Several groups and organizations in Canada release guidelines and reports on brain injury that work to inform changes in treatment and policy. Please note we have only included evidence-based guidelines and reports. This list will be updated as necessary and is meant to be a starting point comprised of the most commonly referenced resources.
Brain injury guidelines
This section is meant to provide access to some of the evidence-based guidelines available across Canada for healthcare professionals. We encourage you to bookmark or visit this page to check for updates.
- Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Rehabilitation of Adults with Moderate to Severe TBI (formerly the INESSS-ONF Guideline)
- Canadian Guideline on Concussion in Sport
- Evidence-based Review of Acquired Brain Injury (ERABI)
- Living Concussion Guidelines: Guideline for Concussion & Prolonged Symptoms for Adults 18 years of Age or Older
- Living Guideline for Pediatric Concussion
- Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls—International Affairs & Best Practice Guidelines September 2017
- Recommendations—Heart & Stroke
Brain injury reports
This section is meant to provide access to health care professionals to some national reports available across Canada. This is not an exhaustive list and we encourage you to bookmark or visit this page often, as it will be updated frequently.
Brain Injury Canada reports
- Report: Impact of COVID-19 on the brain injury community
- Report: Impact of COVID-19 on brain injury associations
Government of Canada reports
- At-a-glance – Traumatic brain injury management in Canada: changing patterns of care
- Injury in review, 2020 edition: Spotlight on traumatic brain injuries across the life course
National reports
- Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada
- National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions—2014
- Safeguarding the mental health of health care workers
- The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016
- Towards Creating a Mental Health Action Plan for Canada. Roundtable Report—2015
