# Your Postal Code Determines COPD Care in Canada

> Canada’s healthcare system still lets where you live affect COPD care quality, according to new national index.
- Title: Your Postal Code Determines COPD Care in Canada | Shortify
- Summary: Canada’s healthcare system still lets where you live affect COPD care quality, according to new national index. Canada’s COPD care quality varies by region…
- Keywords: canada, copd, lung health foundation, coping index, provincial healthcare, respiratory therapists, hospitalization rates, coping strategy, money, business, Postal, Code
- Source: Financialpost — https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/your-postal-code-shouldnt-determine-your-copd-care-in-canada-it-still-does
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: canada, copd, lung health foundation, coping index, provincial healthcare, respiratory therapists, hospitalization rates, coping strategy, money, business
## COPD Care Gaps in Canada
Lung Health Foundation’s Canadian COPD Performance Index reveals significant shortfalls in COPD care across the country.
## COPD Burden in Canada
More than two million Canadians live with COPD, causing 76,968 hospital stays in 2024 alone, averaging 7.3 days each.
## COPD Care Variations
COPD care quality varies widely by province and territory, with no national strategy to address these gaps.
## New Brunswick’s Profile
New Brunswick has the highest concentration of respiratory therapists (53.5 per 100,000) but no dedicated COPD strategy.
## Ontario’s Profile
Ontario leads in primary care access with 11.5% of residents without a regular provider, but lacks a province-wide COPD strategy.
## Alberta’s Profile
Alberta has a below-average COPD prevalence (9.1%) but higher hospitalization costs ($8,652 per patient).
## Prince Edward Island’s Profile
Prince Edward Island reports the lowest primary care access (38.3% without a regular provider) and higher COPD hospitalization rates.
## Nunavut’s Profile
Nunavut has the highest COPD prevalence (20.5%) and lowest respiratory therapist density (48.6 per 100,000).
## National Gaps
Pulmonary rehabilitation is concentrated in urban hospitals, with no public data on spirometry access or wait times across Canada.
## Key takeaway

Canada’s COPD care quality varies by region, with no national strategy to address gaps.