Canada Has Fewer Doctors, Hospital Beds Than Comparable Universal Health-Care Systems: Report

Paramedics wheel a patient into the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, on Jan. 13, 2021. The Canadian Prss/Cole Burston

Canada’s health-care system does not perform on par with other countries that have universal health care, according to a new report.

The report, titled Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2024, from the Fraser Institute compares 31 high-income countries that have universal health care systems.