This article highlights Canadian resources on hepatitis B. The article includes resources that service providers and their clients can use to learn about hepatitis B, as well as reports, guidelines and other publications that can be used to understand and support the response to hepatitis B in Canada.
Introduction to hepatitis B
These resources present basic information about hepatitis B transmission, prevention, testing, treatment and care.
Hepatitis B
CATIE
This fact sheet provides an overview of hepatitis B, covering transmission, prevention, testing, and treatment and care.
Hepatitis B and C in Canada: Why testing matters
CATIE
This infographic shares key messages about the prevention, transmission and treatment of hepatitis B and C. It also includes data on the prevalence of hepatitis B and C in Canada and highlights the priority populations that are most affected.
Hepatitis B basics
CATIE
This illustrated brochure shares basic information about hepatitis B transmission, testing and prevention for clients.
Liver wellness: Information about viral hepatitis
CATIE
This booklet for clients reviews viral hepatitis with a focus on hepatitis B and C, exploring transmission and prevention, as well as testing and treatment.
Healthcare management
These Canadian guidelines and tools provide recommendations on hepatitis B vaccination, screening, testing, prevention, treatment and care.
Hepatitis B vaccines: Canadian Immunization Guide
Public Health Agency of Canada
This section of the Canadian Immunization Guide focuses on hepatitis B vaccines. It includes information on vaccination schedules in different provinces and territories and the administration and use of hepatitis B vaccines approved in Canada.
The management of chronic hepatitis B: 2025 Guidelines update from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver and Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver | Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
This guideline provides recommendations for hepatitis B screening, vaccination, and treatment and care in Canada.
Primary care management of hepatitis B – Quick reference
Public Health Agency of Canada
This reference guide for healthcare providers covers hepatitis B screening and testing, treatment and management, and prevention and vaccination.
Hepatitis B in Canada: Current landscape and future directions
Canadian Hepatitis B Network | CATIE
This webinar explores the impact of hepatitis B on people living in Canada and includes a review of key recommendations for prevention, screening and treatment from the newly updated Canadian hepatitis B guidelines.
Hepatitis B and pregnancy
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
This 2017 guideline covers the screening and testing of hepatitis B during pregnancy and the prevention of perinatal transmission. While a summary of the guideline recommendations is freely available online, the full guidelines are not freely accessible.
Protect your baby against hepatitis B
Liver Canada
This information sheet for clients highlights basic information about hepatitis B screening and care that they should be aware of during pregnancy.
Hepatitis B in Canada
These resources present data on the number of people with hepatitis B in Canada.
Hepatitis B in Canada: 2021 surveillance data update
Public Health Agency of Canada
This resource provides national and provincial data on the number of acute and chronic cases of hepatitis B in Canada from 2012 to 2021.
Viral hepatitis estimates among key populations in Canada, 2021
Public Health Agency of Canada
This resource provides data on hepatitis B and C in specific populations in Canada, including immigrants and newcomers, people who inject drugs, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, Indigenous people, people in prison and people born between 1945 and 1975. A full summary of the estimates is also available.
Hepatitis B elimination
The World Health Organization has developed global health strategies for the elimination of viral hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections as public health threats by 2030. Originally released in 2016, the current strategies cover the period from 2022 to 2030.
Canada has signed on to the global health strategies and the federal government has released a framework and action plan to inform the Canadian response to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections:
These additional resources provide information on the status of viral hepatitis elimination in Canada.
Canadian viral hepatitis elimination: Where are we now?
Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC) | Public Health Agency of Canada | CATIE
This webinar highlights Canada’s progress on eliminating viral hepatitis and identifies remaining gaps.
Progress toward viral hepatitis elimination in Canada: 2025 report
Action Hepatitis Canada
This report examines progress toward reaching viral hepatitis elimination targets nationally and by province and territory.
Hepatitis B and immigrant and newcomer communities
These resources on hepatitis B share information about and for immigrant and newcomer communities in Canada.
Bridging the gap in viral hepatitis care for immigrants and newcomers in Canada
CATIE
This article examines the impact of viral hepatitis on immigrants and newcomers to Canada, including the barriers they face when accessing viral hepatitis care and what service providers can do to increase engagement in care.
Understanding viral hepatitis in immigrant and newcomer communities
Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC) | CATIE
This webinar offers an overview of viral hepatitis in Canada and raises awareness of its prevalence among immigrants and newcomers from regions where hepatitis B and C are more common.
Immigration health is public health: Opportunities to improve hepatitis C and B prevention, diagnosis, and care for immigrants and newcomers to Canada
Action Hepatitis Canada
This report examines hepatitis B and C screening and care for immigrants and newcomers to Canada, including their impact during the immigration process and after arriving in Canada.
HIV, viral hepatitis and syphilis information for Indigenous and immigrant communities
CATIE
This website provides basic information about hepatitis B transmission, prevention, testing and treatment in multiple languages, including 10 languages commonly spoken by immigrants to Canada.
About the author(s)
Erica Lee is CATIE’s senior manager, website content and evaluation. Since earning her master of information studies, Erica has worked in the health library field, supporting the information needs of frontline service providers and service users. Before joining CATIE, Erica worked as the Librarian at the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT).