Canada
In Canada, sleep studies are ordered by a physician or nurse practitioner and paid for through provincial health plans when they are medically necessary. In-lab polysomnography is publicly insured in most provinces; coverage of home sleep apnea tests and of CPAP devices varies from province to province, which is why the details live on the province pages below.
Province guides: Ontario · British Columbia · Alberta
- TorontoToronto’s year is a long swing between bright, humid summers and short, grey winters.
- OttawaOttawa’s winters are long, cold and bright-white when the sun is out — which is good news for your body clock if you get outside in the morning.
- VancouverVancouver has the mildest winters of any big Canadian city and some of the darkest.
- CalgaryCalgary’s summer evenings are famously long — light until nearly 10 pm in June — which is wonderful for patios and hard on bedtimes, especially for children and for anyone trying to fall asleep before 11.
- EdmontonEdmonton’s June is nearly Scandinavian: sunrise around 5 am, twilight past 10:30 pm.
- MontrealWinter darkness is Montreal's biggest sleep variable.
- WinnipegWinnipeg winter dries out your bedroom as much as it chills it.