Our impact on cancer care in Canada
Coordinated and sustained action by partners since 2006, with support from the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, has meant more people in Canada have access to high-quality cancer prevention, screening and care, helping to avert an estimated 218,000 cancer cases, 28,500 cancer deaths and $30.2 billion in cancer-related healthcare treatment costs over the past decade.
Leadership message
Collaborating with partners across the country, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) is driving measurable, meaningful change in Canada’s cancer care system. From eliminating cervical cancer to expanding access to organized screening programs and palliative care, modernizing the cancer data system and delivering culturally appropriate care closer to home, our impact is being felt by people affected by cancer in all provinces and territories.
Highlights
Advancing reconciliation through First Nations, Inuit and Métis leadership
CPAC’s work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners continued to move from planning to implementation this year, with reconciliation increasingly embedded in how cancer system priorities are funded, governed, evaluated and sustained.
Prevention and early intervention
Preventing cancer before it starts is one of the most powerful ways to reduce its burden on individuals, families and the health system.
Earlier, more equitable diagnosis
When cancer is found early, people have a better chance of successful treatment, and the cost of care can be dramatically lower.
Transforming care for lasting change
For many people in Canada, a cancer diagnosis comes with a second challenge: navigating a system that was not designed with them in mind.
The data behind better cancer care
A cancer system is only as strong as the data that drives it.