The Alberta Ministry of Health, also known as Alberta Health, was a ministry of the Government of Alberta responsible for administering provincial health policies. In May 2025, the ministry was split into the Alberta Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services, Alberta Ministry of Hospital and Surgical Health Services, Alberta Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction and Alberta Ministry of Assisted Living and Social Services.[1]
History
Alberta Health received a $320,055 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund for a pilot project using text messages to promote vaccination of infants.[2]
COVID-19
On May 11, 2021, Alberta Health announced it would stop offering "first doses" of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to supply issues.[3]
In 2021, Alberta Health introduced the AB Covid Records Verifier application to administer the province's vaccine passport system. On November 15, 2021, the Alberta COVID Records system utilizing a QR code became "the only option for providing proof of vaccination."[4]
Dr. Mark Joffe was appointed as Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health on November 14, 2022.[5]
Reorganization
As of May 16, 2025, the Ministry of Health was split into several smaller agencies: the Alberta Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services, Alberta Ministry of Hospital and Surgical Health Services, Alberta Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction and Alberta Ministry of Assisted Living and Social Services.[1:1]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Joffe | Chief Medical Officer of Health[5:1] | Alberta Health Services (AHS), Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI), University of Alberta Department of Medicine |
Subsidiaries
- Alberta Health Services (AHS)
Documents
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COVID-19 information: QR verifier app
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COVID-19 Vaccine - Janssen
External links
Zhang, J. (2025, May 27). Alberta Announces the Decentralization of the Ministry of Health. Speech-Language & Audiology Canada. https://www.sac-oac.ca/alberta-announces-decentralization-ministry-health/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2023, December 20). Immunization Partnership Fund. Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20240701182212/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html#wb-auto-4 ↩︎
Snowdon, W. (2021, May 11). Alberta stops offering first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to supply issues. CBC News. http://archive.today/2021.05.11-213711/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-alberta-1.6021739 ↩︎
COVID-19 Information - QR Verifier App. (2021, October 13). Government of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103065646/https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/8833e9a8-aceb-47ec-a01f-ac9d4a7ad044/resource/06df7e81-7b02-4836-8854-972335175bc7/download/covid-19-information-qr-verifier-app-2021-10.pdf ↩︎
Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. Government of Alberta. Retrieved June 25, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.06.25-201802/https://www.alberta.ca/office-of-the-chief-medical-officer-of-health.aspx ↩︎ ↩︎
