Health & Well-being

The Canada Observatory leaf in the Health & Well-being colour

How long and how well Canadians live, how their health-care system performs, and how satisfied they are with life.

Health of Canadians

Life expectancy and its recent decline, and population health and risk factors. Includes suicide, overweight, diabetes, vaccination, and more.

The Health-Care System

Health spending and capacity: beds, physicians, nurses, MRI units, pharmaceutical spending, access, and wait times.

Substance Use

Tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis by age, and Canada’s opioid- and toxic-drug crisis.

Well-being

Life satisfaction and the factors that underlie it, compared with peers.