This statistic displays the distribution of new cancer cases in Canada by select types of cancer and by age group, between 2015 and 2019. During this period, six percent of cancer cases among individuals aged 15 to 29 years were due to leukemia.
Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by age group
Cancers in children (ages 0–14 years) are classified according to ICCC-3.
CNS: central nervous system; PNC: peripheral nervous cell tumours.
Excluding Quebec
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Canadian Cancer Society. (November 8, 2023). Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/438106/proportion-of-select-new-cancer-cases-in-canada-by-age/
Canadian Cancer Society. "Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by age group." Chart. November 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/438106/proportion-of-select-new-cancer-cases-in-canada-by-age/
Canadian Cancer Society. (2023). Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/438106/proportion-of-select-new-cancer-cases-in-canada-by-age/
Canadian Cancer Society. "Distribution of Selected New Cancer Cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/438106/proportion-of-select-new-cancer-cases-in-canada-by-age/
Canadian Cancer Society, Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/438106/proportion-of-select-new-cancer-cases-in-canada-by-age/ (last visited June 04, 2025)
Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2015 and 2019, by age group [Graph], Canadian Cancer Society, November 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/438106/proportion-of-select-new-cancer-cases-in-canada-by-age/
