At 58.2 weeks, the province’s median wait time is more than double the national average.
surgery wait times
June 5, 2023
4:00AM
At the beginning of 2023, at least 645,000 Canadians were waiting for surgery.
April 4, 2023
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April 27, 2022
9:55AM
Canadians could expect a median wait time of 49.2 weeks for neurosurgery.
March 4, 2021
12:39PM
According to the Quebec government, an estimated 140,000 patients are waiting for surgery in the province.
February 2, 2021
9:15AM
The provincial government contracted several private surgical clinics to help clear the backlog.
October 15, 2020
11:22AM
Provinces continue to discourage the development of a parallel private health-care sector—in stark contrast to other countries.
September 21, 2020
10:01AM
Patients in the province waited 33.3 weeks (on average) for medically necessary treatment.
October 17, 2016
12:54PM
Donald Trump’s characterization of Canada’s health-care system as “catastrophic” may be political hyperbole, but we cannot ignore the huge problems that plague our system.
June 28, 2016
12:45PM
Province contracted-out select day surgeries to private clinics, expanding total surgical capacity in a short period of time.