Canadians still waiting longer for surgeries than before COVID
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The massive surgical backlogs left after rolling pandemic lockdowns are clearing but Canadians are still waiting longer than they were pre-COVID for new hips and knees, cancer surgeries and other 'priority' procedures, new data show.
Even though 26 per cent more hip and knee replacements were done in 2024 than 2019, it still wasn't enough to meet the need: just 68 per cent of Canadians received a hip replacement within the 26-week benchmark last year, compared to 75 per cent in 2019.
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