Table 1 
Top five cancers1 in Canada, by sex, 2013 

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Top five cancers in Canada, by sex, 2013
  rank number % of all cancers incidence rate (per 100,000)
All cancers combined, both sexes ... 180,465 100.0 516.6
Lung and bronchus 1 24,395 13.5 69.8
Breast 2 23,440 13.0 67.1
Colorectal 3 22,075 12.2 63.2
Prostate 4 19,660 10.9 56.3
Urinary bladder (including in situ) 5 9,485 5.3 27.2
All cancers combined, males ... 91,850 100.0 530.5
Prostate 1 19,660 21.4 113.6
Lung and bronchus 2 12,715 13.8 73.4
Colorectal 3 12,155 13.2 70.2
Urinary bladder (including in situ) 4 7,220 7.9 41.7
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 5 4,335 4.7 25.0
All cancers combined, females ... 88,615 100.0 503.0
Breast 1 23,255 26.2 132.0
Lung and bronchus 2 11,680 13.2 66.3
Colorectal 3 9,920 11.2 56.3
Corpus uteri 4 5,485 6.2 31.1
Thyroid 5 4,520 5.1 25.7
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Source(s):
CANSIM tables 103-0550 and 051-0001.

Table note 1

Excluding the "other, ill-defined and unknown sites" category.
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