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Table 1 Statistics on Canadas provinces

From: Inter-jurisdictional cooperation on pharmaceutical product listing agreements: views from Canadian provinces

 

Population(2011)

Gross domestic product per capita(CAD$,2010)

Total prescription drug expenditure per capita(CAD$,2011)

Share of total prescription drug expenditure financed by provincial government(2011)

Canada (total)

34,482,779

$47,000

$788

38%

Ontario

13,372,996

$46,000

$785

43%

Quebec

7,979,663

$40,000

$912

33%

British Columbia

4,573,321

$44,000

$575

36%

Alberta

3,779,353

$70,000

$725

45%

Manitoba

1,250,574

$43,000

$710

34%

Saskatchewan

1,057,884

$60,000

$799

38%

Nova Scotia

945,437

$38,000

$985

34%

New Brunswick

755,455

$39,000

$937

26%

Newfoundland and Labrador

510,578

$55,000

$920

32%

Prince Edward Island

145,855

$34,000

$791

31%

  1. Sources: Authors’ analysis of data from Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada.