Program directory · Health Canada

Quality Health Science, Data and Evidence

Department

Health Canada

Program code

BVG23 (H)

Core responsibility

Health Care Systems

In Departmental Plans

2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Health Canada recognizes the importance of quality evidence and learning health systems to support improvements in health care for Canadians. Many stakeholders advance health research and data in the Canadian health ecosystem. However, Health Canada plays a unique role in supporting the coordination and generation of pan-Canadian data in underdeveloped areas and supporting research that responds to emerging health system issues. Health Canada also fosters science and research excellence across the Government of Canada’s Health Portfolio to promote quality initiatives that protect the health of Canadians. Initiatives funded through the Quality Health Science, Data and Evidence Program work with key partners to build research capacity and generate pan-Canadian data that will advance knowledge in priority health care areas, including the needs of diverse populations. Funded partners have the expertise and networks to work with provinces and territories, and increase collaboration across the breadth of the health research community – including health researchers, private and charitable sectors, and donors, and other stakeholders – who can generate relevant evidence, and support researchers and their skill development. Through these initiatives, the Program helps ensure data and health evidence are available and accessible to health care stakeholders, contributing to sustainable and modern health care systems in order to improve the health care systems.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2023-24. 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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.