"Alberta Personal Injury Lawyers, Preszler Injury Lawyers, examined the latest data from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada and Statistics Canada on the number of accepted lost-time claims and the size of the labour force in each province. The number of claims was compared to the labour force to calculate a rate per 100,000 employees and therefore determine the most dangerous provinces to work in."
"Quebec has been named the most dangerous province to work in, with 2,609.54 lost-time claims per 100,000 workers. Quebec experienced 124,123 lost-time claims in 2022, which is 57% higher than the previous year's total of 78,813. British Columbia is second, with2,095.96 lost-time claims per 100,000 employees. British Columbia had 62,294 lost-time claims in 2022, this being 12% higher than the previous year's total of 55,653."
"In third place is Manitoba, with 1,944.48 lost-time claims per 100,000 workers. In 2022, Manitoba had 14,360 lost-time claims, a 10% increase from the total of 13,067 in 2021. Alberta is in fourth place, with1,432.24 lost-time claims per 100,000 employees. Alberta experienced 37,814 lost-time claims in 2022, which is 14% higher than the previous year's total of 33,156."
Data from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada and Statistics Canada were used to calculate lost-time claim rates per 100,000 employees by comparing accepted lost-time claims to labour force size. Quebec ranked highest at 2,609.54 claims per 100,000 with 124,123 lost-time claims in 2022, a 57% increase from 78,813. British Columbia followed at 2,095.96 per 100,000 with 62,294 claims, up 12%. Manitoba was third at 1,944.48 per 100,000 with 14,360 claims, up 10%. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia ranked fourth through eighth with respective rates and smaller year-over-year increases.
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