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This study aims to quantify the Canadian contribution to NAAPR and compare AED usage in pregnancy in Canada and the USA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167122000038_as2\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Enrollment rate ratios (ERR) to NAAPR, adjusted for the populations of women of childbearing age, were calculated for the USA, Canada, and for the different Canadian provinces. Methods of enrollment to NAAPR and AED usage were compared between the two countries using chi-squared tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167122000038_as3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between 1997 and 2019, 10,215 pregnant women enrolled into NAAPR: 4.1% were Canadian (n = 432, ERR = 0.39, CI<jats:sub>95%<\/jats:sub> = 0.35\u20130.43). Within Canada, no patients were enrolled from the three northern territories or from Prince Edward Island. While fewer patients than expected enrolled from Quebec (ERR = 0.35, CI<jats:sub>95%<\/jats:sub> = 0.19\u20130.58), Nova Scotia had the highest enrollment rate (ERR = 1.55; CI<jats:sub>95%<\/jats:sub> = 0.66\u20133.11). Compared with their American peers, Canadians were less likely to have been enrolled by their healthcare provider and more likely to have been enrolled via social media (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01). Canadian women were more likely to be taking carbamazepine (24% vs. 15%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01) or valproic acid (8% vs. 4%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167122000038_as4\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The proportion of Canadian enrollees into NAAPR was less than expected based on the relative population size of Canadian women of reproductive age. 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