North America
Healthcare and travel insurance in Canada
$6,378health spend per person
Healthcare in Canada
High-quality public care, but visitors pay full non-resident rates and hospital stays can cost thousands per day. ER waits are long. Travel insurance is essential.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Shoppers Drug Mart, Jean Coutu and London Drugs are common; in most provinces pharmacists can treat minor ailments.
- Doctors: 2.8 per 1,000 people (2023, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 911 · Ambulance 911 · Fire 911 · All emergencies 911.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- TorontoHealthcare & insurance
- VancouverHealthcare & insurance
- MontrealHealthcare & insurance
- BanffHealthcare & insurance
- Niagara FallsHealthcare & insurance
- Quebec CityHealthcare & insurance
- WhistlerHealthcare & insurance
- OttawaHealthcare & insurance
- CalgaryHealthcare & insurance
- VictoriaHealthcare & insurance
- JasperHealthcare & insurance
- HalifaxHealthcare & insurance
- TofinoHealthcare & insurance
- EdmontonHealthcare & insurance
- KelownaHealthcare & insurance
- YellowknifeHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- eTA, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Visit Canada, IRCC
- Speedtest Global Index: Canada
- World Bank open data
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