- Health Canada
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Departments of the Government of Canada
Health Santé Canada 
Minister Leona Aglukkaq Established 1996 Responsibilities Health Employees 12,000 [1] Department Website Health Canada (French: Santé Canada) is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health.
The current Minister of Health is Leona Aglukkaq, a Conservative Member of Parliament appointed to the position by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Contents
Branches, regions and agencies
Health Canada has the following branches, regions and agencies:[2]
Ministers and officers
- Minister of Health
- Deputy Minister - Glenda Yeates [3]
- Associate Deputy Minister - Anne-Marie Robinson [4]
- Chief Public Health Officer
Branches
- Audit & Accountability Bureau
- Chief Financial Officer Branch
- Corporate Services Branch
- First Nations & Inuit Health Branch
- Healthy Environments & Consumer Safety Branch
- Health Products & Food Branch
- Public Affairs, Consultation and Communications Branch
- Regions and Programs Branch
- Strategic Policy Branch
- Departmental Secretariat
- Legal Services
- Pest Management Regulatory Agency (operates as a branch)
Agencies
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Assisted Human Reproduction Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
- Patented Medicines Prices Review Board
Offices
- Office of the Cameron Visiting Chair
- Office of the Chief Dental Officer
- The National Office of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- Nurse Recruitment
- Public Services Health Medical Centre
Laboratories
- Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
- Sir Frederick G Banting Research Centre
Related legislation
Acts for which Health Canada has Total or Partial Responsibility[6]
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act
- Canada Health Act
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Act
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act
- Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
- Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Implementation Act (Not in force)
- Department of Health Act
- Financial Administration Act
- Fitness and Amateur Sport Act
- Food and Drugs Act
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Act
- Hazardous Products Act
- Patent Act
- Pest Control Products Act
- Pesticide Residue Compensation Act
- Quarantine Act, 2005
- Radiation Emitting Devices Act
- Tobacco Act & Act to Amend the Tobacco Act (Sponsorship)
Acts for which Health Canada is Involved or has a Special Interest
- Broadcasting Act
- Canada Labour Code
- Canada Medical Act
- Canada Shipping Act
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
- Emergency Preparedness Act
- Energy Supplies Emergency Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
- Feeds Act
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- National Parks Act
- Nuclear Safety and Control Act
- Non-Smokers Health Act
- Queen Elizabeth II Canadian Research Fund Act
- Trade Marks Act
See also
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- European Medicines Agency (EMA)
- Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
External links
- Health Canada
- Health Canada's channel on YouTube
- Health Canada's MedEffect Adverse Reaction Database
- Health Canada's It's Your Health section
- Health Canada Population Based Case Study
- Health Canada Guidances
- Analysis: New, Final Health Canada eCTD Guidance for Industry
- Update from the Regulators: Health Canada
Categories:- Canadian federal departments and agencies
- Health in Canada
- Health Canada
- Health ministries
- Regulators of biotechnology products
- Ministries established in 1996
- Medical Devices regulations
- National agencies for drug regulation
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