Numbers of Canadians With Crohn’s and Colitis on the Rise, Wake-Up Call to Healthcare System

Kristen Hovet
4 min readNov 2, 2018
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There are only 36.71 million people in Canada, and 270,000 of them are living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). By the year 2030, that number is expected to rise to around 403,000.

Crohn’s and Colitis Canada has just released its “2018 Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada” report, which stands…

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