{"id":47127,"date":"2022-08-08T14:48:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?post_type=resource&p=47127"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:55:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:55:27","slug":"annual-report-2021-2022","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Report 2021 – 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost to their well-being. These are the people at the heart of the work of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From our collaborations with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction<\/a> on a series of polls conducted throughout the pandemic, we\u2019ve seen levels of depression and anxiety increase and remain high. We\u2019ve seen their disproportionate impact on youth, low-income families, people in rural and remote areas, and many other groups. We\u2019ve seen growing gaps in access to timely, quality, culturally appropriate mental health and substance use health care. But with these findings we\u2019ve also seen an opportunity to do better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If year one of the pandemic was about weathering the storm, year two was about surveying the damage and rebuilding stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you\u2019ll see in this report, our efforts to do so homed in on real-world impacts \u2014 the kind that would contribute to future advancement while bolstering support for the people who needed it now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost to their well-being. These are the people at the heart of the work of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC).  From our collaborations with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":47128,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[],"program":[],"program-area":[],"audience":[123,500,122,124],"covid-hub-category":[450,451],"health-canada":[833],"class_list":["post-47127","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","audience-for-employers-and-employees","audience-for-health-care-workers","audience-for-you","audience-policy-research","covid-hub-category-at-home","covid-hub-category-at-work","health-canada-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAnnual Report 2021 - 2022 - Mental Health Commission of Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Annual Report 2021 - 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mental Health Commission of Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mental-health-commission-of-canada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T14:55:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ar_icon.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"459\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"265\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/\",\"name\":\"Annual Report 2021 - 2022 - Mental Health Commission of Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/ar_icon.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-08T18:48:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T14:55:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/ar_icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/ar_icon.png\",\"width\":459,\"height\":265,\"caption\":\"annual report cover small\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/annual-report-2021-2022\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/resource\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Annual Report 2021 – 2022\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mental Health Commission of Canada\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mental Health Commission of Canada\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/mental-health-commission-canada-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/mental-health-commission-canada-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Mental Health Commission of Canada\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/mental-health-commission-of-canada\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Annual Report 2021 - 2022 - Mental Health Commission of Canada","description":"In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Annual Report 2021 - 2022","og_description":"In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost","og_url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/","og_site_name":"Mental Health Commission of Canada","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mental-health-commission-of-canada\/","article_modified_time":"2025-07-24T14:55:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":459,"height":265,"url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ar_icon.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/","name":"Annual Report 2021 - 2022 - Mental Health Commission of Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ar_icon.png","datePublished":"2022-08-08T18:48:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-24T14:55:27+00:00","description":"In some ways, there has never been a more pivotal time to work in mental health. Two years of COVID uncertainty have had an impact on many, at great cost","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ar_icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ar_icon.png","width":459,"height":265,"caption":"annual report cover small"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/annual-report-2021-2022\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Annual Report 2021 – 2022"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/","name":"Mental Health Commission of Canada","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/#organization","name":"Mental Health Commission of Canada","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mental-health-commission-canada-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mental-health-commission-canada-logo.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Mental Health Commission of Canada"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mental-health-commission-of-canada\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/47127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/47127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47136,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/47127\/revisions\/47136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"program-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program-area?post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"covid-hub-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/covid-hub-category?post=47127"},{"taxonomy":"health-canada","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/health-canada?post=47127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}