Author’s Disclosure Block: Lindsay Ong-Tone, none

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Purpose: This will be the seventeenth annual survey on the practice patterns of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) members in cataract surgery. Study Design: Web based Methods: This survey will be conducted in January 2025 when an e-mail with a link to Red Cap will be sent to all the COS members who have indicated that their practice focus is on Cataract and Intraocular lens (IOL) surgery. Two reminder e-mails will be sent at 2 weeks interval. Results: In 2024, there was quite a spread in the length of time patients had to wait for cataract surgery. There was quite an increase in the number of patients waiting more than 12 months for their surgery (17.6%) compared to 5.7% in 2023. Most of these were from the Maritime provinces and Ontario. 80.4% of the respondents corrected astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery. More than 90% of those used a Toric IOL to do so. 51% of the respondents aimed for monovision following cataract surgery. 56% did so up to 10% of the time. There was a marked increase in the number of respondents performing Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) (58.8%) compared to 48.1% in 2023. Although the majority of respondents (53.3%) did so up to 10% of the time, there was a marked increase in those doing so more than 50% of the time (23.3%) compared to 2023 (19.2%). Conclusion: This annual survey has highlighted some trends in the practice patterns of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society members in cataract surgery and gives the membership valuable information as to how their peers are practising.