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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

 

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