Cancer Statistics and Trends on PEI

Health PEI collects and analyzes cancer data over time to help inform public health priorities, policies, and new areas of research.  

Cancer Control Progress Measurements

Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control 

Read about PEI’s progress on national priorities for Canada’s cancer system. Visit the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer’s strategic priorities page, select the priority, and then select the jurisdiction of Prince Edward Island. 

PEI cancer surveillance reports:

All cancers

• Changes in Cancer Diagnoses and Staging Due to COVID-19 in PEI
• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island - Cancer Trends 1982-2016 
  • PEI Cancer Trends Report 1982-2016 Summary 

Bladder cancer

• Bladder cancer trends in Prince Edward Island (2018-2022)

Breast cancer

• Breast Cancer Trends in Prince Edward Island (2018-2022)
• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Breast Cancer (2018) 
  • PEI Breast Cancer Trends Report Summary (November 2018) 
• PEI Breast Cancer Hormone Receptor Update (September 2018) 

Colorectal cancer

• Colorectal Cancer Trends in Prince Edward Island (2018-2022)
• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Colorectal Cancer (2019) 
  • PEI Colorectal Cancer Trends Report Summary (March 2019) 
• Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults Update (November 2018) 

Lung cancer

• Lung Cancer Trends in Prince Edward Island (2019-2023)
• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Lung Cancer (2018)   
  • PEI Lung Cancer Trends Report Summary (May 2018) 

Melanoma skin cancer

• Melanoma Skin Cancer Trends in Prince Edward Island (2018-2022)

Pancreatic cancer

• Pancreatic Cancer in PEI (January 2020) 

Prostate cancer

• Prostate Cancer Trends in Prince Edward Island (2018-2022)
• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Prostate Cancer (2020) 
  • PEI Prostate Cancer Trends Report Summary (July 2020)