Public Health Agency of Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Its activities focus on preventing disease and injuries, responding to public health threats, promoting good physical and mental health, and providing information to support informed decision making.
Latest
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Outbreak update
Help protect yourself and others
Services and information
Public health notices
Disease outbreaks or possible health risks to Canadians, how to protect yourself
Diseases and conditions
Symptoms, risks, and how to prevent, treat and manage human diseases and illnesses
Healthy living
Behaviours that affect health, health and pregnancy, wellness, infant care, blood donation
Travel health
Avoid disease, illness or other safety risks away from home
Food recalls, risks and outbreaks
Food poisoning, Canada's role in food safety, recent recalls and alerts
Vaccines and immunization
Vaccination for children, adults, during pregnancy, travel vaccines, flu shot, information for health professionals
Biosafety and biosecurity
Biosafety training, pathogen hazards, exposure reporting, licences, regulating laboratories or containment zones
Emergency preparedness and response
How we prepare to keep the public safe from epidemics, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear events
Funding opportunities
Grants and contribution programs, how and why we give funding, who we have funded
Surveillance
Monitoring programs for diseases, conditions, blood safety contribution, medicine
Public health practice
Careers in public health, workforce development, networks and training for public health specialists, students, hosting and collaboration
Recurring reports
Disease and infection surveillance, health promotion and chronic disease prevention updates.
Contact us
More information for
What we are doing
Corporate information
Minister
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Health
Minister
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Management
Dr. Theresa Tam
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada
Management
Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar
President of the Public Health Agency of Canada
Management
Kathy Thompson
Executive Vice-President of the Public Health Agency of Canada
Features
Read the 2022 CPHO annual report
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