Program directory · Health Canada
Medical Assistance in Dying
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVG09 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Care Systems
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying) permits the lawful provision of medical assistance in dying (MAID) to eligible Canadians. This law requires the federal Minister of Health to make regulations on the provision and collection of information for the purposes of monitoring and publishing annual reports on MAID in Canada.
Health Canada monitors MAID implementation and provides policy support to increase the evidence base about how MAID is being delivered in Canada and to support consistent access for eligible Canadians.
Health Canada engages and collaborates with the provinces/territories, key stakeholders and practitioners and pharmacists involved in MAID, to facilitate consistent application of the regulations and data collection, and shares this information through federal reports, guidance and policy work.
Health Canada works with the Department of Justice on federal MAID legislative amendments and their passage through Parliament and will support the legislatively mandated Parliamentary Review of the MAID legislation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Assistance in Dying | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $5.5M |
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.
No significant changes detected.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 0.3% – 4.6% | 2019 | 1.1% | Met |
| 2019-20 | 1% – 4% | 2020 | 2% | Met |
| 2020-21 | 1% – 4% | 2021 | 2.5% | Met |
| 2021-22 | 1% – 4% | 2022 | 3.3% | Met |
| 2022-23 | 1% – 4% | 2023 | 4.1% With increasing awareness of medical assistance in dying (MAID), an aging population, and the prevalence of cancer, which is the primary medical condition for seeking MAID, it is expected that the number of deaths increase slightly beyond the 4% target. | Not met |
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 | $1.2M | $243K |
| 2019-20 | $1.2M | $856K |
| 2020-21 | $628K | $901K |
| 2021-22 | $567K | $1.4M |
| 2022-23 | $1.1M | $2.1M |
| 2023-24 | $1.1M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $1.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 12 | 5 |
| 2019-20 | 11 | 5 |
| 2020-21 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022-23 | 7 | 12 |
| 2023-24 | 7* | — |
| 2024-25 | 7* | — |
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 | $1,186,255 | $1,206,712 | $1,210,024 | ||||
| 2019-20 plan | $1,207,576 | $1,210,888 | $1,211,635 | ||||
| 2020-21 plan | $627,861 | $627,861 | $627,861 | ||||
| 2021-22 plan | $566,600 | $566,600 | $566,600 | ||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,065,644 | $1,075,830 | $1,093,148 | ||||
| Actual | $242,798 | $855,782 | $900,703 | $1,365,580 | $2,126,987 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
