The most comprehensive study of maternal health in Canadian history confirms what Black families long knew: Black patients face dramatically higher rates of severe complications in pregnancy, labour, delivery and postpartum than white patients.
For years the gap was anecdote. Now it's dataset — demanding better tracking and tools to kill anti-Black racism in care.
The 6ix's Black maternal community — from Scarborough birthing centres to downtown OB wards — deserves care that hears them the first time. This study is the receipt. The action is the debt.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Black Canadians face much higher severe maternal complication risks than white people.
Calls for better data and systemic anti-Black racism elimination in care.