Working at Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada

Learn how you can help us promote, protect, maintain and improve the health of Canadians.

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Ensure the safety of health and consumer products, food and drugs

We play an active role in ensuring that Canadians are protected from food-borne illness and unsafe products.

Working with us means that you can be part of the team that:

Support health care delivery to First Nations and Inuit communities

We support healthy First Nations and Inuit communities by working together with other federal departments alongside provincial and territorial partners.

Joining our team means that you can be part of the efforts to:

Promote innovation in health care

We also promote innovation and the use of best practices in health care across Canada.

Working closely with the provinces and territories, you can contribute to:

Promote healthy lifestyle choices

We promote healthy lifestyle choices for Canadians. We do this by creating awareness campaigns and innovative partnerships within and beyond the health sector.

Join our team and be part of projects that:

Promote health and prevent chronic disease

Become part of our team and help us:

Prevent and control infectious diseases

We are part of a strong, multi-partner surveillance system that helps make sure diseases are monitored and reported. This helps gather the information needed to put in place prevention and control measures for infectious diseases.

Join the team to help support our:

Respond to emergencies and enhance health security

We are Canada's main centre of operations during a national public health emergency.

Canada will mobilize its resources to help if:

Working with us will give you the chance to be part of the team at the national level. You can help plan for and address health emergencies. These emergencies can include:

Serve as the central point of public health

We provide the methods, tools and human resources required to support public health programming. We also promote training in order to:

Become part of our team and help us:

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