Recent data out of the Canadian Institute for Health Information suggests that 22.5 per cent of Yukoners aged 18 and up lacked access to a regular health-care provider in 2022.
The health institute obtained the data from Statistics Canada and provided it to the News.
On Oct. 24, the institute publicly released its latest report on access to regular health-care providers across the country.
The data for the provinces is from the 2023 Canadian Community Health Survey.
In 2023, the provinces reported a range from 27 per cent without access in P.E.I. to 12 per cent in Ontario.
The two territories have higher rates of people without access in comparison to the Yukon, according to the institute's numbers.
The institute’s report contains data for the territories for ages 12 and up from the 2022 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Twenty-two per cent of the Yukon’s population over 12 have no regular health-care provider, compared to 41 per cent in the Northwest Territories and 58 in Nunavut, per the report.
On average for Canada, according to the report, 17 per cent lack access.
Contact Dana Hatherly at dana.hatherly@yukon-news.com
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