Table 2 
Insurance status of Canadians aged 12 years and older at the time of the survey, by gender, age group and province, Canada, excluding the territories 

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Insurance status of Canadians aged 12 years and older at the time of the survey, by gender, age group and province, Canada, excluding the territories
  Have private dental insurance1 Have public dental insurance only Have dental insurance but do not know which type Does not have dental insurance Does not know if they have dental insurance
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Canada Total (excluding territories) 54.8 4.4 1.5 34.7 4.7
Gender2          
Men+3 54.8 4.3 1.3 34.2 5.3
Women+4 54.7 4.5 1.7 35.1 4.0
Age group          
12 to 17 years 46.4 4.8 9.4 16.6 22.7
18 to 34 years 58.2 3.9 1.7 29.8 6.4
35 to 49 years 69.4 2.9 0.5 25.1 2.1
50 to 64 years 59.8 4.6 0.6 33.6 1.5
65 years and older 32.5 6.3 0.6 58.2 2.4
Province          
Newfoundland and Labrador 52.5 7.2 1.1 36.3 2.8
Prince Edward Island 52.1 9.4 1.6 32.6 4.4
Nova Scotia 59.9 4.6 1.3 30.0 4.2
New Brunswick 60.5 3.1 2.0 31.0 3.4
Quebec 42.2 3.4 1.0 49.1 4.2
Ontario 56.3 4.1 1.6 33.1 5.0
Manitoba 59.7 4.2 2.6 28.4 5.1
Saskatchewan 63.1 5.0 1.4 25.8 4.7
Alberta 63.0 7.8 1.9 22.7 4.6
British Columbia 59.4 3.8 1.6 30.5 4.8
Area type5          
Urban (Population Centre) 55.9 4.3 1.5 33.3 4.9
Rural area 49.2 4.7 1.6 41.1 3.4
Net adjusted family income          
Less than $70,000 36.7 7.9 1.4 48.4 5.6
$70,000 to $89,999 57.4 2.3 1.6 34.0 4.7
$90,000 or more 69.6 1.9 1.6 23.0 3.8
Note(s):
Respondents that did not answer whether all or part of their dental expenses were covered by any insurance plan or government program were excluded.
Source(s):
Canadian Community Health Survey (February to December 2022) (3226).

Table note 1

Private insurance includes people with a plan through an employer, a private plan, or a plan through university or college. It includes respondents that have both private and public insurance (i.e., it excludes people who only have a government paid plan).

Table note 2

Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol.

Table note 3

This category includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons.

Table note 4

This category includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.

Table note 5

Population centres are those continuously built-up areas having a population concentration of 1,000 or more, and a population density of 400 or more per square kilometre based on Census population counts. Rural areas are areas with a population concentration of fewer than 1,000.
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