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Healthy Eating Strategy
This strategy aims to: improve healthy eating information; strengthen labelling and claims; improve the nutrition quality of foods; protect vulnerable populations; and support... -
Proposed Residential Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Benzene
English: Health Canada assesses the health risks posed by specific indoor pollutants in residential environments and provides recommendations on how to reduce... -
Measuring the impact of the opioid overdose epidemic on life expectancy at...
Canada continues to experience a serious opioid overdose crisis. Across the country, it is having devastating effects on families and communities. The impact of the crisis on... -
Opioids and the opioid crisis – Get the facts
The opioid crisis is a complex public health issue. There are many factors that led us to the significant increase in opioid-related overdoses today. -
Canada’s Opioid Crisis (fact sheet)
Illegal drugs and problematic drug or substance use are not new in Canada. However, the opioid crisis has brought to light the devastating effects opioids are having on... -
Helping people who use substances during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is adding to the ongoing public health crisis related to high rates of opioid overdose and deaths, as well as acute substance use harms. These crises are... -
Module 4: Health Canada’s review and communication of safety findings
Educational module provides overview of health product vigilance, report management, post-market surveillance activities and Health Canada risk communications. -
Data extracts from the Canada Vigilance adverse reaction online database
The data set is updated on a monthly basis and currently covers the following time period: 1965 to 2023-10-31. The data extract is a series of compressed ASCII text files of the... -
Instructions for the Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database
The Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database contains information on suspected adverse reaction reports related to marketed health products that were submitted to... -
Canada Vigilance Program - Collecting and Assessing Adverse Reaction Reports
The Canada Vigilance Program collects and assesses reports of suspected adverse reactions to marketed health products in Canada, including prescription and non-prescription... -
Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database - Data Structure
Although the Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database is a relational database, there is a requirement to provide the data to users in a common format; therefore the... -
Canada Vigilance adverse reaction online database
The Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database contains information about suspected adverse reactions (also known as side effects) to health products. -
Health Product Vigilance Framework
The Health Product Vigilance Framework is being developed to strengthen and modernize health product vigilance (PV) practices in Canada. Aligned with the Federal Regulatory... -
Canada Vigilance Program
The Canada Vigilance Program is Health Canada's post-market surveillance program that collects and assesses reports of suspected adverse reactions to health products marketed in... -
Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events
English: 2011 Health Canada Toolkit for Public Health and Emergency Management Officials. This toolkit presents communication best practices for addressing... -
(#2) Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin
Number 2/ Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events: Toolkit for Public Health and Emergency Management Officials. -
Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin #2
Adaptation Bulletin #2/ Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events: Toolkit for Public Health and Emergency Management Officials. -
(#3) Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin
Number 3/ Understanding Community Resilience to Extreme Heat Through Table-top Exercises -
Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin #3
Adaptation Bulletin - #3/ Understanding Community Resilience to Extreme Heat Through Table-top Exercises -
Extreme cold
Canada has one of the most severe winter climates of any country in the world. Canadians across the country may face severe cold weather conditions that can affect their health....