Statistics Canada published its new and updated data on cancer incidence in Canada, based on information from the Canadian Cancer Registry. The tables, Cancer incidence in Canada 2021, include information on cancer cases diagnosed between 1992 and 2021. They say the data is available by cancer type, geographic regions, age groups and sex.

“The Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) is a population-based registry that includes data collected and reported to Statistics Canada by each provincial and territorial cancer registry. The goal of the person based CCR is to collect information about each new primary cancer diagnosed among Canadian residents since 1992,” they write.

Broken down by province, examining all ages, both sexes and including all primary cancer site diagnoses, Ontario reported the highest number of new cases in 2021, followed by British Columbia and Alberta. The highest incidence rates were reported by New Brunswick – 676.9 people out of 100,000 were diagnosed during that year, followed by Prince Edward Island, reporting that 640.3 people out of every 100,000 people received cancer diagnoses, and Newfoundland and Labrador which reported a cancer incidence rate of 593.7.

Statistics Canada says cancer incidence refers to the number of new cases of cancer in a population over a given period, usually one year. “The cancer incidence rate is typically expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.”