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Table 1 National distribution of sample compared with CCA membership and the Canadian population

From: Diversity of the chiropractic profession in Canada: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members

Province

CCA membership; n (%)a

(n = 7764)

Study Sample; n (%)

(n = 3096)

2016 census; n (%)b

(n = 36,991,981)

Prevalence ratio [95% CI]c

Alberta

1106 (14.25)

556 (17.96)

4,262,635 (11.52)

1.68 [1.53, 1.84]

British Columbia

1163 (14.98)

556 (17.96)

5,000,879 (13.52)

1.40 [1.28, 1.53]

Manitoba

230 (2.96)

104 (3.36)

1,342,153 (3.63)

0.92 [0.76, 1.12]

New Brunswick

101 (1.30)

38 (1.23)

775,610 (2.10)

0.58 [0.42, 0.80]

Newfoundland and Labrador

68 (0.88)

17 (0.55)

510,550 (1.38)

0.39 [0.24, 0.64]

Nova Scotia

162 (2.09)

67 (2.16)

969,383 (2.62)

0.82 [0.65, 1.05]

Ontario

3636 (46.83)

1380 (44.57)

14,223,942 (38.45)

1.29 [1.20, 1.38]

Prince Edward Island

15 (0.19)

6 (0.19)

154,331 (0.42)

0.46 [0.21, 1.03]

Quebec

1055 (13.59)

281 (9.08)

8,501,833 (22.98)

0.33 [0.30, 0.38]

Saskatchewan

218 (2.81)

84 (2.71)

1,132,505 (3.06)

0.88 [0.71, 1.10]

Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon Territories

6 (0.08)

7 (0.23)

118,160 (0.32)

0.71 [0.34, 1.48]

  1. aBased on 2021 membership data supplied by the CCA
  2. bBased on Statistics Canada 2016 Census of Population [22]
  3. cPrevalence ratio of our sample compared to the 2016 Canadian Census