Appendix A: The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2013 – Reports

Appendix A: The Chief Public Health Officer's Reports on the State of Public Health in Canada

As detailed in the Public Health Agency of Canada Act, the Chief Public Health Officer is required to submit an annual report on the state of public health in Canada to the Minister of Health within six months of the end of each fiscal year. Upon receipt, the Minister shall lay the report before Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which the House is sitting.^{Footnote 1}

The PHAC Act specifies that the CPHO:

• may prepare and publish reports on any issue related to public health;
• may, in any report, refer to public health problems and their causes, as well as any measures that may, in his or her opinion, be effective in preventing or resolving those problems; and
• must set out the source of the data and information used in the preparation of the report and methodology employed to arrive at the report's findings, conclusions or recommendations.Footnote 1

Previous reports from the Chief Public Health Office of Canada are shown below.

• Addressing Health Inequalities
• Growing Up Well–Priorities for a Healthy Future
• Growing Older–Adding Life to Years
• Youth and Young Adults–Life in Transition
• Influencing Health–The Importance of Sex and Gender