Federal spending by Health Canada

2,300 records totalling $103,530,599,540.09 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $9,559,576,173 $8,749,465,180 91.5%
2023-2024 $7,537,514,084 $6,842,293,218 90.8%
2022-2023 $5,616,743,295 $4,322,308,189 77.0%
2021-2022 $9,448,845,846 $6,044,784,701 64.0%
2020-2021 $3,735,326,837 $3,116,652,943 83.4%
2019-2020 $2,736,768,468 $2,675,389,069 97.8%
2018-2019 $2,425,447,582 $2,369,749,252 97.7%
2017-2018 $3,725,634,067 $3,491,052,712 93.7%
2016-2017 $4,268,411,137 $4,153,217,124 97.3%
2015-2016 $3,931,578,293 $3,881,132,152 98.7%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

34

of 64 targets met

7

targets not met

23

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets

  • Percentage of youth (grades 10-12) who report frequent (daily to weekly) cannabis use in the past 30 days

    Target: — · Actual: 10.5

  • Percentage of domestic consumer product recalls communicated to Canadians in a timely manner

    Target: — · Actual: 87.0

  • Percentage of pre-market pesticide submission reviews that are completed within service standards

    Target: — · Actual: 88.0

  • Percentage of pharmacies inspected that are deemed to be compliant with the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and its Regulations

    Target: — · Actual: 69.0

  • Percentage of people in Canada surveyed who are knowledgeable about radon

    Target: — · Actual: 66.0

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority $4,827,269.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Delivered a prescribed alternatives (safer supply) program that prescribed pharmaceutical-grade opioids to people most at risk of overdose. The project focused on those who had been diagnosed with an...

Canadian Cancer Society $4,742,245.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative $4,734,941.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Expanded existing services at the Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative health centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to include prescribed alternatives (safer supply) and Indigenous Elder-...

Alberta Health Services $4,662,575.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, suc...

Medical Council of Canada $4,645,700.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
FY 2025-2026
Canada

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, suc...

The National Circle for Indigenous Medical Education Inc. $4,639,306.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, suc...

Pain BC Society $4,599,482.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, suc...

AVI Health and Community Services Society $4,576,346.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

This initiative provided pharmaceutical-grade prescribed alternatives (safer supply) medications (opioid/OAT/stimulant) to address the overdose risk posed by the toxic illegal drug market. It included...

University of British Columbia $4,542,875.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick $4,532,535.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Official Languages Health Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

To enhance health services access for French and English linguistic minority communities in Canada and improve the accessibility, quality, sustainability and accountability of Canada’s health care sys...

Pain BC Society $4,499,482.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
FY 2022-2023
Canada

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, suc...

MySafe Society $4,494,150.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Offered a new way to provide prescribed alternatives (safer supply) medication to people living with opioid use disorder as an alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply and to help prevent overdose...

The University of Western Ontario $4,473,473.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health $4,399,825.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Health Care Policy and Strategies Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To support the federal government’s commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system through investments in emerging and demonstrated innovations in priority areas, suc...

Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre $4,308,252.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Provided prescribed alternatives (safer supply) pharmaceutical-grade medication to people experiencing severe opioid use disorder and connected patients with important health and social services.

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton $4,301,889.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

City of Toronto $4,289,373.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Established the first prescribed alternatives (safer supply) project in Toronto that offered injectable hydromorphone for people with opioid use disorder. The project helped people with opioid use dis...

South Riverdale Community Health Centre $4,285,092.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Supported people with opioid use disorder who are at a greater risk of overdose and other harms related to the toxic illegal drug supply by providing prescribed alternatives (safer supply).

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority $4,222,092.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Delivered a prescribed alternatives (safer supply) program that prescribed pharmaceutical-grade opioids to people most at risk of overdose. The project focused on those who had been diagnosed with an...

Surrey Place $4,202,998.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Substance Use and Addictions Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada.

Université de Saint-Boniface $4,177,850.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Canadian Health Systems and Programs
FY 2018-2019
Canada

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Université de Saint-Boniface $4,177,850.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Official Languages Health Program
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To enhance health services access for French and English linguistic minority communities in Canada and improve the accessibility, quality, sustainability and accountability of Canada’s health care sys...