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
• Women
• Reports on Immigrant women
• More Resources

Employment

• Seeking Employment in Canada
• Home care workers

Immunization

• Public Health Agency of Canada -- Immunization
• Information for Travellers

Health Care System

• Canada's Health Care System (brochure)

Health Promotion

• Healthy Living -- Healthy Eating
• Healthy Living -- Physical Activity
• Canada's Guide to Healthy Eating & Physical Activity

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.

• "Abuse is wrong in any language": multilingual poster and booklet for immigrant women who are suffering from abuse in a relationship or in a family.
• Healthy Living -- Healthy Pregnancy
• Healthy Living -- Healthy Babies
• Healthy Living -- Sexual Health Promotion
• Healthy Living -- Women
• Just For You -- Women
• Canadian Health Network -- Women
• Canadian Health Network -- Violence Prevention

Reports on Immigrant women

Family Violence and Immigrant Women

• Isolated, Frightened & Forgotten: The Service Delivery Needs and Realitiesd of Immigrants and Refugee Women Who Are Battered
• Like A Wingless Bird: A Tribute to the Survival and Courage of Women Who Are Abused and Who Speak Neither English Nor French

More Resources

• Government of Canada -- Information for Non-Canadians
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
• Call Centres -- Information on Canadian immigration or citizenship is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Canadian Health Network -- Immigrants

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