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authors: Tamayo-Velázquez MI, Simón-Lorda P, Goodridge D, Steeves M.
last update: 02/09/2010
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In Canada there is no federal law on advance health care planning. There is different legislation depending on the province.
The following provinces have advance directives legislation:
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- Newfoundland
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
New Brunswick and Nunavut do not have advance directives legislation.
The following are the legal terms used to describe advance directives in Canadian jurisdictions:
- Advance Directive: Yukon (proxy directive)
- Advance Health Care Directive: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island (instructional and proxy)
- Authorization: Nova Scotia (proxy directive)
- Health Care Directive: Manitoba and Saskatchewan (instructional and proxy)
- Mandate: Quebec (proxy directive)
- Personal Directive: Alberta and Northwest Territories (instructional and proxy)
- Power of Attorney for Personal Care: New Brunswick and Ontario (proxy directive)Representation Agreement: British Columbia (proxy directive).
The following are the legal terms used to describe a proxy in Canadian jurisdictions:
- Agent: Alberta and Northwest Territories
- Attorney for Personal Care: New Brunswick and Ontario
- Guardian: Nova Scotia
- Mandatary: Quebec
- Proxy: Prince Edward Island; Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Yukon
- Representative: British Columbia
- Substitute Decision Maker: Newfoundland and Labrador.
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