VISIONWATCH
CANADA MARKET
OVERVIEW
VISION CORRECTION AND EXAMS
U.S.
CANADA
76.3% Uses any form of Vision Correction Prescription Eyeglasses
29.4%
Private Vision Insurance Coverage
5.1%
Need Vision Correction but Don’t Use
75.7%
49.9%
5.3%
CORRECTIVE EYEWEAR FRAMES
67.1%
Prescription Eyeglass Usage
Frames Market
Channel Sales (by units)
7.7 Units Sold (Millions of pairs)
73.3
1,296 Total Value (Millions of CAD) 11,555
169
64.2%
Average Price Paid (CAD)
158
44.0%
Independent Optical Store
45.5%
42.6%
Retail Optical Chain
26.8%
13.4%
Other
27.7%
(Dept Store, Mass Merchants)
CORRECTIVE LENSES
CA
U.S.
Lens Market (Approximate twelve month sales)
82.1
9.0 Units Sold (Millions of pairs)
1,865 Total Value (Millions of CAD)
207
Average Price Paid (CAD)
Lens Styles (by units)
55.0% Single Vision
Multifocal
26.6%
18.4% Progressive
52.0%
17.9%
30.1%
PLANO SUNWEAR
82.4%
15,023
Plano Sunglass Usage 86.1%
183
Lens Coatings(by units)
12.1%
53.9%
11.2%
Photochromic
15.8%
Anti-Reflective
30.0%
Sun Tinted / Polarized 7.4%
READERS AND CONTACT LENSES
9.9%
Reading Glasses (OTC) Usage
12.4%
9.0%
Conta