Despite major advances in prevention, detection and treatment, the number of Canadians diagnosed with cancer continues to grow. Each year, more than 165,000 people are newly diagnosed with cancer in Canada – about 3,200 each week – and more than 70,000 people die yearly from the disease.
Based on current rates, Statistics Canada estimates that one in three Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime and that one in four Canadians will die from the disease.
Atlantic Canada has the highest rates of all forms of cancer. It touches everyone here, either personally or through friends and family. Each year, more than 13,400 Atlantic Canadians are diagnosed with cancer, and more than 6,300 die as a result.
Because of this growing burden of cancer on Canadian society, the federal government established the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Corporation (CPACC) in 2006 to develop and implement a national cancer control strategy. The Atlantic Path is a major participant in CPACC ’s ground breaking study.
Detailed statistical information about cancer in Canada can be found in Canadian Cancer Statistics, an annual publication produced by a partnership involving the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society. |
