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  1. Sep 13, 2023 · In 2021, while most Canadians (85.5%) had a regular health care provider, 4.7 million Canadians (14.4%) did not have one. Among those with a health care provider, 58.3% waited three days or less for an appointment. Almost 2.5 million Canadians (7.9%) reported unmet health care needs in 2021.

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    For the last 18 years, Grace has been working under the table at factory and babysitting jobs, keeping herself afloat and sending money to her family back home. She would have been able to apply for permanent residency after working for 24 months over three years in the then live-in caregiver program. But she says she lost her job and status after ...

    Caulford is calling on Ontario to waive the three-month wait period for OHIP coverage for people applying for immigration status in the province. "Ontario has an obligation under international law to ensure that all residents can effectively access essential health care services," the province's human rights commissioner wrote in a July 2019 letter...

    In Vancouver, pediatrician Dr. Anamaria Richardson is worried about four-year-old Renata, who arrived illegally with her mother from Mexico three years ago. They met at Watari, a counselling and support service community for the city's Latin American community. Richardson says Renata is non-verbal, and may have autism spectrum disorder. Because her...

    The CCRIH clinic operates on private donations and a small amount of money from the provincial government. "It runs out about five months into the year ... we're going on fumes for about seven months," Caulford said. Doctors, nurse practitioners and other health-care providers volunteer their time to work there, donating the small government stipen...

  2. Aug 14, 2024 · Since 2017, uninsured mortgages have predominated in Canada, overtaking insured ones for the first time that year. From 2012 to 2019, the outstanding value of uninsured mortgages grew by an average quarterly rate of 3.0%, compared with a decline of 0.4% for insured mortgages.

  3. Nov 18, 2021 · The loan amount is generally higher for uninsured mortgages than for the insured mortgages. As of the second quarter of 2021: 75% of insured mortgages were under $500,000. 28.9% uninured mortgages were between $500,001 and $1,000,000 compared to 14.6% of insured mortgages.

  4. Mar 25, 2023 · Pay-as-you-go health care: Uninsured people in Canada face sky-high bills, delays in treatment, doctors say. Despite this, the province confirmed it's winding it down.

  5. Oct 22, 2020 · In 2019, 14.5% of Canadians aged 12 and older (roughly 4.6 million people) reported that they did not have a regular health care provider they see or talk to when they need care or advice for their health. Note 1. Significantly more males (17.4%) than females (11.7%) reported they were without a regular health care provider in 2019.

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