OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government is taking its first steps toward developing a national men\u2019s health strategy, launching a survey for Canadians to weigh in.<\/p>\n
As previously reported by The Canadian Press, federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is working on a strategy on men\u2019s and boys\u2019 health, to be released later this year.<\/p>\n
The national online survey will launch in early March and will run until the beginning of June.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The group says 75,000 Canadian men died prematurely in 2023, and many of their deaths were from preventable causes.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Health Canada said it\u2019s working with Movember Canada to develop the strategy.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s news is the first time the government has formally acknowledged its work toward launching a national strategy. <\/p>\n
A news release from Health Canada on the survey says taxpayers would save $12.4 million annually with improved men\u2019s health outcomes, \u201cwith billions more in increased productivity,\u201d citing research from the Movember study.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo build Canada Strong, we need the full participation of everyone in our society. Help us build a strategy that improves health, prevents harm, and strengthens our communities \u2014 for men, boys, and for everyone in Canada.,\u201d Michel said in a statement accompanying the news release.<\/p>\n
Canada stands to be among one of only a few countries to have a men\u2019s health strategy, along with South Africa, Malaysia, Brazil and the U.K.<\/p>\n
The U.K. strategy report points out that British men live shorter lives than women and are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. Three out of four people who died by suicide in the U.K. in 2024 were men. <\/p>\n
The British report also states that \u201cgood health is not a zero-sum game and improving the health and well-being of men and women are complementary objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 22, 2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 With files from Sarah Ritchie<\/p>\n
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The federal government is taking its first steps toward developing a national men\u2019s health strategy, launching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-493275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}