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by blaser-waffle 2516 days ago
There simply aren't medical facilities in a lot of remote / regional Canada. If you need a fairly complex or specialized surgery you're essentially going to a big city or regional hub.

Keep in mind that Canada may be huge, but has less people than California, and most of them are concentrated in a handful of places.

Anecdotal: my wife's wait for an orthopedic surgeon was 3 days... but was in a city 1.5 hours away.