Public Health Agency of Canada

This report provides the descriptive epidemiology of active TB in Canada from 2010 to 2020, with a specific focus on data from 2020, the incidence of drug-resistant TB disease, and treatment outcomes, including the success rate of TB treatment from 2009 to 2019.

This report provides the descriptive epidemiology of active tuberculosis (TB) disease in Canada from 2008 to 2018 with a specific focus on 2018, including the incidence of drug-resistant TB disease. Treatment outcomes, including the success rate of TB treatment from 2007 to 2017, are also examined.

The information includes statistics on the number of users of the courses provided by the Centre for Biosecurity to promote the importance of biosafety and its application in Canadian facilities.

People with COVID-19 do not always recognize their early symptoms. Even if you do not have symptoms now, it is possible to transmit COVID-19 before you start showing symptoms or without ever developing symptoms. You need to quarantine (self-isolate) for 14 days at home when you may have been...

This section provides news and information about the evolution of Canada's Health Human Resource Strategy, which aims to ensure that Canadians have access to the health providers they need both now and in the future.

Canada and Yukon agree that immediate action and collaboration was and continues to be needed among governments to expand virtual care services to support improved access to publicly insured health care services for Canadians and to work together to further accelerate the use of virtual care...

This guidance has been adapted for Canadian use from the WHO document entitled "Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected – Interim guidance - 13 March 2020". This guidance is informed by currently available scientific evidence and expert...

Health Canada has notified Syngenta Canada Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of Herbicide-Tolerant MZHG0JG corn . The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this corn event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

The Electronic Pesticide Regulatory System, dubbed e-PRS, offers a new approach to information management and will enable the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to continue the evolution from a completely paper-based system to a sophisticated system using information technology.

Learn how vaccine safety is assured and monitored from pre-licensure to post-immunization and who is responsible for what in Canada.