Sustainable Development
On this page
- Health Canada's Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
- Strategic Environmental and Economic Assessment
Health Canada's Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
The Federal Sustainable Development Act (The Act), provides the legal framework for developing and implementing a Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. It is a legislative requirement for Health Canada to table a Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy and report on it once in each of the two years after it is tabled. These reports must also be tabled in Parliament.
Planning:
- 2023-2027 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (Updated February 2026)
- 2023-2027 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (Updated January 2025)
- 2023-2027 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
Reporting:
- 2024 to 2025 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy Report
- 2023 to 2024 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy report
For additional information:
- Access archived Sustainable Development Plans and Report by referring to the Reports and Publications page
- 2022-26 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
Strategic Environmental and Economic Assessment
The Cabinet Directive on Strategic Environmental and Economic Assessment (Cabinet Directive on SEEA) supports decision-making by highlighting the economic and environmental impacts of policy or program proposals submitted to Cabinet for approval, as well as Budget proposals and regulatory packages. Application of the SEEA requires completion of a mandatory template called the Climate, Nature and Economy Lens (CNEL), that is intended to facilitate clear, consistent, and comparable assessments across federal organizations.
Through application of the Cabinet Directive on SEEA and completion of the supporting CNEL, applicable linkages to federal commitments, strategies, and goals, particularly the goals and targets of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, are identified. This analysis helps decision-makers advance the government's broad environmental objectives, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to climate change and protecting biodiversity, while ensuring decisions are taken with sufficient consideration of both environmental and economic effects.
Public Statements
The Cabinet Directive on SEEA requires that departments and agencies prepare a public statement when a detailed assessment of a proposal has been conducted through the CNEL. The public statement is issued following the proposal's implementation or announcement, and provides assurance that environmental and economic effects have been considered during proposal development and decision-making and will be mitigated or monitored as appropriate.
Health Canada's public statements:
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2025-2026
- Funding to Support the National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting: Climate, nature and economy
- Strategic environmental and economic assessment: Diabetes Devices and Supplies Fund
- Youth Mental Health Fund: Climate, nature and economy lens public statement
- Strategic environmental and economic assessment: Continuing the implementation of the Framework for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada
- Sexual and reproductive health fund: Climate, nature and economy lens public statement
- Pest control product cost recovery: Climate, nature and economy lens public statement