Among 10 high-income countries, Canada’s health system ranks seventh for older adults, ahead of only France, Germany, and Sweden. Most provinces, except Alberta and Ontario, perform below the international average, with New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador ranking last. The gap between Canadian provinces and top-performing jurisdictions, especially in access to care, highlights key areas for improvement.
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Notes: Blue highlights represent comparator countries, while yellow represents provinces and territories. The author normalizes the difference between the 10-country average (including the US) and a country’s result for each measure to produce measure-specific scores (along X-axis). This implies that the international average for all measures is precisely zero. Scores above zero indicate a region performs above the international average and vice versa. See Appendices for a discussion of methods.
Source: Author’s calculations from OECD, Public Health Agency of Canada and CIHI, “How Canada Compares: Results from the Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults in 10 Countries.”
