The Health of Canadians

The federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Health released, in September 1999, the public policy report Toward a Healthy Future: Second Report on the Health of Canadians. A complementary report -- Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians (1999) -- produced through a partnership of Health Canada, Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information, under the auspices of the Ministers, was released at the same time. Between them, the two reports provide a picture of the most current information we have on the health of Canadians, and on the factors that influence our health.

Please note that several corrections have been made to the previously released documents. For details see:

• Errata for the 2nd Report on the Health of Canadians.
• Errata for the Statistical Report

The full text of both reports, as well as a set of summary "backgrounder" reports, are all included on this site.

• Toward a Healthy Future - Second Report on the Health of Canadians
• Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians

Important Notices