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Table 1 Bariatric procedures covered by Canadian provinces and territoriesa,b

From: “I didn’t have to prove to anybody that I was a good candidate”: a case study framing international bariatric tourism by Canadians as circumvention tourism

Province/Territory

Adjustable Gastric Banding

Sleeve Gastrectomy

Gastric Bypass

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Prince Edward Island*

New Brunswick*

Northwest Territories

case-by-case

case-by-case

case-by-case

Yukon

case-by-case

case-by-case

case-by-case

  1. *Procedures covered by provincial health care but contracted out of province
  2. aRecreated from: [18, 16] [https://www.cihi.ca/en/bariatric-surgery-in-canada-infographic]
  3. bNote: This table reflects coverage under Canadian public health care as of 2015. This table might not reflect what was available/publicly funded locally for participants in the study at their time of seeking surgery