Immigrants
Immigrants are eligible for health care coverage under the Canada Health Act, although there are waiting periods of up to 90 days in some provinces.
Our Health Care page has basic information on Canada's health care system including federal responsibilities and links to provincial and territorial health ministries. Other issues:
Employment
Immunization
Health Care System
Health Promotion
Reports on New Immigrants
- The Metropolis Project is an international cooperative research project that studies the effects of immigration upon the immigrant and upon the society that the immigrant enters.
Women
Women experience the Canadian health care system in unique ways because of their gender, race, socio-economic status and geographical location.
Reports on Immigrant women
Family Violence and Immigrant Women
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