Ottawa launching countrywide survey in buildup toward formal men’s health strategy – CTV
February 22, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal government is taking its first steps toward developing a national men’s health strategy, launching a survey for Canadians to weigh in.
As previously reported by The Canadian Press, federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is working on a strategy on men’s and boys’ health, to be released later this year.
The national online survey will launch in early March and will run until the beginning of June.
Advocacy group Movember and researchers from the University of British Columbia released a report last summer calling on the federal government to create such a strategy.
The group says 75,000 Canadian men died prematurely in 2023, and many of their deaths were from preventable causes.
The report found a majority of men delayed seeking treatment for symptoms, and less than half felt listened to when they first received health care.
