Projected estimates of cancer in Canada in 2024

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Figure 1:
Age-standardized incidence rates for (A) the most common cancers (lung, colorectal, prostate, breast) and (B) additional cancers (liver and hepatic bile duct, melanoma, kidney and renal pelvis, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, head and neck) in Canada, by sex, 1984–2024. Data from 1984 to 1991 were from the National Cancer Incidence Reporting System and data from 1992 to 2019 were from the Canadian Cancer Registry. Analyses were conducted by Statistics Canada at the Centre for Population Health Data. Projected data for 2020–2024 are shown in shaded areas.
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Age-standardized mortality rates for (A) the most common cancers (lung, colorectal, prostate, breast, pancreas) and (B) additional cancers (liver and hepatic bile duct, melanoma, kidney and renal pelvis, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, head and neck), in Canada, by sex, 1984–2024. Data from 1984 to 2020 were from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database. Analyses were conducted by Statistics Canada at the Centre for Population Health Data. Projected data for 2020–2024 are shown in shaded areas.

Table 1:

Projected estimates of new cases and age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) for cancers in Canada, by sex, 2024

Type of cancer^*	No. of new cases			ASIR per 100 000^†
Type of cancer^*	Total^‡	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
All cancers^§	247 100	127 100	120 000	523.9	562.2	495.9
Lung and bronchus	32 100	14 800	17 300	63.8	63.4	64.9
Breast	30 800	290	30 500	69.5	1.3	133.1
Prostate	27 900	27 900	NA	56.8	119.7	NA
Colorectal	25 200	14 100	11 100	53.1	63.0	44.2
Bladder	12 300	9300	3000	24.6	40.4	11.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	11 700	6600	5100	24.8	29.8	20.3
Melanoma	11 300	6500	4800	24.5	29.4	20.6
Kidney and renal pelvis	9000	5900	3100	19.5	26.9	12.7
Uterus (body, NOS)	8600	NA	8600	19.0	NA	36.7
Head and neck	8100	5800	2300	17.5	26.4	9.4
Pancreas	7100	3800	3300	14.5	16.8	12.4
Thyroid	6600	2000	4700	16.2	9.6	22.7
Leukemia	600	4000	2700	14.1	17.9	10.7
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct	4700	3300	1450	9.6	14.2	5.5
Multiple myeloma	4100	2400	1750	8.4	10.5	6.6
Stomach	4000	2600	1400	8.3	11.3	5.6
Brain or CNS	300	1850	1400	7.3	8.8	6.0
Ovary	3000	NA	3000	6.7	NA	12.9
Esophagus	2700	2100	630	5.6	9.3	2.4
Soft tissue (including heart)	1700	960	730	3.8	4.5	3.3
Cervix	1600	NA	1600	4.0	NA	7.8
Testis	1300	1300	NA	3.4	6.7	NA
Hodgkin lymphoma	1200	650	530	2.9	3.2	2.6
All other cancers	22 100	11 000	11 200	46.0	49.3	43.9

Note: CNS = central nervous system, NA = not applicable, NOS = not otherwise specified.
↵* The complete definition of the specific cancers included here can be found in Appendix 1, Supplementary Table 1.
↵† Rates are age-standardized to the 2011 Canadian standard population.
↵‡ Total may not be sum of males and females because of rounding.
↵§ Includes in situ bladder cancer and excludes non-melanoma skin cancer (neoplasms, NOS; epithelial neoplasms, NOS; and basal and squamous skin cancer).

Table 2:

Projected estimates of deaths and age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) for cancers by sex, Canada, 2024

Type of cancer^*	No. of deaths			ASMR per 100 000^†
Type of cancer^*	Total^‡	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
All cancers	88 100	47 300	40 800	177.5	209.6	152.8
Lung and bronchus	20 700	10 900	9800	40.7	46.8	35.9
Colorectal	9400	5300	4200	19.2	23.7	15.3
Pancreas	6100	3200	2900	12.2	13.9	10.7
Breast	5500	60	5500	11.8	0.3	21.8
Prostate	5000	5000	NA	9.7	22.7	NA
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct^§	3700	2300	1350	7.4	10.1	5.0
Leukemia	3200	1850	1350	6.4	8.2	4.9
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	3100	1800	1300	6.2	8.1	4.7
Bladder	2600	1900	740	5.1	8.5	2.6
Brain or CNS	2600	1500	1100	5.6	6.8	4.5
Esophagus	2500	1900	560	5.0	8.3	2.1
Head and neck	2100	1550	590	4.4	6.9	2.2
Stomach	2000	1250	760	4.1	5.6	2.8
Ovary	2000	NA	2000	4.1	NA	7.8
Kidney and renal pelvis	1950	1250	670	3.9	5.7	2.4
Multiple myeloma	1750	1000	720	3.5	4.5	2.6
Uterus (body, NOS)	1600	NA	1600	3.2	NA	6.0
Melanoma	1300	850	440	2.7	3.8	1.7
Soft tissue including heart	660	360	300	1.4	1.7	1.2
Cervix	400	NA	400	0.9	NA	1.8
Thyroid	280	130	150	0.6	0.6	0.5
Hodgkin lymphoma	110	75	40	0.2	0.3	0.1
Testis	30	30	NA	0.1	0.2	NA
All other cancers	9600	5200	4400	19.1	23.2	15.8

Note: CNS = central nervous system, NA = not applicable, NOS = not otherwise specified.
↵* The complete definition of the specific cancers included here can be found in Appendix 1, Supplementary Table 1.
↵† Rates are age-standardized to the 2011 Canadian standard population.
↵‡ Total may not be sum of males and females because of rounding.
↵§ Liver cancer mortality was underestimated because deaths from liver cancer, unspecified (code C22.9 in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition), were excluded.