In 2017, the rate of HIV infection in Toronto was 17.4 cases per 100,000 persons, compared with the rate for the rest of Ontario (3.1 cases per 100,000 population) and the overall Canadian [15] rate (6.4 cases per 100,000 population).

How common is HIV in Canada?

Estimates number of new HIV infections The resulting estimated incidence rate in Canada for 2018 was 6.0 per 100,000 population (range between 2.9 and 10.4 per 100,000 population) which is a slight increase from the estimate for 2016 (5.4/100,000 population; range between 3.2 and 7.7 per 100,000 population).

Which province in Canada has the highest rate of HIV?

The two provinces with the largest proportion of new infections in 2017 were Ontario (38.9% of the overall total) and Quebec (27.9% of the overall total). As well, Quebec and Saskatchewan have the highest rates out of any province with 8.0 new infections per 100,000 and 15.5 new infections per 100,000 respectively.

How bad is HIV in Canada?

Within five years, the World Health Organization had reported 38,401 cases of AIDS from 85 countries. HIV/AIDS ranks among the worst episodes of disease in Canadian history. In Canada, the latest figures (from 2014) show that more than 26,000 people with HIV have died since the beginning of the epidemic.