Characteristics of abortion providers by region
| Characteristic | No. (%) of respondents*† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia n = 91 | Prairies n = 56 | Ontario n = 153 | Quebec n = 107 | Atlantic provinces n = 45 | Territories n = 13 | |
| Type of abortion care‡ | ||||||
| First-trimester medical abortion | 78 (85.7) | 50 (89.3) | 136 (88.9) | 72 (67.3) | 40 (88.9) | 12 (92.3) |
| First-trimester surgical abortion | 37 (40.7) | 24 (42.9) | 50 (32.7) | 84 (78.5) | 17 (37.8) | 7 (53.8) |
| Second-trimester surgical abortion | 10 (11.0) | 16 (28.6) | 26 (17.0) | 42 (39.3) | 9 (20.0) | 6 (46.2) |
| Second- or third-trimester medical abortion | 18 (19.8) | 15 (26.8) | 29 (19.0) | 42 (39.3) | 9 (20.0) | < 5 |
| Exclusive first-trimester medical abortion | 46 (50.5) | 30 (53.6) | 91 (59.5) | 11 (10.3) | 24 (53.3) | 5 (38.5) |
| First-trimester medical abortion and first- trimester surgical abortion | 31 (34.1) | 20 (35.7) | 42 (27.5) | 57 (53.3) | 15 (33.3) | 7 (53.8) |
| Number of abortions | ||||||
| First-trimester medical abortion | 4043 (40.7) | 1860 (27.8) | 4410 (34.9) | 1918 (12.5) | 1070 (30.7) | 128 (28.1) |
| First-trimester surgical abortion | 5210 (52.5) | 4347 (65.0) | 7674 (60.8) | 12 624 (82.3) | 2192 (62.9) | 298 (65.4) |
| Second-trimester surgical abortion | 575 (5.8) | 459 (6.9) | 339 (2.7) | 614 (4.0) | 165 (4.7) | 29 (6.4) |
| Second- or third-trimester medical abortion | 99 (0.1) | 18 (0.3) | 200 (1.6) | 178 (1.2) | 58 (1.6) | < 5 |
| Total | 9927 | 6684 | 12623 | 15334 | 3485 | 456 |
| National clinical abortion practice guidelines† | ||||||
| SOGC | 84 (92.3) | 52 (94.5) | 136 (93.2) | 105 (94.6) | 49 (98.0) | 9 (64.3) |
| NAF | 46 (51.7) | 26 (47.3) | 58 (39.7) | 33 (29.7) | 24 (48.0) | 10 (71.4) |
| Other | < 5 | < 5 | < 5 | 9 (8.1) | 0 | 0 |
| Missing | < 5 | < 5 | 7 (4.6) | < 5 | 0 | < 5 |
Note: NAF = National Abortion Federation, SOGC = The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
↵* Unless indicated otherwise. Percentages were calculated based on the total number of respondents for the individual variable (based on skip-pattern logic and nonmandatory questions). The denominator for each reported percentage consists of the number of respondents who answered that question.
↵† To maintain respondent anonymity, we report geographic results by region (British Columbia, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, the Atlantic provinces and the territories), combining some provinces with low respondent numbers. Prairies include Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Atlantic provinces includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. Territories includes the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut.
↵‡ Respondents could select more than 1 answer option.