Workplace Mental Health Playbook for Business Leaders

Prioritizing and addressing mental health in the workplace is the right thing to do for your employees, and for your bottom line. When done effectively, the potential impacts to your business include higher performance, lower absenteeism and reduced disability costs.

• 30% of disability claims in Canada are due to mental illness, accounting for 70% of all disability costs 
• The cost of disability leave for mental illness is about double the cost of leave due to physical illness 
• It’s estimated that by 2041, the cumulative cost of mental illness in Canada will be $2.5 trillion

As one of the world’s leading mental health hospitals and research centres, CAMH is uniquely positioned to catalyze and advance a movement for workplace mental health across Canada. The time for action is now:

• Half a million Canadians miss work each week due to mental illness
• The economic burden of mental illness in Canada is estimated at $51 billion annually
• It’s estimated that by 2041, the cumulative cost of mental illness in Canada will be $2.5 trillion.