General

Ottawa, October 1, 2025 — Chronic underfunding and under-resourcing of children’s healthcare in Canada yield significant and measurable costs for children and youth, their families and indeed, Canada.  A new report commissioned by Children’s Healthcare Canada and Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations and conducted by Deloitte, the first national economic analysis of the return on investment in children’s healthcare in Canada, finds that the nation’s pediatric health systems are stretched thin, yet every dollar invested in children’s healthcare generates up to a nearly five-fold return.