Nearly six million Canadians are currently on a health-care waitlist, surpassing levels recorded in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report suggests.
Government data obtained by think tank SecondStreet.org indicate at least 3.7 million Canadians are waiting for surgery, a diagnostic scan, or to see a specialist. But the organization is suggesting figures from Canada’s provinces and territories may not tell the full story.
“This figure is certainly an underestimate as provincial government data is often incomplete,” the organization says in its newly released report in which data for specialist waitlists was missing from several provinces. “Calculations by SecondStreet.org suggest the true figure is approximately 5.8 million—approximately one in every eight people.”…