# Overview
Ontario Cancer Statistics 2024 is the fifth in a series of reports that provides comprehensive information on the burden of cancer in Ontario. It is produced every 2 years by the Surveillance Program of Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario). The report is organized around 4 main types of indicators: incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence.
2024 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the Ontario Cancer Registry, the main data source for Ontario Cancer Statistics 2024 and one of the largest cancer registries in North America. The analyses and interpretation of Ontario Cancer Registry data in this report provide a better understanding of the current and future state of cancer, identify priority areas and help evaluate cancer control efforts.
This edition of the report includes:
- cancer burden statistics, by sex and age group, for the latest years of data available at the time of analyses, 1986 to 2020, and projections (i.e., estimates) for the most recent years, 2021 to 2024
- statistics about cancer in children (ages 0 to 14 years), provided by the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario. See the spotlights on childhood cancer in Chapter 2 (incidence), Chapter 3 (mortality) and Chapter 4 (survival)
- a special focus chapter (Chapter 1) that provides insight into the patterns and trends of cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 to 2022)
The information in this report is intended to support decision-makers, the public health community, healthcare providers, researchers and others involved in planning, investigating, measuring and monitoring population-based cancer control efforts, including cancer screening, prevention and treatment. The report may also be useful for the general public who have an interest in cancer.
# Also in this Series
Ontario Cancer Statistics 2022 features a special focus chapter on the estimated future prevalence of cancer in Ontario. This report also includes statistics about cancer in children (ages 0 to 14), which were provided by the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario. See the spotlights on childhood cancer in Chapter 4 (incidence), Chapter 5 (mortality) and Chapter 6 (survival).
Ontario Cancer Statistics 2020 features a special focus on long-term projections of cancer incidence and mortality, and on the burden of rare cancers in Ontario.
Ontario Cancer Statistics 2018 features a special focus on the burden of comorbidity among people with cancer and the impact of wait times for surgical treatment on survival for selected cancers. Cancer statistics are also provided by public health unit.
Ontario Cancer Statistics 2016 includes “in-focus” spotlights featuring statistics on clinically relevant indicators for breast, cervical, colorectal, head and neck, lung and prostate cancers.