Campaigns and News from Across Canada

Campaigns Across Canada

We are excited to see campaigns to increase access to prescription contraception popping up across the country. Please check out, like, follow, and support these amazing campaigns.

Everyone deserves access to contraception!

If you would like to set up a campaign in your province or territory, please get in touch, our team is standing by to help.

Cover ContraceptiON -
Ontario

Access Now Nova Scotia

Universal Access to Contraception Saskatchewan

Birth Control Access Manitoba

NB Abortion Care Network - New Brunswick

Project EmpowHer
(National and Alberta)

Révolution Contraceptive Québec

Media from Across Canada

Many diabetes medications, birth control now free for Islanders under new pharmacare deal

CBC News, May 2, 2025

As of this week, Prince Edward Island residents can access a range of birth control products and diabetes medications and supplies for free through the new national pharmacare program. The agreement, announced in March, will see the federal government pay $30 million over four years to cover costs for drugs and supplies effective May 1.

Opinion: Time for universal contraception coverage in Quebec

The Gazette, April 18, 2025

Quebec is known for locking horns with the federal government, especially when it perceives its sovereignty to be at risk. But in signalling its intent to opt out of the newly unveiled federal Pharmacare Act, the province appears to be prioritizing political self-interest over the fundamental rights of its population — particularly the right to universal contraception access.

Yukon's $9.5M pharmacare deal will cover birth control, diabetes medication

CBC News, March 21, 2025

The Yukon and federal governments have signed off on a deal that will provide universal access to birth control and diabetes medications for Yukoners. The pharmacare agreement, announced on Thursday, will see $9.5 million spent over four years. It will provide public coverage of contraceptives and diabetes medications, as well as improve access to diabetes devices and supplies.

Federal government reaches first pharmacare agreement with Manitoba

Globe and Mail, February 27, 2025

Ottawa has reached a pharmacare agreement with Manitoba, which the federal government hopes will encourage other provinces to sign bilateral deals. The agreement is significant because Manitoba is the first province to reach a formal bilateral pharmacare deal with the federal government. For Manitoba, the agreement will see more than $219-million given to the province over four years and residents are expected to begin receiving coverage in June.

Women's health advocates applaud Manitoba's plan to subsidize prescription birth control

CBC News, Nov. 22, 2023

Birth control will soon become free for all Manitobans with a prescription, the province announced Tuesday.

The announcement, made during Premier Wab Kinew's Tuesday throne speech, makes good on an election promise the NDP campaigned on. The party previously pegged the cost to implement the universal coverage of select contraceptives at $11 million per year.

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Access Now Nova Scotia advocates for universal no-cost contraception

The Dalhousie Gazette,

September 29, 2023

To mark World Contraception Day on Tuesday, Sept. 26, Access Now Nova Scotia held a campaign event in hopes of implementing no-cost universal contraceptives for all Nova Scotians.... Access Now Nova Scotia is a group advocating for the provincial government to enact a policy implementing universal no-cost prescription contraceptives for Nova Scotians.

Opinion: Saskatchewan needs universal coverage of contraception

StarPheonix, August 5, 2023

Cost is the greatest barrier to contraception and it’s one the government can universally cover. Access to contraception is a critical component of reproductive decision-making and should be a guaranteed right for all under Canada’s universal health-care system.

If control of your reproductive health is part of the right to health care, access to contraception must fall within that right.

‘Reproductive rights are human rights’: Calgary doctor pushes for universal contraception coverage

Global News, July 24, 2023

B.C. recently became Canada’s first province to offer universal access to free prescription contraception. Now a Calgary physician is pushing the federal government to follow suit. Sarah Offin speaks with Dr. Rupinder Toor, who’s launched a petition to make universal birth control coverage a reality for all Canadians.

The case for free contraception in Canada

CBC, July 20, 2023

A new birth control pill will be available over the counter without prescription next year in the U.S. But in Canada, access can depend on where you live, whether you have a family doctor and if you have the money to pay for it. Guest host Rosemary Barton speaks to two doctors about why caring for women's reproductive health is still a challenge.

Nearly three-quarters of Albertans support free prescription birth control, survey suggests

CBC News, March 25, 2023

A large majority of Albertans support the idea of the government providing universal access to free birth control, suggests a new poll from a Calgary-based public relations firm. ThinkHQ, an Alberta public and government relations and opinion research firm, provided the poll to CBC. It found that 74 per cent of Albertans surveyed approve of the idea of free prescription birth control while only 18 per cent disapprove.