2025-11-21 from cbc.ca
About a half a million Canadians left emergency departments before being seen by a doctor in 2024, according to a data analysis by CBC’s Marketplace.
And because B.C. and Quebec report these figures based on the fiscal calendar (and include parts of 2025), that number is likely a lot higher.
The 2024 statistics collected from most provinces and territories show Prince Edward Island had the highest percentage of people leaving, at roughly 14 per cent.
Manitoba had the second-highest percentage at about 13 per cent and New Brunswick the third-highest, at roughly 12 per cent. Ontario had the lowest percentage, at roughly five per cent.
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