Mental health support access before and since COVID-19 outbreak Canada 2020

Since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the proportion of Canadians accessing one-to-one in-person support with a mental health professional dropped from 22 percent to 4 percent. This statistic shows the percentage of Canadians accessing mental health supports before or since the COVID-19 outbreak as of December 2020, by type of support.

Percentage of Canadians accessing mental health supports before or since the COVID-19 outbreak as of December 2020, by type of support

Characteristic	Before COVID	Since COVID
Net Yes	31%	17%
Yes, one-to-one in-person with a mental health professional	22%	4%
Yes, one-to-one virtually online (i.e., videochat) with a mental health professional	3%	6%
Yes, one-to-one virtually via phone calls with a mental health professional	3%	5%
Yes, one-to-one virtually via text/messaging with a mental health professional	1%	1%
Yes, my family doctor/GP	10%	5%
Yes, group treatment/therapy	2%	1%
Yes, trained peer support	1%	0%
Yes, other mental health supports	2%	1%
Net No	65%	79%
No: Needed mental health supports, but did not access any	7%	13%
No: Did not need mental health supports (and did not access any)	59%	66%
Prefer not to answer	4%	4%

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

December 10 to 18, 2020

Number of respondents

2,761 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Original questions: "Before the outbreak of Coronavirus in Canada, have you ever had mental health support from any health care professionals?" and "Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Canada, have you had any support from any mental health professionals?"

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