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**Table 1:** Numbers of dentists in Canada, 2010–2024^a
	2010		2015		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
Jurisdiction	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population
Note: Dash indicates that data are not applicable, do not exist or are not reported due to concerns about data quality. NA = not applicable due to missing data for some jurisdictions. ^aSources: Canadian Institute for Health Information databases.^14-16 ^bCombined value for Northwest Territories and Nunavut. ^cExcluding Prince Edward Island.
BC	3 015	68	3 261	68	3 602	72	–	–	–	–	4 008	75	4 114	75	4 174	73
AB	2 051	55	2 430	59	2 679	62	–	–	2897	65	2 759	61	2 894	62	3 044	62
SK	394	37	438	39	513	44	–	–	534	46	529	45	576	48	567	45
MB	640	52	697	54	736	54	820	59	753	54	–	–	809	56	842	56
ON	8 472	64	9 452	69	10 517	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	11 983	77	11 313	70
QC	4 606	58	5 055	62	5 411	64	5365	63	5392	63	5 398	63	5 405	61	5 414	59
NB	319	42	327	43	331	43	355	45	361	46	380	47	379	45	389	45
NS	524	56	528	56	560	58	–	–	576	58	–	–	569	54	578	53
PE	73	52	77	53	76	50	–	–	90	56	–	–	81	47	75	42
NL	179	34	205	39	217	41	–	–	–	–	–	–	215	40	223	40
YT	40	116	42	111	70	173	58	138	66	154	52	118	56	125	57	122
NT	53	122	153^b	189^b	58	130	–	–	59	132	53	119	50	111	52	116
NU	66	198	153^b	189^b	96	250	89	225	92	230	96	237	101	248	99	240
Canada	20 432	60	22 665	63	24 866	67	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	27 232	68	26 827	65

**Table 2:** Numbers of dental hygienists in Canada, 2010–2024^a
	2010		2015		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
Jurisdiction	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population
Note: Dash indicates that data are not applicable, do not exist or are not reported due to concerns about data quality. NA = not applicable due to missing data for some jurisdictions. ^aSources: Canadian Institute for Health Information databases.^14-16 ^bCombined value for Northwest Territories and Nunavut. ^cExcluding Prince Edward Island.
BC	3 176	71	3 690	77	4 172	84	3 945	76	4 119	79	4 358	82	4 550	82	4 666	81
AB	2 609	70	3 065	74	3 279	76	3 330	76	3 405	77	3 640	81	3 921	84	4 140	84
SK	506	48	585	52	603	50	670	57	668	57	711	60	720	60	766	61
MB	667	55	687	53	773	57	802	58	810	58	888	63	884	61	901	60
ON	11 998	91	12 914	94	13 694	96	13 500	92	13 560	91	13 960	92	14 498	93	15 781	97
QC	5 242	66	6 150	75	6 712	80	6 699	78	6 786	79	6 971	80	7 095	80	7 233	79
NB	410	54	480	64	517	67	536	68	545	69	575	71	576	69	596	69
NS	647	69	662	70	749	78	770	78	797	80	814	79	836	79	831	77
PE	85	60	87	60	–	–	122	77	122	75	–	–	131	75	130	72
NL	154	30	207	39	233	44	–	–	269	51	289	54	302	56	303	55
YT	27	78	36	96	37	91	33	79	37	86	42	96	39	87	52	111
NT	23	53	48^b	59^b	28	63	–	–	29	65	39	87	39	87	39	87
NU	5	15	48^b	59^b	25	65	24	61	23	57	22	54	17	42	17	41
Canada	25 549	75	28 611	80	30 822^c	84^c	NA	NA	31 170	82	32 309^c	86^c	33 608	84	35 455	85

**Table 3:** Numbers of denturists in Canada, 2019–2024^a
	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
Jurisdiction	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population
^aSources: Canadian Institute for Health Information databases.^14-16
BC	224	4	223	4	246	5	242	5	253	5	265	5
AB	314	7	310	7	318	7	316	7	321	7	317	7
SK	68	6	68	6	67	6	67	6	70	6	67	5
MB	49	4	47	3	46	3	45	3	43	3	45	3
ON	742	5	721	5	759	5	776	5	777	5	791	5
QC	908	11	869	10	859	10	851	10	859	10	850	10
NB	32	4	30	4	33	4	33	4	31	4	31	4
NS	31	3	31	3	28	3	29	3	29	3	31	3
PE	2	1	2	1	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2
NL	21	4	22	4	22	4	21	4	21	4	18	3
YT	3	7	3	7	3	7	3	7	3	7	3	6
NT	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
NU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	36
Canada	2395	7	2327	6	2384	6	2387	6	2411	6	2437	6

