Mental health issues in Canada - Statistics & Facts
Mental health plays an essential role in how people think, feel, and act as it influences how an individual perceives and functions in the world around them. Good mental health allows people to enjoy life, cope with problems, and have hope, whereas poor mental health can lead to a variety of impairments, illnesses, and health conditions. The fluctuating and dynamic nature of mental health can be experienced individually as well as observed in population health trends: between 2003 and 2022, the percentage of Canadians who perceived their mental health as fair or poor more than doubled. As pathways to recovery are complex, the various treatment forms for the rising burden of mental disorders come at an ever-increasing cost to the health system in Canada.
