New Report: 88% of Canadians Are Missing Treatable Health Risks, Even As Personal Health Data Reaches Record Levels
A new report from NiaHealth reveals the widening gap between health data tracking and real action, exposing critical blind spots in Canada's approach to preventive care.
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TORONTO — A new report from NiaHealth, Canada's leading proactive health platform, reveals a growing disconnect in Canadian healthcare: while Canadians are generating record amounts of health data than ever before using fitness wearables, trackers, and lab kits to monitor their health, most of that data goes unreviewed — leading to missed risks, delayed care, and preventable illness.
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The report, The Blind Spot: Canada's Health Data Paradox, analyzed clinical and behavioural data from 2,253 NiaHealth members across 2024 and early 2025. Among these members, 88% uncovered at least one previously undetected health risk that was both identifiable and actionable through early testing. The report pairs internal diagnostics with peer-reviewed research and data from government health agencies to contextualize findings, validate trends, and identify system-wide blind spots.
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Despite the data Canadians are generating, the healthcare system is struggling to keep up. The report found:
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39% of Canadians use a health-tracking device, yet just 19% ever share that data with a clinician (Canada Health Infoway & Leger, 2025; Leger Marketing Inc., 2025).
Only 15.6% of doctors regularly review wearable or app-based data (Paré et al., 2022).
There is no billing code for primary care providers to interpret patient-generated data, such as sleep scores or real-time trackers.
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'We're entering an era where we have the data. What we're missing is the interpretation,' said Sameer Dhar, Co-Founder and CEO of NiaHealth. 'It's not enough to collect more numbers. Canadians need a more modern system that turns data into direction—so no signal gets missed, and no patient gets left behind.'
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Most Canadians Feel Healthy, But the Data Tells a Different Story
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Over half of Canadians rate their health as 'very good' or 'excellent' (Statistics Canada, 2025), even as life expectancy falls, and chronic conditions rise. Among NiaHealth's member base, diagnostic data told a different story:
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41.4% showed early-stage kidney strain
23% flagged previously unknown diabetes risk (HbA1c levels)
48.8% had suboptimal vitamin D levels
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The report highlights a growing trend: More Canadians are turning to health podcasts, influencers, and self-diagnosis tools. Even so, 62% of Canadians report encountering health misinformation. 43% say it's caused them stress or delayed care (Canadian Medical Association & Abacus Data, 2025).
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'Many of our members come to us feeling overwhelmed—like they're doing everything right and still missing something,' said Tanya ter Keurs, Clinical Director and Co-Founder. 'They're tracking, testing, Googling—but without guidance, it's just more noise. What Canadians need isn't more health data. They need a trusted way to make sense of it, so they can finally move from confusion to clarity.'
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When Data Is Interpreted, Lives Change
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While most health data in Canada goes unreviewed, early signs from a small re-test cohort suggest that when data is actually interpreted—and paired with guidance—it can drive meaningful behaviour change and outcomes.
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Among a limited group of NiaHealth members who completed a re-test one year later, the directional early findings were encouraging:
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Over 70% of those who re-tested followed half or more of their care plan
After one year, members in a small re-test sample group showed directionally:
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With more than 100,000 biomarker tests completed, NiaHealth is now launching Platform 2.0 in coming weeks, with an expanded offering that includes:
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This is a powerful complement to public care, helping patients act on data before it becomes a diagnosis.
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Download the full report: LINK Access media kit and visuals: LINK About NiaHealth
NiaHealth is Canada's first end-to-end proactive health platform, combining advanced biomarker testing, fitness wearables integration, and personalized clinical consultation to help Canadians optimize their health decades in advance. HSA-eligible and currently available in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. Learn more at www.niahealth.co.
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This analysis draws on 100,000 anonymized biomarker test results from a randomized cohort of 2,253 NiaHealth members, collected between January 2024 and June 2025. Findings are contextualized using Canadian federal and provincial health datasets and peer-reviewed studies.
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