Canada's most recent cancer report (cdn.cancer.ca)

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The four most commonly diagnosed cancers (lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancers) are expected to account for about 48% of all cancers diagnosed in 2025.
It is estimated that 42% of people in Canada will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
Quebec is expected to have the highest cancer incidence rate. British Columbia is expected to have the lowest cancer incidence rate of all the provinces.
In the early 1990s, five-year net survival for all cancers combined was only 55%, but estimates show that it has reached 64%.

https://cdn.cancer.ca/-/media/files/cancer-information/resources/publications/canadian-cancer-statistics-2025/2025_pdf_final_en.pdf

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[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Its in the pdf. Likely its bad data.

Differences in cancer rates between provinces and territories could be the result of different risk factors (such as tobacco smoking and obesity), as well as differences in diagnostic practices, data collection and data availability. For example, projections for Quebec are based on data up to 2017, while data up to 2019 were available for other provinces and territories, which could have influenced Quebec’s ranking.