Wait time for priority procedures in Canada
type: Dataset
description: Since 2004, when Canada’s first ministers agreed to work to reduce wait times, provincial governments have worked with CIHI to improve public wait time reporting for eight priority procedures: Hip replacement Knee replacement Hip fracture repair Cataract surgery Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) Radiation therapy Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Computed tomography (CT) scan Breast cancer surgery, colorectal surgery, lung cancer surgery prostate cancer surgery, bladder cancer surgery(since 2013) Wait time data provides a snapshot of how long patients wait for a priority procedure. It also shows the proportion of patients who receive care within the benchmark time frame.
issued: 2025-11-25T02:40:43.750111
modified: 2025-11-25T02:40:43.750115
contact point: Organization
keyword: AmeriGEO
keyword: AmeriGEOSS
keyword: CKAN
keyword: Canada
keyword: GEO
keyword: GEOSS
keyword: National
keyword: North America
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Dataset
type: Distribution
format: XLS
issued: 2016-12-01T12:25:49.928056
modified: 2025-11-25T02:40:43.744050
access URL: http://tempsdattente.icis.ca/spreadsheets/Export%20Spreadsheet_2014_FR.xlsx

Dataset
type: Distribution
format: XLS
issued: 2016-12-01T12:25:49.928005
modified: 2025-11-25T02:40:43.743645
access URL: http://waittimes.cihi.ca/spreadsheets/Export%20Spreadsheet_2014_EN.xlsx

Canada
type: Agent