Health care and social assistance in Canada
This page gathers the figures we hold on health care and social assistance in Canada. Each section names its own source.
Each source groups industries its own way, so the edges of health care and social assistance differ a little from section to section.
- Earnings change+1.0%the year to June 2026
What costs did
What earnings and raw material prices did in this industry. Each comes from its own Statistics Canada series and grouping of industries. Earnings move with the mix of jobs and hours as well as with pay, so they are not a pay rate.
Each bar comes from its own Statistics Canada series, named below.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted (14-10-0223-01), June 2025 and June 2026. Change computed by onestepright. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
No Statistics Canada price series measures this industry's inputs closely enough to show.
Prices businesses expect to charge
In the third quarter of 2026, 14.6% of health care and social assistance businesses expected to raise their prices over the next three months. Across all businesses, 20.6% did.
Statistics Canada asked businesses with employees. Each business counts once, whatever its size.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Business or organization expectations over the next three months, third quarter of 2026 (33-10-1178-01), 2026Q3. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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