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Health services in a patient’s own official language: Associations with proximity, region and sociodemographic factors
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Report
Author/contributor
- Fernandes, Daphné (Author)
Title
Health services in a patient’s own official language: Associations with proximity, region and sociodemographic factors
Abstract
Using data from the 2022 Survey on the Official Language Minority Population and the Open Database of Healthcare Facilities, this study examines how distance to health care facilities, alongside regional and sociodemographic factors, relates to access to language-concordant care for the official language minority population in Canada. In this article, language-concordant care refers to individuals receiving health care services in their preferred official language (English or French). The analysis focuses on adults aged 18 and older living across Canada.
Report Number
Catalogue no. 75-006-X
Institution
Statistics Canada
Place
Ottawa
Date
September 18, 2025
Series Title
Insights on Canadian Society
Pages
13
Language
en
Citation
Fernandes, D. (2025). Health services in a patient’s own official language: Associations with proximity, region and sociodemographic factors (No. Catalogue no. 75-006-X; Insights on Canadian Society, p. 13). Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2025001/article/00010-eng.pdf
Area of intervention or study
Minority language group(s)
Study population
Country
Canadian provinces or territories
Research type
- Quantitative
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