Increase in health expenditure for mental health in Canada 2010-2018, by territory
Mental health is an ongoing problem among Canadians. Over the last several years there has been an increase in the percentage of Canadians that perceived their mental health as fair or poor. Recent data suggests that there has also been a fairly substantial increase in public-sector spending for mental health as well. From 2009/2010 to 2017/2018 there was an 87 percent increase in public-sector expenditure on mental health on Prince Edward Island. Likewise, Newfoundland and Labrador had also seen significant increases in spending between those years.
