Mental health crisis costs Canada $180 billion a year, tripling since 2011

Mental Health: Paying The Price

Canada’s mental health crisis is costing the economy an estimated $180 billion a year — and employers are shouldering most of the burden WE GOT A new accounting on the cost of workplace mental health in Canada last week, with the release of a new report from the CSA Group’s Public Policy Centre. According to the report, which claims to be the most comprehensive costing to date, Canada’s mental health crisis is costing the country $180 billion ev…

Mental health crisis costs Canada $180 billion a year, tripling since 2011

A new report published today by the CSA Public Policy Centre estimates that Canada’s mental health crisis costs the economy $180 billion annually across healthcare, emergency services, the criminal justice system, and homelessness supports – more than three times the national estimate of $50 billion in 2011 (approximately $67 billion in today’s dollars). The report, titled The Economic Cost of Mental Health in Canada, found that by 2050, the cos…