摘要Although Canada has a universal health care program that provides free in-hospital services to all citizens,its vast landmass and nonstan-dardized prehospital and posthospital systems make delivering quality trauma care challenging,particularly to resource-limited rural re-gions.This article summarizes the strengths of the prehospital system,facility-based care,trauma network,trauma registry,rehabilitation,and governance/financing/quality assurance components of Canada's trauma system.Future directions,including the use of telemedi-cine,standardization of practices,and resource optimization,are also explored.Canada's trauma system is well developed,yet geography impedes equitable access.More standardization and resource optimization are needed.