Table 1.

Characteristics of Canadian facilities offering first-trimester MA services in 2012 who responded to the 2013 cross-sectional survey of abortion provision in the United States and Canada (administrator survey): N = 20.

CHARACTERISTICSFACILITIES OFFERING MA, N (%)ESTIMATED NO. OF FIRST-TRIMESTER MA IN 2012ESTIMATED NO. OF FIRST-TRIMESTER MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ABORTIONS IN 2012PROPORTION OF FIRST-TRIMESTER ABORTIONS THAT WERE MA IN 2012
Clinic size
  • Small (< 500 abortions per y)9 (45.0)112104410.7
  • Medium (500–1000 abortions per y)4 (20.0)10032513.1
  • Large (> 1000 abortions per y)7 (35.0)249421 91511.4
Region where site is located
  • Atlantic Canada*0 (0.0)NANANA
  • British Columbia7 (35.0)2242809027.7
  • Ontario2 (10.0)10127673.7
  • Quebec5 (25.0)6228212.2
  • Prairies4 (20.0)27412 0992.3
  • Territories2 (10.0)274336.2
Facility type
  • Private office or ambulatory health centre11 (55.0)252021 27911.8
  • Hospital affiliated9 (45.0)18649313.8
Total20 (100.0)270626 21010.3
  • MA—medical abortion, NA—not applicable.

  • * One MA provider survey was returned from the Atlantic region, but no MA was performed in 2012.

  • Includes 2 facilities offering ambulatory MA services affiliated with a hospital-based surgical abortion service.