**Table 4:** Numbers of dental assistants in Canada, 2015–2024^a
	2015		2017		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
Jurisdiction	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population	No.	Per 100 000 population
Note: Dash indicates that data are not applicable, do not exist or are not reported due to concerns about data quality. ^aSources: Canadian Institute for Health Information databases. ^14-16 ^bCounts may be understated due to the nonregulated status of the profession in this jurisdiction.
BC	5939	127	6101	124	6148	123	6154	119	6188	119	6176	115	6292	114	6031	106
AB	4956	119	5898	139	6043	140	6418	145	6529	147	6764	150	6839	146	6945	142
SK	1139	39	1218	106	1293	111	1421	121	–	–	1343	114	1038	86	1437	116
MB	1231	95	1341	100	–	–	1330	96	1324	95	–	–	1312	90	1368	92
ON	5282^b	38^b	5002^b	36^b	4748^b	33^b	7597^b	52^b	6327^b	43^b	5895^b	39^b	5657^b	36^b	5478^b	34^b
QC	-	-	2223^b	27^b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NB	539	71	538	70	536	67	570	73	614	78	607	75	615	74	639	75
NS	–	–	757	80	831	87	–	–	754	76	870	85	874	83	876	81
PE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	212^b	131^b	-	-	-	-	193	108
NL	–	–	281	53	–	–	–	–	–	–	326	61	358	67	345	63
YT, NT, NU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

**Table 5:** Expenditures for oral health care services in Canada, 2010–2024, in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), total health care expenditures and private health care expenditures (in current dollars)^a
	Dental care expenditures, $ billion
Year	Total	Private (% of total)	Public (% of total)	Mean per capita expenditures, $	% of GDP	% of total health care expenditures
^aSources: Canadian Institute for Health Information database¹⁸ and Statistics Canada.¹⁹ ^bForecasted estimates. ^cFor purposes of calculating the index of change, the 2010 value was designated as 100.
2010	11.92	11.21 (94.00)	0.71 (6.00)	350.55	0.70	6.18
2011	11.89	11.17 (93.93)	0.72 (6.07)	346.36	0.67	5.96
2012	12.46	11.70 (93.91)	0.76 (6.09)	358.95	0.69	5.99
2013	12.76	12.00 (94.03)	0.76 (5.97)	363.83	0.69	5.99
2014	13.11	12.33 (94.04)	0.78 (5.96)	369.93	0.69	5.98
2015	13.94	13.12 (94.11)	0.82 (5.89)	390.52	0.73	6.10
2016	15.16	14.29 (94.22)	0.88 (5.78)	419.91	0.79	6.37
2017	15.51	14.59 (94.08)	0.92 (5.92)	424.50	0.78	6.25
2018	15.80	14.84 (93.92)	0.96 (6.08)	426.22	0.77	6.12
2019	16.44	15.42 (93.81)	1.02 (6.19)	436.95	0.79	6.09
2020	13.89	13.00 (93.55)	0.90 (6.45)	365.34	0.70	4.56
2021	17.96	16.98 (94.57)	0.97 (5.43)	469.57	0.85	5.44
2022	18.88	17.76 (94.05)	1.12 (5.95)	484.93	0.86	5.62
2023	20.98	19.71 (93.96)	1.27 (6.04)	523.37	0.93	5.82
2024^b	22.27	20.96 (94.11)	1.31 (5.89)	539.39	0.97	5.82
Index of change (2010–2023)^c	175.98	175.91 (100.04)	177.17 (100.67)	149.30	133.39	94.18

**Table 6:** Mean per capita dental care expenditures in select Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries (US$)
	2010		2015		2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
Country	Total expenditures	Public expenditures	Total expenditures	Public expenditures	Total expenditures	Public expenditures	Total expenditures	Public expenditures	Total expenditures	Public expenditures	Total expenditures	Public expenditures	Total expenditures	Public expenditures
Note: Dash indicates that data are not available. ^aSource: OECD Data Explorer. Values in US dollars, purchasing power parity, constant 2020 prices.²² ^bSource: American Dental Association. Values are estimates, in constant 2023 US dollars.²³
Australia^a	263	59	271	22	234	17	265	18	259	17	273	17	–	–
Canada^a	335	20	342	20	363	22	298	19	374	20	367	22	375	22
Denmark^a	325	114	304	110	305	105	296	101	284	106	273	102	274	103
Finland^a	121	29	134	21	93	12	96	10	87	10	99	9	110	8
France^a	250	79	248	82	244	155	225	139	257	169	251	164	246	160
Germany^a	456	319	482	337	486	340	459	333	489	349	460	335	443	332
Japan^a	211	162	228	178	240	192	239	190	253	201	252	199	250	-
United Kingdom^a	–	–	212	68	218	66	203	78	224	72	221	62	221	57
United States^b	466	51	472	63	516	70	489	66	548	81	511	90	523	105