Canada is a country of Immigrants. Indigenous population across the landscape sparkles with its its own cultural heritage in this beautiful land from infinite times. With this mosaic of population, Canada has emerged as a robust nation in the world. To support the health of its citizen, Tommy Douglas , Premier of Saskatchewan initially established Canada's first publicly funded insurance plan in 1947. Since then Canada has strived hard to fulfil its obligation to meet the health care of its citizens.

Historically there were a chronic shortage of physicians in the Canadian systems. Physicians from around the globe came in to fill the void. Among them were a significant number of Physicians from Indian-subcontinent. The members of Indo-Canadian Psychiatric Association are from this core group and has rendered exemplary services across the nation.