The massive Health Canada site has been divided into three site summaries for the convenience of the GDSourcing user. The divisions, which follow the classifications of the Health Canada site, are:

Diseases and Conditions, Health Care, Healthy Lifestyles

The website site is integrated into a network of health related sites. There are numerous, extremely useful links. If the topic that you are researching is not listed in this site summary, you may want to try using Health Canada's search engine or A-Z index to find it.

Some information linked from this page is now under the responsibility of the new Public Health Agency of Canada, formerly the Population and Public Health Branch of Health Canada. We will be revising our content over the coming months in order to reflect this change.

STATISTICS AVAILABLE

Health Care

Universal coverage for medically necessary health care services provided on the basis of need, rather than the ability to pay. Canada's publicly funded health care system is best described as an interlocking set of ten provincial and three territorial health insurance plans

Factsheets on Health Care

• Canada Health and Social Transfer
• Federal Transfers to Provinces and Territories
• Canada Health Act Overview
• Canada's Health Care System at a Glance

Health Status 

refers to the state of health of an individual, group, or population, measured against an accepted standard. The most commonly used indicators of health status are life expectancy and infant mortality.

Estimates, Plans and Performance

Health Care Renewal

Health Promotion

Health Spending

Home Care

National Forum on Health

Palliative Care

Pharmacare