In 2021, the median wait in Alberta between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment was 32.1 weeks.
waiting for health care
April 25, 2022
9:31AM
The province's median wait time was about three months longer than the Canadian average.
April 4, 2022
2:12PM
Canada only had 2.0 acute care beds per 1,000 population, ranking 25th out of the 26 countries.
April 16, 2021
9:29AM
According to the survey, an estimated 1.2 million Canadians waited for treatment last year.
February 2, 2021
9:15AM
The provincial government contracted several private surgical clinics to help clear the backlog.
December 17, 2020
11:47AM
In 2020, patients in New Brunswick faced a median 41.3 week wait for medically necessary treatment.
November 26, 2013
2:00AM
Waiting has become a defining characteristic of the Canadian health care experience. Patients stricken with illness, from mild to serious, must wait their turn for access to emergency care, family doctors, medical specialists, diagnostic scans, and treatment.
These delays, which can be quite substantial, impose needless costs on Canadians in terms of their economic, social, and mental well-being and can lead to less-desirable health care outcomes. Fortunately, this serious health care problem can be readily solved through policy reforms based on European successes.
November 6, 2013
2:00AM
In most places, if you spend more, you receive more in goods or services. The glaring exception is Canada's government-run health care system.
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