Wait times for non-emergency treatment in 2023 cost Canadians $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity.
health care wait times
April 22, 2024
8:25AM
The province's median wait between referral from a family doctor and receipt of treatment was 56.7 weeks.
March 19, 2024
3:00AM
New Brunswickers who required medically-necessary surgeries endured a median wait for treatment of 52.6 weeks.
November 24, 2023
9:30AM
The province's wait times were 6.5 weeks longer than the national average.
November 20, 2023
3:00AM
Patients in the province face a median wait of 20.3 weeks for medically necessary care.
October 31, 2023
11:51AM
Wait times in the province more than doubled from 10.4 weeks in 1993 to 25.8 weeks in 2022.
July 17, 2023
12:35PM
An estimated 181,333 Albertans faced a median wait of 19.2 weeks between specialist consultation and treatment.
June 6, 2023
9:43AM
At 58.2 weeks, the province’s median wait time is more than double the national average.