Working Together to Thrive: Well-Being and Public Health
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2025
Bringing well-being and public health approaches together allows different sectors to improve the health of people and the planet, now and into the future. Shared challenges, such as climate change, infectious disease, high cost of living and global instability cannot be addressed in isolation.
Annual report 2025
Full report
Explores how addressing the conditions that support well-being can also improve population health and health equity, and presents a vision of how public health systems can positively influence well-being.
Executive summary
Outlines how coordinated work across sectors will improve society's overall well-being and how public health systems can provide support, such as in the context of emerging public health threats and new technologies.
The way forward
Proposes actions to advance well-being by encouraging intersectoral partnerships, sharing research, strengthening health data, and collaborating with Indigenous Peoples.