Prescribed drug spending in Canada — Series

This series of releases on prescribed drug spending in Canada highlights trends and patterns in public drug program spending over time, and includes a variety of resources such as analyses, data tables, infographics and methodology notes.

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Prescribed drug spending in Canada, 2023

Take an in-depth look at prescribed drug spending in Canada in 2022 and learn about how different drug classes contribute to current trends in total public drug program spending.

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Prescribed drug spending in Canada, 2022

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November 3, 2022

Take an in-depth look at prescribed drug spending in Canada in 2021 and learn about how different drug classes contribute to current trends in total public drug program spending.

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Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2023: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2022 Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
November 2, 2023

These data tables present top drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use by jurisdiction, sex, age group, neighbourhood income and geographic location.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2023: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Methodology notes
November 2, 2023

This document looks at the methodology that was used to generate the Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada release.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2023: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
November 2, 2023

These data tables present international comparisons of pharmaceutical spending.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2022: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Methodology notes
November 3, 2022

This document looks at the methodology that was used to generate the Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada release.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2022: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
November 3, 2022

These data tables present international comparisons of pharmaceutical spending.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2022: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2021 Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
November 3, 2022

These data tables present top drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use by jurisdiction, sex, age group, neighbourhood income and geographic location.

Trends in public drug program spending in Canada

Report
November 3, 2022

Highlights of public drug program spending in Canada in 2021, including top drug classes, spending on high-cost drugs and spending on biologic drugs.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2021: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — International Comparisons, Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
November 4, 2021

These data tables look at international comparisons for pharmaceutical spending.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2021: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Methodology Notes (PDF)

Methodology notes
November 4, 2021

This document looks at the methodology that was used to generate the Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada report.

Prescribed Drug Spending in Canada, 2021: A Focus on Public Drug Programs — Top 100 Drug Classes, 2020 Data Tables (XLSX)

Data tables
November 4, 2021

These data tables look at top drug classes in terms of public drug program spending and rate of use by jurisdiction, sex, age group, neighbourhood income and geographic location.