Hospital stays in Canada — Series

This series of releases on hospital stays in Canada highlights trends and key information over time, regarding inpatient hospitalizations, surgeries and childbirth. The series includes a variety of resources such as analyses, data tables and methodology notes.

Latest release

Explore the most recent information on inpatient hospitalization, surgery and newborn statistics, including the top reasons for hospital stays and surgeries.

Past release

​Explore the most recent information on inpatient hospitalization, surgery and newborn statistics, including the top reasons for hospital stays and surgeries.

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​​These data tables contain information on hospitalization rates, in-hospital births and the top reasons for hospitalizations and surgeries from the DAD and HMDB databases.

​These data tables contain information on hospitalization volumes, lengths of stay and standardized rates. Tables also include childbirth indicators by place of residence.

​Learn more about the definitions and methodologies used in data analysis of Hospitalization and Childbirth, 1995–1996 to 2022–2023 — Supplementary Statistics.

​Learn about payments to physicians, services provided and utilization. Data goes back to 1996–1997.

​​These data tables contain information on hospitalization volumes, lengths of stay and standardized rates. Tables also include childbirth indicators by place of residence.

​These data tables provide key information on 2021–2022 inpatient hospitalization, surgery and childbirth indicators. The data tables include data on the top 10 reasons for hospitalizations and surgeries; in-hospital births; and standardized hospitalization rates and average lengths of stay. Additional hospitalization statistics and childbirth indicators are included in the supplementary data tables.

​​These data tables contain information on hospitalization rates, in-hospital births and the top reasons for hospitalizations and surgeries from the DAD and HMDB databases.

These data tables contain information on hospitalization rates, in-hospital births and the top reasons for hospitalizations and surgeries from the DAD and HMDB databases.

These data tables contain information on hospitalization volumes, lengths of stay and standardized rates. They also include childbirth indicators by place of residence.

Learn about 2018–2019 hospitalization rates, in-hospital births and the top reasons for hospitalizations and surgeries in these Excel files from our DAD and HMDB databases.

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