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Statistical Reports

Ontario Cancer Statistics 2024

Feb 2025
Data Type: Surveillance
Publication Series: Ontario Cancer Statistics

Ontario Cancer Statistics 2024 is the fifth in a series of reports that provide comprehensive information on the burden of cancer in Ontario. Produced by the Surveillance Program at Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), the report is organized around four indicators: incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence.

2024 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the Ontario Cancer Registry, the main data source for Ontario Cancer Statistics 2024 and one of the largest cancer registries in North America. The analyses and interpretation of Ontario Cancer Registry data in this report provide a better understanding of the current and future state of cancer, identify priority areas and help evaluate cancer control efforts.

This edition of the report includes:

  • cancer burden statistics, by sex and age group, for the latest years of data available at the time of analyses, 1986 to 2020, and projections (i.e., estimates) for the most recent years, 2021 to 2024
  • statistics about cancer in children (ages 0 to 14 years), provided by the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario. See the spotlights on childhood cancer in Chapter 2 (incidence), Chapter 3 (mortality) and Chapter 4 (survival)
  • a special focus chapter (Chapter 1) that provides insight into the patterns and trends of cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 to 2022)

The information in this report is intended to support decision-makers, the public health community, health care providers, researchers and others involved in planning, investigating, measuring and monitoring population-based cancer control efforts, including cancer screening, prevention and treatment. The report may also be useful for the general public who have an interest in cancer.

Download the full report and key findings. Review the underlying data for all figures and data tables in the report by downloading both the full report and the available Excel workbooks.

Authors

Ontario Health

Aniq Anam, Surveillance Program
Prithwish De, PhD, Surveillance Program and Ontario Cancer Registry
Zeinab El-Masri, Surveillance Program
Xinyi Ge, PhD, Surveillance Program
Christine Neustaedter, Surveillance Program
Todd Norwood, PhD, Surveillance Program
Lindsay Obress, Surveillance Program
Bogdan Pylypenko, Ontario Cancer Registry
Himeshi Samarasinghe, PhD, Surveillance Program

Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO)

Mohammad Agha, PhD, Research and Health Analytics
Maria Chiu, PhD, Senior Scientist, Research and Health Analytics
Jacqui DeBique, Communications
Bruna DiMonte, Privacy and Data Management
Paul Gibson, MD, Associate Medical Director
David Hodgson, MD, Medical Director and POGO Chair in Childhood Cancer
Felicia Leung, PhD, Health Analytics

Contributors

Thank you to the following people for their contributions to the development of this report:

Ontario Cancer Registry (Ontario Health)

Phoebe Ah-Nim
Roberta Albuquerque
Hanan Atoufah
Raluca Bardi-Pal
Julie Bonthron
Ernest Jimenez
Mary Jane King
Katie Larson
Grace Liu
Liza Lovell
Marianne Luettschwager
Xiao Dong Ma
Joshua Mazuryk
Ekua Morgan
Gina Naraine
Amy Parks
Toral Patel
Katharine Pearson
Grace Pontanares
Myriel Quilacio
Veronica Rivera
Saima Yaqoob
Lishen Zhou
Jacqueline Zonni

Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario)

Shameeza Allard
Michelle Archibald
Christopher Bredeson, MD
Munaza Chaudhry, PhD
Anna Chiarelli, PhD
Natasha Collaton
Dustin Costescu, MD
Hanna Dias
Catherine Dubé, MD
Samantha Feinberg, MD
Sarah Ferguson, MD
Christian Finley, MD
Leta Forbes, MD
Julia Gao
Eric Gutierrez
Henry Hao
Jonathan Isenberg, MD
Tom Kouroukis, MD
Rachel Kupets, MD
Jenny Lass
Sydney Liang
Donna Maziak, MD
Bronwen McCurdy
Cassandra McKay
Olivia Meggetto
Lisa Milgram
Emma Sabo
Christine Stogios
Martin Tammemagi, PhD
Jill Tinmouth, MD, PhD
Meghan Walker, PhD
Frances Wright, MD
Alice Xu

Partners

Megan Brunner, Halton Region
Antoine Eskander, MD, University of Toronto
Lindsay Favotto, Niagara Region Public Health
Sharon Fung, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Amanda Kirkwood, Niagara Region Public Health 
Ning Liu, PhD, ICES
Jennifer McCloskey, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) Patient and Family Advisors Community
Eileen Morgan, PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer
Jin Niu, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Jordan Robson, Public Health Agency of Canada
Isabelle Soerjomataram, MD, PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer
Chamundeeswari Srinivasan, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) Patient and Family Advisors Community
Justin Thielman, Public Health Ontario
Richard Wu, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) Patient and Family Advisors Community

Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO)

Alexandra Airhart
Mandy Sala
Sibel Yardimoglu

Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario Networked Information System (POGONIS) data managers and local teams at the 5 tertiary hospitals in Ontario with specialized childhood cancer programs:

  • CHEO
  • Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
  • McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences
  • SickKids (The Hospital for Sick Children)
  • Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital Site

 

Citation

The material appearing in this report may be reproduced or copied without permission. However, the following citation to indicate the source must be used:

Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario). Ontario Cancer Statistics 2024. Toronto: Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario); 2025.