Health Canada

Health Canada makes sure that the known serious risks are written on the product label or product monograph, as well as provides information on how to manage these risks, so that patients and/or health professionals can make informed choices.

A medical device is any instrument or component used to treat, diagnose or prevent a human disease or abnormal physical condition. Page about what medical device problems are and how to report them.

MedEffect™ Canada provides a simple and efficient means for health professionals to report an adverse reaction to the Canada Vigilance Program. It also serves as a centralized point to access the latest health product safety information such as advisories and recalls.

Health Canada information related to adverse reaction reporting of drugs and health products on the Canadian market

Health product advertising directly or indirectly promotes the sale or use of any health product. This can be done by any means including: print, Internet, and broadcast. Only health products that have been authorized for sale by Health Canada may legally be advertised in Canada.

The Recalls and Safety Alerts Database provides easy access to a comprehensive list of recalls, advisories, and safety alerts. This database includes recalls from Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Transport Canada.

The Recalls and Safety Alerts Database provides easy access to a comprehensive list of recalls, advisories, and safety alerts. This database includes recalls from Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Transport Canada.

The Canada Vigilance Program collects and assesses reports of suspected adverse reactions to marketed health products in Canada, including prescription and non-prescription medications; natural health products; biologically derived products such as vaccines and fractionated blood products; cells,...

The intent of this notice is to clarify Health Canada’s expectations with respect to the re-reporting of cases identified from the Canada Vigilance (CV) Online Database by Market Authorization Holders (MAHs). In particular, this clarifies section 4.3 of the May 2018 update to the Reporting...

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 full data set contained in the Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction Online Database. It is intended for users who are...

Hospitals must report all serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medical device incidents (MDIs).

You may see or receive drug or device marketing. You can help us identify and report any suspected illegal marketing by: submitting a complaint using the complaint form or sending us an email at drug-device-marketing@canada.ca

Human biomonitoring is used to estimate exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring the chemical, its metabolites, or reaction products in biological specimens. Since 2007, the biomonitoring component of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) has measured hundreds of chemicals in blood,...

Terrestrial gamma dose rates, reported as ambient dose equivalent in the unit nSv/hr, are presented for the past ninety days to present. Data is measured in real-time, typically from the spectroscopic dosimeters of the Fixed Point Surveillance (FPS) Network. Dosimeter stations of this network are...

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry’s compliance of toys with the specific requirements of the Toys Regulations.

The purpose of this standards project was to sample USB wall chargers and test them to the performance criteria of a consensus-based safety standard in order to verify compliance to the CCPSA. The safety standard used as a basis for the project testing was CSA Standard C22.2 No. 60950-1-07 -...

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry's compliance of consumer chemicals with the requirements of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001(CCCR, 2001).

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry’s compliance of children’s jewellery for lead and cadmium content which are subject to the Children’s Jewellery Regulations.

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry’s compliance of children’s sleepwear with specific requirements of the Children’s Sleepwear Regulations and the associated Children’s sleepwear: Flammability requirement guidelines.

The purpose of this general prohibition project was to verify industry’s compliance of children’s upper outerwear with the performance criteria of the ASTM F1816-18, Standard Safety Specification for Drawstrings on Children’s Upper Outerwear.