More Than 105,000 Canadians Sought Medical Treatment Abroad Last Year: Report

More Than 105,000 Canadians Sought Medical Treatment Abroad Last Year: Report
A paramedic wheels a gurney out from the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on Jan. 13, 2021. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
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More than 105,000 Canadians left the country for medical treatment in 2025, according to a new report.

The report by the Fraser Institute surveyed physicians across the country who work in 12 major specialties, including gynecology, general surgery, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, and radiation oncology, to determine how many patients left the country in search of health care.