Canada also has the lowest number of doctors per 10k, and the lowest wait for primary care.

That's assuming you even have primary care. There's a desperate shortage of family doctors in Ontario.

Maybe you don't need an appointment to see a GP in Canada? I'm from Austria and GPs are walk-in for most things here, maybe they're the same. But yeah, the graph is pretty useless without explaining what kind of appointments and what kind of surgeries.

To your last point: it could be, eg, your orthopedist (who isn't a surgeon) referring you to an orthopedic surgeon, no GP required in that case. But that just makes it even more complicated, because in some countries, you need a GP referral to any specialist. I think sometimes even every time you see the specialist.

What is misleading about it, it's just numbers? It basically says.. My knee hurts, let me go get it checked out: wait time column A. Physician says I need a knee replacement, wait time column B.

The chart isn't claiming anything. It doesn't say what is better or worse, just the wait times.

Meh, it is from Australia, so unless they have reason to make Canada look bad, it's just numbers