapter II: Neoplasms (C00 to D48)
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0751-01 Number of prevalent cases and prevalence proportions of primary cancer, by prevalence duration, cancer type, attained age group and sex
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0158-01 Age-specific five-year net survival estimates for primary sites of cancer, by sex, three years combined
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0159-01 Age-specific five-year net survival estimates for selected cancers with age distributions of cases skewed to older ages, by sex, three years combined
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0160-01 Age-standardized five-year net survival estimates for primary sites of cancer, by sex, three years combined
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0161-01 Age-standardized and all-ages five-year net survival estimates for selected primary sites of cancer, by sex, three years combined, by province
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0790-01 Predicted age-standardized and all ages five-year net survival estimates for selected primary types of cancer, by sex, three years combined
- Statistics Canada. Table 13-10-0791-01 Predicted age-specific five-year net survival estimates for selected primary types of cancer, by sex, three years of cases
Publications
Publications
2022
- Measuring progress in cancer survival across Canadian provinces: Extending the cancer survival index to further evaluate cancer control efforts
- Short-term cancer prevalence in Canada, 2018
- Cancer incidence and mortality trends, 1984 to 2020
2021
- Do cancer incidence and mortality rates differ among ethnicities in Canada?
- Association of frailty and pre-frailty with increased risk of mortality among older Canadians
- The cancer survival index: Measuring progress in cancer survival to help evaluate cancer control efforts in Canada
- Trends in paediatric cancer survival in Canada, 1992 to 2017
- Colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact of paused screening and evaluation of strategies to reduce delays
- Cancer in First Nations people in Ontario, Canada: Incidence and mortality, 1991 to 2010
2020
- COVID-19 death comorbidities in Canada
- Changing trends in thyroid cancer incidence in Canada: A histologic examination, 1992 to 2016
2019
- Recent trends in prostate cancer in Canada
- Lung Cancer in Canada, 2000 to 2016
- Cancer prevalence, 2015
2018
- Cancer in Canada: Stage at diagnosis
- Cancer by stage: Breast and prostate
- Progress in net cancer survival in Canada over 20 years
- Sociodemographic characteristics associated with thyroid cancer risk in Canada
- Using data linkage to report surgical treatment of breast cancer in Canada
- Cancer Screening, 2017
2017
- Age-specific patterns in the incidence of, and survival from, pancreatic cancer in Canada
- The 10 leading causes of death, 2013
- The risk of melanoma associated with ambient summer ultraviolet radiation
2016
- Updating the standard population and its effect on cancer incidence and mortality rates 1992 to 2012
- Prostate cancer trends in Canada 1995 to 2012
- Cancer incidence in Canada, 2013
- The health of girls and women in Canada
- Increasing survival from leukemia among adolescents and adults in Canada: A closer look
- Differences in cancer survival in Canada by sex
2015
- Childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Canada 1992 to 2010
- Trends in the incidence and mortality of female reproductive system cancers 2010
- Ovarian Cancer: Survival statistics
- Modelling mammography screening for breast cancer in the Canadian context: Modification and testing of a microsimulation model
- Social determinants of lung cancer incidence in Canada: A 13-year prospective study
- Colorectal cancer incidence in the Aboriginal population of Ontario, 1998 to 2009
2014
- Estimating relative survival for cancer: An analysis of bias introduced by outdated life tables
- Adjusting relative survival estimates for cancer mortality in the general population
2012
2011
- Cancer in Canada: Focus on lung, colorectal, breast and prostate
- Breast cancer incidence and neighbourhood income
- Canadian Forces Cancer and Mortality Study: Causes of Death
- Conditional survival analysis across cancer sites
2010
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