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Table 2 Distribution of adult weight management services in Canada

From: Weight management in Canada: an environmental scan of health services for adults with obesity

Provinces and territories

Programs exclusively surgical

Surgical programs including a medical component

Surgical programs-regional assessment treatment centers

Total surgical programs

Non-surgical community-based programs

Non-surgical primary health care programs

Non-surgical hospital-based programs

Total non-surgical programs

Total programs

British Columbia

4

2

0

6

1

2

2

5

11

Alberta

2

1

0

3

10

10

0

20

23

Saskatchewan

1

1

0

2

1

2

0

3

5

Manitoba

1

0

0

1

4

1

0

5

6

Ontario

2

4

2

8

7

16

4

27

35

Quebec

4

6

0

10

9

7

0

16

26

New Brunswick

0

2

0

2

0

1

0

1

3

Nova Scotia

0

1

0

1

1

2

1

4

5

Newfoundland and Labrador

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

Northwest Territories

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

Total

14

17

2

33

34

42

7

83

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