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Ontario Cancer Profiles


About Ontario Cancer Profiles

Ontario Cancer Profiles is a self-serve, interactive set of map-based dashboards. It gives you the ability to export data and create custom graphs, maps and tables that show recent provincial and regional (by public health unit and sub-region) statistics on:

  • cancer burden (including future estimates)
  • cancer screening
  • risk factors
  • socio-demographic factors

This information allows you to create profiles that support targeted cancer control.

The data can be accessed through two options:

  • By interacting with the map-based dashboards. To find information on how to use the dashboards, see the User Guide.
  • Through the downloadable Excel workbooks. These accessible workbooks provide the underlying data for all dashboards. These can be found under Data Tables.
Select an Ontario Cancer Profiles Dashboard
Dashboard UPDATED
Cancer Incidence: 2010-2020 August 2024
Cancer Mortality: 2000-2020 August 2024
Cancer Survival: 2011-2020 August 2024
Cancer Prevalence: as of 2015 or 2020 August 2024
Cancer Projections: 2019-2030 June 2023: New dashboard with cancer incidence projections
Cancer Screening: 2018-2022 August 2024
Cancer Risk Factors: up to 2020 June 2023:
  • Sedentary behaviour indicator removed
  • Updated indicators
    • Active transportation
    • Alcohol consumption
    • Binge drinking
    • Overweight and obesity
    • Physical inactivity
    • Second-hand smoke exposure
    • Smoking

September 2021

  • Sun safety
  • Inadequate vegetable and fruit consumption
Socio-demographic Factors: up to 2021 June 2023: All indicators updated

Support Materials

There are various materials available to help you use Ontario Cancer Profiles:

  • Many sources are used to provide the data in Ontario Cancer Profiles. Statistics are updated whenever there are additional years of recent and comprehensive data available for reporting. To learn more about the data sources for the different indicators, please see the Data Sources and Notes section found in each dashboard and in each of the Data Tables.

Citation and acknowledgement

Please cite any use of data from Ontario Cancer Profiles as follows:

Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario). Ontario Cancer Profiles [Internet]. 2024 [cited <date>]. Available from: cancercareontario.ca/ontariocancerprofiles.

Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) should also be acknowledged as the source of the indicators in all publications that use Ontario Cancer Profiles data:

“Parts of this material are based on data and information compiled and provided by Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario). However, the analyses, conclusions, opinions and statements expressed herein are those of the author and not necessarily those of Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario).”

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments, or would like to be notified of updates, please email cancerprofiles@ontariohealth.ca.