2026-05-21 from globalnews.ca
A new Statistics Canada study has uncovered which Canadian provinces experience the highest breast cancer rates.
Between 2010 and 2020, rural regions in Quebec, Ontario and the Prairies, as well as in certain urban centers with large immigrant and racialized populations, were found to have the highest breast cancer risks.
Rates are lowest in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, alongside northern and remote regions with younger populations and large metropolitan areas.
“While breast cancer incidence and mortality have decreased over the last decade, national-level estimates mask underlying variability, including variability by age, socioeconomic characteristics, and geography,” the study reads.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second-most common cause of cancer-related deaths among females in Canada, with 30,500 females estimated to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2024 and 5,500 females dying of breast cancer in that same year.
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