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

• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island - Cancer Trends 1982-2016 [PDF | 3 MB]
  • PEI Cancer Trends Report 1982-2016 Summary [PDF | 387 KB]

Breast cancer

• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Breast Cancer (2018) [PDF | 680 KB]
  • PEI Breast Cancer Trends Report Summary - November 2018 [PDF | 365 KB]
• PEI Breast Cancer Hormone Receptor Update - September 2018 [652 KB]

Colorectal cancer

• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Colorectal Cancer (2019) [PDF | 1 MB]
  • PEI Colorectal Cancer Trends Report Summary - March 2019 [PDF | 205 KB]
• Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults Update - November 2018 [683 KB]

Lung cancer

• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Lung Cancer (2018)  [PDF | 1 MB] 
  • PEI Lung Cancer Trends Report Summary - May 2018 [PDF | 279 KB]

Pancreatic cancer

• Pancreatic Cancer in PEI - January 2020 [823 KB]

Prostate cancer

• Report on Cancer Statistics in Prince Edward Island: Prostate Cancer (2020) [PDF | 782 KB]
  • PEI Prostate Cancer Trends Report Summary - July 2020 [PDF | 519 KB]