Excessive demand on health and social services - Update

January 4, 2022

The annual cost threshold figure for excessive demand on health and social services has been updated. The average Canadian per capita health and social services cost has increased from $7,266 to $8,019, and 3 times that average has been updated from $21,798 to $24,057.

IRCC reviews immigration medical examination (IME) results shows that the foreign national (principal applicant, accompanying family member or non accompanying family member) is potentially inadmissible on health grounds, responsibility for final assessment of the IME is transferred to the MHB Centralized Medical Admissibility Unit (CMAU) in Ottawa.
Once the IME is accepted for continued processing by the CMAU, MHB medical officers completes all medical assessments, based on the definition of excessive demand.

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