Public Health Agency of Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada (French: Agence de la santé publique du
Canada) is an agency of Health Canada a
department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for
The head of the Public Health Agency is the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. The current Chief is Dr. David Butler-Jones. The department is represented in the Canadian government by the Minister of Health.
Its headquarters are located in two pillars - one in Ottawa, the other in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the location of Canada's only Level 4 microbiology lab for human health. At the time of its creation in 2004, most of the agency's staff were located in the former Gandalf Technologies building in Nepean, south of Ottawa.
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| Departments of the Government of Canada | ||
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| Principal Departments: |
Agriculture
and Agri-Food · Canadian Heritage · Citizenship and Immigration · Environment · Fisheries and
Oceans · |
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| Major Agencies: | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency · Canada Border Services Agency · Canadian Coast Guard · Canada Revenue Agency · Canadian Food Inspection Agency · Canadian International Development Agency · Canadian Space Agency · Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec · Parks Canada · Passport Canada · Public Health Agency · Royal Canadian Mounted Police · Service Canada · Western Economic Diversification Canada | |
| Other Departments: | Infrastructure · Library and Archives | |
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