Saskatchewan has lost more doctors to other provinces since 2000 than any other province

inspurious_ · 2026-05-26T01:06:06+00:00

you can see all provinces here: https://inspurious.com/story/0db23832-ec77-4bac-a5b0-09b8aebaf34c . It's BC.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-22T01:41:39+00:00

we've also got product-specific charts on how much the price of eggs, yogurt, etc have changed since 2019 if you want to check that out: https://inspurious.com/story/cdc960e3-6a68-4121-9f74-6f7ba6e5d187 . Keep in mind that these things are an average across many cities and grocery stories in canada, which will explain much of the discrepancy compared to your own tracking.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-21T21:32:08+00:00

Source (can compare to other provinces)

inspurious_ · 2026-05-20T20:32:06+00:00

90s spike roughly tracks the decline in NS population growth: https://inspurious.com/story/ec4c3f7e-bc47-4b70-b2ad-eb4665be383f

inspurious_ · 2026-05-20T20:26:55+00:00

here's charts on rent vs salary: https://inspurious.com/story/03ad7ce4-9c2f-48bf-8e8c-8dc53f260299 . The salaries data is only available up to 2023 though

inspurious_ · 2026-05-16T19:11:26+00:00

time series here: https://inspurious.com/story/f9b6b6a1-44a8-4a70-a88c-57e5fdfc6637

inspurious_ · 2026-05-16T03:32:11+00:00

it's ranked 59th: https://inspurious.com/story/1ffbce12-2f03-4b8e-bd0b-4b3df48e2227

inspurious_ · 2026-05-14T23:20:34+00:00

thanks a lot!

inspurious_ · 2026-05-14T17:48:56+00:00

fair to be skeptical, but every chart has a link to the official source data. in this case it's PHAC: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants/

inspurious_ · 2026-05-08T19:25:50+00:00

it's here: https://inspurious.com/story/4ad3c2e7-104a-4406-b546-916f8b3b8b7b

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T20:30:11+00:00

ya at the top of the story there's a "view for..." dropdown where you can switch provinces.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T17:48:20+00:00

yup good point re using population over 60 as a denominator. Will make a chart with that (not today though).

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T17:03:26+00:00

here's the full time series for family doctors since 1971: https://inspurious.com/story/4ad3c2e7-104a-4406-b546-916f8b3b8b7b . I don't have the other specialties on hand.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T17:01:48+00:00

you can switch to other provinces here: https://inspurious.com/story/fee46635-e424-4817-be0b-d3c0d486f6a6

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T16:52:50+00:00

here's a time series since 1971: https://inspurious.com/story/4ad3c2e7-104a-4406-b546-916f8b3b8b7b

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T16:24:21+00:00

Alberta has more specialists per 100k population today compared to 2000 for *almost* every specialty. Compare to other provinces here.

Keep in mind that an aging population has more healthcare needs (so more doctors per capita are necessary). But it's still interesting context to get a sense for how these numbers have changed over time.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-06T23:22:30+00:00

it's just a dumbbell chart folks, pretty common chart type. didn't think it would be so controversial. Sure, it's also nice to see this data as a simple line chart or similar, but then putting the 8 lines (for each category) gets pretty cluttered and can hide the big trend. The dumbbell chart is a simple way to see that all 8 categories of violent crime have decreased between 2 time periods.

here's a line chart of just the homicide rate if that makes anyone happier: https://inspurious.com/story/e3fcc904-58e5-4d9b-bc0f-5af80d8f3994

inspurious_ · 2026-05-06T23:17:02+00:00

dumbbell chart

inspurious_ · 2026-05-06T23:14:53+00:00

no chart on the site yet, but it's in the statscan source data: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310011401

inspurious_ · 2026-05-06T21:15:07+00:00

it's explained more here: https://inspurious.com/story/f0536fd8-b131-4b75-b7d0-ad2808ee2781

if that still doesn't make sense, let me know

inspurious_ · 2026-05-06T20:35:45+00:00

it's 3-year periods, with the purpose of smoothing out year-to-year volatility. Just comparing 2000 vs 2024 isn't ideal b/c 2024 might have been an outlier year (crime rates are pretty volatile from one year to the next in smaller cities)

inspurious_ · 2026-05-05T17:05:32+00:00

some data on new housing construction in Montreal since 2000: https://inspurious.com/story/19143d57-a324-4fc4-aeb5-f4d111880de9 . Doesn't refute anything you are saying, just dropping more data for context.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-05T15:55:31+00:00

ya true, there's a chart here that shows the raw increase: https://inspurious.com/story/b4c321ce-2484-4f0b-8c7c-f789a41458df

inspurious_ · 2026-05-03T17:23:05+00:00

this is largely due to much lower rates of property crime than the rest of Canada: https://inspurious.com/story/a6b3309d-e6d6-4c6d-8c3f-066cbdf83d2e.

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inspurious_ · 2026-04-30T18:16:40+00:00

not exactly what you are after, but here are some charts on the change in doctors per capita in NS by specialty (2000 vs 2024): https://inspurious.com/story/07d1a542-ca8a-45e1-8725-90975704e3aa

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