Q.1
This former premier is widely credited as the father of medicare and, in 2004, was voted the greatest Canadian of all time.
Tommy Douglas
John Diefenbaker
Pierre Trudeau
Mackenzie King
Q.2
How much did Canada spend on health care in 2018, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information?
$2.53 billion
$25.3 billion
$253 billion
$2.53 trillion
Q.3
What was the first province in Canada to have a public hospital insurance plan?
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Q.4
What year did that system come into existence?
1942
1947
1952
1972
Q.5
True or false: Canada is the only industrialized country with universal health care that does not also cover the costs of prescription drugs?
True
False
Q.6
This jurisdiction spent an estimated $16,276 per person on health care in 2018, the most of any province or territory.
Ontario
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Q.7
This jurisdiction spent an estimated $6,584 per person on health care in 2018, the least of any province or territory.
Ontario
Yukon
Nunavut
Alberta
Q.8
Today, the average Canadian can expect to live to 82. What was life expectancy in the ’60s, when medicare first began?
52
62
72
82