Public Health Agency of Canada

This is a link to multiple publications of diseases and conditions in Canada.

The Canada Communicable Disease Report is a bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the prevention and control of emerging and persistent infectious diseases.

About coronaviruses, symptoms of infection, how coronaviruses are diagnosed and treatment for coronavirus infection.

Learn about our vaccine progress, the safety of the authorization process and what vaccines have been authorized for use in Canada.

Swine influenza (swine flu) is an infectious respiratory disease of pigs. It's caused by type A influenza viruses.

In 2018, 50% of Canadians had never been tested for HIV, hepatitis C, or STI.

What health professionals need to know about HIV and AIDS, prevention, disease progression, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and surveillance.

C. trachomatis is the most common reportable sexually transmitted infection in Canada. If not treated, C. trachomatis can spread from a local site of inoculation and lead to serious complications and/or sequelae, such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy, infertility, chronic...

In 2016, an estimated 63,110 people were living with HIV.

The Cancer in Young People in Canada (CYP-C) program maintains a national childhood cancer surveillance and research database that is available to researchers seeking to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.

Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a disease that mainly affects the lungs and airways. Tuberculosis is spread from human to human through the release of droplets from the lungs or airways of an infected person.

Measles, a serious and highly contagious childhood disease, was once common in Canada.

Tuberculosis (TB) is the epitome of inequity in public health; it is a social disease with a medical aspect. As this report makes clear, social determinants of health such as poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing and overcrowding contribute to health inequity and are significant underlying...