Program directory · Health Canada

Health Canada Specialized Services

Department

Health Canada

Program code

BVH17 (H)

Core responsibility

Health Protection and Promotion

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Health Canada is mandated by legislation, Treasury Board policy, and government direction with the responsibility to deliver three specialized services, as follows:

The Employee Assistance Program is an elective service to federal government departments that provides access to immediate crisis counselling (by telephone) and referrals to short-term counselling services for federal public servants. The Employee Assistance Program is currently serving 85+ federal departments and agencies through a network of contracted mental health professionals.

The Public Service Occupational Health Program helps deputy heads comply with their obligations under the Canada Labour Code to protect employee health and safety at work by: performing occupational health evaluations (which can include immunization services) and providing evidence-based occupational health consultation and guidance to departments on risks and hazards (e.g., asbestos, noise, tuberculosis, Legionella).

The Internationally Protected Persons Program supports the Government of Canada in fulfilling its international obligations under customary International Law by ensuring the health protection of Internationally Protected Persons (e.g., heads of state / government, foreign government officials, the Royal Family and other dignitaries) visiting Canada in the context of regular visits or their participation in international major events (e.g., G7 / G20 Summit).

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).

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.