Data Sources
Learn more about the data sources that were used to create the Canadian Cancer Resource Planning tool.
New cancer cases (incidence)
Data Source | Statistics Canada, Canadian Cancer Registry |
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Year | All jurisdictions except Quebec: 2015-2017 Quebec: 2008-2010 |
Cancer Definition(using International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-O-3)) | All cancers: all invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer but including in situ bladder cancer Lung cancer: C34.0-C34.9 (lung and bronchus) Gynecological cancers: C53.0-C53.9 (cervix uteri), C54.0-C54.9 (corpus uteri), C55.9 (uterus, not otherwise specified) and C56.9 (ovary) |
Note: Data were randomly rounded to a neighbouring multiple of 5 to meet the confidentiality requirement of the Statistics Act
Cancer deaths (mortality)
Source | Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database |
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Year | All Cancers: 2018 (except Yukon: 2016) Lung Cancer: 2014-2018 (except Yukon: 2012-2016) Gynecological Cancers: 2000-2018 (except Yukon: 2000-2016) |
Cancer Definition (using International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-O-3)) | All cancers: C00 to D48 Lung Cancer: C34 Gynecological cancers: C51 and C58 |
Note: | Data were randomly rounded to a neighbouring multiple of 5 to meet the confidentiality requirement of the Statistics Act |
5-year prevalence
Source | Statistics Canada, Canadian Cancer Registry linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database and death information from the T1 Personal Master File |
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Year | All jurisdictions except Quebec: number of primary malignant neoplasms diagnosed between January 1st, 2010 and December 31st, 2014, among people who were still alive on January 1st, 2015. Quebec: number of primary malignant neoplasms diagnosed between January 1st, 2006 and December 31st, 2010 (Table 1a) among people who were still alive on January 1st, 2011. |
Cancer Definition (using International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-O-3)) |
All cancers: all invasive cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer but including in situ bladder cancer Lung cancer: C34.0-C34.9 (lung and bronchus) Gynecological cancers: C53.0-C53.9 (cervix uteri), C54.0-C54.9 (corpus uteri), C55.9 (uterus, not otherwise specified) and C56.9 (ovary) |
Note: | Data were randomly rounded to a neighbouring multiple of 5 to meet the confidentiality requirement of the Statistics Act. |
Human Resources
Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Thoracic Surgeons, Hematologist Oncologist, Anatomical Pathologist and/or General Pathologists, Hematological Pathologist, Neuropathologist | Data source: College of Physicians and Surgeons Year: 2018 (refer to note section for more details) |
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Gynecological Oncologist | Data source: Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada Year: 2019 (refer to note section for more details) |
Note:
Data includes:
· College registered and actively practising physicians only
· Physicians with in-province addresses only
· Physicians with clearly identified specialties only
· All licenses (including foreign licenses, if applicable)
· Physicians marked as “conditional”, “Indicates a concern” and “additional information”
· Quebec includes physicians “effectifs en place” only
Data excludes:
· Physicians in postgraduate education, except those clearly identified as fellows
· Paediatric Physicians if identified
· Physicians clearly identified as “Administration only”
· Physicians without primary practice address