Cervical cancer screening in Canada: 2021/2022
Cervical screening recruitment methods
Five provinces use initial letters of invitation as a recruitment method for their cervical screening programs. In NL, invitation letters are pending, and in MB a letter of invitation is sent to eligible but never-screened individuals.
Cervical screening recruitment methods in Canada
| Province/Territory | Recruitment method |
|---|---|
| YT* | No organized screening program available |
| NT | No organized screening program available |
| NU | No organized screening program available |
| BC | N/A |
| AB | Initial letter of invitation |
| SK | Initial letter of invitation |
| MB | A letter of invitation is sent to eligible^ but never-screened women |
| ON | Letter of invitation and reminder sent in 4 months to non-responders. Recall letters are sent to people in 3 years |
| QC | No organized screening program available |
| NB | Initial and reminder letter of invitation to eligible population combined with social media awareness promotion campaigns |
| NS | N/A |
| PE | N/A |
| NL | Invitation process pending |
YT: *YT plans to provide letters of invitation.
MB: ^A person is “eligible” to receive an invitation letter if they are a Manitoba resident who has been in the CervixCheck registry for a minimum of five years and has no Pap test or colposcopy records, no record of a total hysterectomy, and no record of invasive gynecological cancer.