Share of Canadians who talked with mental health professional by care format 2022

In 2022, around 57 percent of Canadians aged 15 years and older who reported they talked to a health professional about their mental health in the past 12 months said they did so in person. This statistic shows the percentage of Canadians who talked to select health care professionals about their mental health in the past 12 months as of 2022, by format of care delivery.

Percentage of Canadians who talked to select health care professionals about their mental health in the past 12 months as of 2022, by format of care delivery

Characteristic	In-person	Telephone	Video	Text messaging
Any health professional	57%	51.4%	27.7%	3.3%
Family doctor or general practitioner	58.8%	53.4%	5.1%	1.9%
Psychiatrist	49.2%	48.8%	25.3%	-
Psychologist	40.7%	26.7%	45.1%	3%
Social worker, psychotherapist or counsellor	41.8%	38.4%	37.6%	3.4%
Nurse	54.6%	45.2%	9.7%	-

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2022

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

Numbers not shown were suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Mental disorders and access to mental health care, page 6, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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