About Cancer in Canada

This year in Canada alone, there will be an estimated 173,800 new cases of cancer, with an estimated 76, 200 of these cases resulting in death. Lung cancer accounts for 27 per cent of all cancer deaths each year and is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.

Three types of cancer account for the majority of new cancer cases for both men and women. In men, prostate, lung and colorectal cancers rank one, two and three. In women, it’s breast, lung and colorectal cancers.

Every hour of every day, approximately 20 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer, and 8 people will die from cancer.

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 *Data contained on this page taken from ‘Canadian Cancer Statistics 2010.