Canadian Cancer Data Tool
The Canadian Cancer Data Tool (CCDT) provides comprehensive data on the incidence and mortality of cancer in Canada over time by age and sex in an easy to use, flexible format. Information on 24 different categories of cancer types, including overall cancer, are available. The Public Health Agency of Canada developed this tool using Statistic Canada’s Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) and Canadian Vital Statistics Death (CVSD) database. Data for the CCR and CVSD databases are obtained from provincial and territorial cancer and vital statistics registries. Through standardized reporting methods, these data allow for more nationally comparable estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in Canada.
Fact Sheet
Cancer in Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), in collaboration with other governmental and non-governmental organizations, conducts national surveillance of cancer to support the planning and evaluation of cancer-related policies, programs, and services. For this fact sheet, data from the Canadian Cancer Registry, the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database, and the Canadian Community Health Survey were used to provide current statistics on the burden of cancer in Canada.
Canadian Cancer Statistics
Canadian Cancer Statistics: A 2020 special report on lung cancer
This special report provides new, detailed estimates of lung cancer incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence in Canada. Where relevant, this information is presented by sex, age group, geographic region, histologic type, stage and time period.
Infographics
Lung Cancer in Canada
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in Canada. 98% of lung cancers occur in adults aged 50 years and older.
Breast Cancer in Canada
Breast cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in Canada. In women, breast cancer is the most common cancer.
Colorectal Cancer in Canada
Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common cancer in Canada. 93% of cases occur in adults aged 50 years and older.
Data Blog
Cancer in Canada
Cancer is a disease that develops when abnormal cells grow and divide in an uncontrolled way, forming lumps or tumours that can invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) monitors national cancer trends using data from the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR)...
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer is a disease that occurs when the body’s cells do not develop, function and reproduce normally resulting in lumps or tumours that can invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body. Colorectal cancer is a malignant tumour that starts in the cells of the colon or rectum, most often in the cell walls that line them. The colon and rectum are parts of the large intestine and...
Additional Publications
Reports
Journal Articles
- Validation of Canproj for projecting Canadian cancer incidence data (September 2020)
- Examining the impact of First Nations status on the relationship between diabetes and cancer (April 2020)
- Projected estimates of cancer in Canada in 2020 (March 2020)
- Continued increasing incidence of malignant appendiceal tumours in Canada and the United States: A population-based study (February 2020)
- Childhood maltreatment as a risk factor for cancer: findings from a population-based survey of Canadian adults (January 2020)
- At-a-glance—Cancer trends in Canada, 1984 to 2015 (November 2019)
- Risk of a second cancer in Canadians diagnosed with a first cancer in childhood or adolescence (October 2019)
- Recent trends in prostate cancer in Canada (April 2019)
- Trends in mammography, hormone replacement therapy, and breast cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian women (January 2019)
- Case-completeness of non-malignant central nervous system tumors in the Canadian Cancer Registry, 2011-2015 (September 2018)
- The impact of multiple primary rules on cancer statistics in Canada, 1992-2012 (April 2018)
Acknowlegedment
The data contained in this data tool were provided to the Public Health Agency of Canada from the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database and the Canadian Cancer Registry Database at Statistics Canada with the knowledge and consent of the provincial and territorial Vital Statistics Registrars and cancer registries which supply the data to Statistics Canada. Their cooperation is gratefully acknowledged.
Suggested Citation
Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Cancer Data Tool (CCDT), 2021 Edition. Public Health Infobase. Ottawa (ON): Public Health Agency of Canada, 2021.