Health Canada is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health.
The current Minister of Health is Tony Clement.
The Department is organised into a series of functional and administrative Branches and a specialist agency regulating pesticides. There are also several research laboratories and specialist offices.
Branches, Regions and Agencies *
Ministers and Officers
Branches, Offices and Bureaus
- Audit & Accountability Bureau
- Communications, Marketing and Consultation Directorate
- Corporate Services Branch
- Departmental Secretariat
- First Nations & Inuit Health Branch
- Health Policy Branch
- Health Products & Food Branch
- Healthy Environments & Consumer Safety Branch
- Information, Analysis & Connectivity Branch
- Legal Services
- Office of the Cameron Visiting Chair
- Office of the Chief Dental Officer
- Office of the Chief Scientist
- Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Regions
- Alberta & NWT
- Atlantic
- British Columbia & Yukon
- Ontario & Nunavut
- Quebec
- Manitoba & Saskatchewan
Agencies
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
- Patented Medicines Prices Review Board
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Laboratories
Offices
- Nurse Recruitment
- Public Services Health Medical Centre
- Chief Financial Officer
Related Legislation
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act
- Canada Health Act
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Act
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act
- Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
- Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Implementation Act In Forced
- Department of Health Act
- Financial Administration Act
- Fitness and Amateur Sport Act
- Food and Drugs Act
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Act
- Hazardous Products Act
- Patent Act
- Pest Control Products Act
- Pesticide Residue Compensation Act
- Quarantine Act
- Radiation Emitting Devices Act
- Tobacco Act
- Act to Amend the Tobacco Act (Sponsorship)
- Broadcasting Act
- Canada Labour Code
- Canada Medical Act
- Canada Shipping Act
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
- Emergency Preparedness Act
- Energy Supplies Emergency Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
- Feeds Act
- Immigration Act
- National Parks Act
- Nuclear Safety and Control Act
- Non-Smokers Health Act
- Trade Marks Act
External links
Canadian federal departments and agencies | Health in Canada | Health Canada
Santé Canada