Program directory · Health Canada
Mental Health
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVG04 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Care Systems
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Government of Canada is committed to improving the health care systems by enhancing access to quality mental health services for Canadians. Budget 2017 committed to $11 billion over ten years to expand access to home and community care and mental health and addictions and in August 2017, Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) governments agreed to common objectives and specific areas of action for these priorities, as set out in the FPT Common Statement of Principles on Shared Health Priorities. The areas of action for mental health and addiction services are: expanding access to community-based services for children and youth; spreading evidence-based models of community mental health care and culturally-appropriate interventions; and expanding availability of integrated community-based services for people with complex health needs. Mental health policy advice, evidence assessment, and stakeholder engagement will support these efforts in the Department. Health Canada's policy and program work also includes contributions to the Mental Health Commission of Canada to federal mental health objectives through the development of knowledge products, collaborative partnerships, and mental health literacy training and awareness campaigns.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $2.76B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Spending $465M, against $265M in 2018-19 (+76%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $675M, against $465M in 2019-20 (+45%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≤ 15% | 2021 | 24.7% Caution is required when comparing these data to previous survey cycles as COVID-19 had major impacts on data collection activities, with collection paused from mid-March until September 2020. The target is an aspirational target; this indicator will track progress toward the target over the course of the Government of Canada’s ten-year $5 billion investment in mental health and addiction service… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≤ 22% | 2022 | — Data is not reported annually by Statistic Canada. New data is expected to be available in 2022-23. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $265M | $265M |
| 2019-20 | $465M | $465M |
| 2020-21 | $616M | $675M |
| 2021-22 | $601M | $680M |
| 2022-23 | $629M | $678M |
| 2023-24 | $616M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $616M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 11 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | 11 | 10 |
| 2020-21 | 12 | 14 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 23 |
| 2022-23 | 15 | 35 |
| 2023-24 | 12* | — |
| 2024-25 | 12* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $265,436,255 | $451,206,712 | $601,210,024 | ||||
| 2019-20 plan | $465,457,576 | $615,460,888 | $601,211,635 | ||||
| 2020-21 plan | $615,577,861 | $601,327,861 | $601,327,861 | ||||
| 2021-22 plan | $601,359,840 | $601,359,840 | $601,359,840 | ||||
| 2022-23 plan | $628,976,911 | $615,767,000 | $615,767,000 | ||||
| Actual | $264,962,129 | $465,201,024 | $675,276,114 | $680,209,796 | $677,968,382 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
