About Us

The goals of Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM) are to:

• Increase awareness of a comprehensive approach to workplace health in Canada that involves all three elements of a healthy workplace
  • Health and Lifestyle Practices
  • Workplace Culture and Supportive Environment
  • Physical Environment and Occupational Health and Safety
• Through healthyworkplacemonth.ca, generate awareness and availability of healthy workplace tools and resources so that Canadian organizations may build and sustain healthy workplaces where there are mutual benefits for employees and their organizations
• Build awareness of workplace health research and how its outcomes apply to business productivity and performance, and
• Increase the number of healthy workplaces in Canada.

CHWM was set in motion in 2001 with the introduction of Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week (CHWW). This web-based initiative provided an avenue to help increase awareness of the importance of workplace health for the short- and long-term successes of organizations and for the well being of their employees. CHWW operated under the direction of the Canadian Healthy Workplace Council.

Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week was extended to become Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM).  The month-long duration provides workplaces with more time to plan, promote, and execute programs and activities to benefit their employees. There has also been a change in leadership - the National Quality Institute (NQI), in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), are now managing CHWM.

Each October, CHWM encourages Canadian organizations to promote the benefits of workplace health. Organizations are invited to participate in a series of fun weekly challenges designed to highlight elements of a healthy workplace. Throughout the Month, the CHWM website serves as the central hub. Organizations can track their results against other workplaces, visit the Resource Well for helpful information and links, and share their success stories and event photos to show what they’ve done to create a healthier workplace.