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

Government of Nova Scotia - Department of Health and Wellness $357,130,128.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Shared Health Priorities Initiative
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) to target shared health priorities: Working Together Priorities: expanding access to family health services; supporting health workers and reducing...

Government of Nova Scotia - Department of Health and Wellness $356,258,550.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Shared Health Priorities Initiative
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) to target shared health priorities: Working Together Priorities: expanding access to family health services; supporting health workers and reducing...

Government of Nova Scotia - Department of Health and Wellness $355,851,961.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Shared Health Priorities Initiative
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) to target shared health priorities: Working Together Priorities: expanding access to family health services; supporting health workers and reducing...

Canada Health Infoway $355,554,000.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to Canada Health Infoway
FY 2017-2018
Canada

To accelerate development and adoption of digital health technologies, as a driver for health innovation and for health system transformation, in order to improve access, increase efficiency and impro...

Government of New Brunswick - Department of Health $313,304,652.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Shared Health Priorities Initiative
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) to target shared health priorities: Working Together Priorities: expanding access to family health services; supporting health workers and reducing...

Government of New Brunswick - Department of Health $313,146,097.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Shared Health Priorities Initiative
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) to target shared health priorities: Working Together Priorities: expanding access to family health services; supporting health workers and reducing...

Canada Health Infoway $313,054,000.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to Canada Health Infoway
FY 2017-2018
Canada

To accelerate development and adoption of digital health technologies, as a driver for health innovation and for health system transformation, in order to improve access, increase efficiency and impro...

Government of New Brunswick - Department of Health $312,980,064.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Shared Health Priorities Initiative
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) to target shared health priorities: Working Together Priorities: expanding access to family health services; supporting health workers and reducing...

Gouvernement du Québec - Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux $305,696,727.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To provide funding to willing jurisdictions to support improving access for patients with rare diseases to drugs for rare diseases, as well as improving and broadening rare disease treatments and serv...

Gouvernement du Québec - Ministère de la santé et des Services sociaux $305,244,687.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases Program
FY 2024-2025
Canada

To provide funding to willing jurisdictions to support improving access for patients with rare diseases to drugs for rare diseases, as well as improving and broadening rare disease treatments and serv...

Brain Canada Foundation $280,000,000.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Canada Brain Research Fund Program
FY 2020-2021
Canada

To attract private and charitable funding to support brain research and accelerate discoveries to improve the health and quality of life for Canadians who are at risk of or affected by brain diseases/...

Gouvernement du Québec - Ministère de la santé et des Services sociaux $269,972,412.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Payments to provinces and territories for the Purpose of Home Care and Mental Health
FY 2022-2023
Canada

To provide funding to Provinces and Territories (PTs) to target both home and community care, including services provided to residents in community settings, namely long-term care, assisted living fac...

Gouvernement du Québec - Ministère de la santé et des Services sociaux $268,040,510.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Payments to provinces and territories for the Purpose of Home Care and Mental Health
FY 2022-2023
Canada

To provide funding to Provinces and Territories (PTs) to target both home and community care, including services provided to residents in community settings, namely long-term care, assisted living fac...

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health $265,276,781.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To enhance the health of Canadians and health system sustainability by promoting the cost-effective and optimal use of drugs and other health technologies.

Canadian Institute for Health Information $246,717,958.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to the Canadian Institute for Health Information
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To support the development of a national health information system in order to achieve nationally comparable information for measuring wait times and outcomes of care, determine the relative effective...

Canadian Institute for Health Information $245,517,958.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to the Canadian Institute for Health Information
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To support the development of a national health information system in order to achieve nationally comparable information for measuring wait times and outcomes of care, determine the relative effective...

Canada Health Infoway $228,323,500.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to Canada Health Infoway
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To accelerate development and adoption of digital health technologies, as a driver for health innovation and for health system transformation, in order to improve access, increase efficiency and impro...

Canada Health Infoway $226,323,500.00
Health Canada | Santé Canada
Contribution to Canada Health Infoway
FY 2023-2024
Canada

To accelerate development and adoption of digital health technologies, as a driver for health innovation and for health system transformation, in order to improve access, increase efficiency and impro...