---
title: "Canadian Institutes of Health Research"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-institutes-of-health-research"
description: "The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. Official website: cihr-irsc.gc.ca."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Government of Canada · Corporations

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. It was created in 2000 to create new knowledge and translate it into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a stronger health care system.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Corporations
- Class: Departmental Corporations
- Portfolio: [Health Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/health-canada)
- Wikidata: [Q5030193](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5030193)

## Official websites

- [cihr-irsc.gc.ca](https://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca)
- [irsc-cihr.gc.ca](https://www.irsc-cihr.gc.ca)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

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## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Canadian Institutes of Health Research", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-institutes-of-health-research