How many provincial/territorial cancer registries cover less than a 1 million population?

• A. 3
• B. 5
• C. 7
• D. 8

Answer: (D)

The main idea is to compare how many provincial/territorial cancer registries serve populations below 1,000,000 people. In Canada, the smallest jurisdictions—primarily the three territories and the Atlantic provinces—fall under that threshold. Depending on the census year, these small-population registries add up to about eight in the dataset used for this question. The rest of the registries cover populations above 1,000,000, so the count for those below the threshold is eight. To understand this well, you can look up the latest population figures by province/territory and mark which registries are under 1,000,000, then total them.