Minister of Mental Health and Addictions

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Ministre de la Santé mentale et des Dépendances
	Incumbent; Carolyn Bennett; since October 26, 2021
	Health Canada
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament; Privy Council; Cabinet; [1]
Reports to	Parliament; Prime Minister; [2]
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general); on the advice of the prime minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Salary	CA$269,800 (2019)[3]
Website	hc-sc.gc.ca

The minister of mental health and addictions (French: ministre de la santé mentale et des dépendances) is a minister of the Crown and a member of the Canadian Cabinet. The office is associated with the Department of Health.

Dr. Carolyn Bennett is the first and current minister of mental health and addictions. She was appointed on October 26, 2021 and concurrently serves as the associate minister of health.[4]

List of ministers

Minister		Tenure		Prime Minister
	Carolyn Bennett	October 26, 2021	Incumbent	29 (J. Trudeau)

References

"The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
"Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2019.
"Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
Curry, Bill; Kirkup, Kristy; Raman-Wilms, Menaka; Dickson, Janice (2021-10-26). "Trudeau cabinet shuffle: Anita Anand moves to Defence, Steven Guilbeault to Environment, Mélanie Joly to Foreign Affairs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-10-26.

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[1] "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[2] "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2019.

[salary-3] "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.

[4] Curry, Bill; Kirkup, Kristy; Raman-Wilms, Menaka; Dickson, Janice (2021-10-26). "Trudeau cabinet shuffle: Anita Anand moves to Defence, Steven Guilbeault to Environment, Mélanie Joly to Foreign Affairs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-10-26.