Simpsons

morning, we are a family of 6 hoping to move to Canada we are just starting to look into what needs to be done, we are from the u. K so are English speaking, we would be able to buy a house outright, and my husband is a skilled carpenter who specialises in fitting science labs with a international company, he has travelled to Canada to fit labs in the last year, he is also close to finishing an electrical course so hopefully finding work would be o. K. He is also a kidney transplant patient he is over 2yrs post transplant and in very good health, but does take daily Meds, would his health care continue in Canada as it does in the u. K?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Atlantic Xpat

Short answer is that no, his post-transplant care would not continue in Canada as it does in the UK. There is no universal prescription drug plan in Canada - drug costs are your own to bear or paid through extended health benefits either provided by an employer or purchased as an insurance policy by the individual. I imagine anti-rejection drugs are incredibly expensive which would give you problems in either paying them yourself or getting extended health benefits to fund them.

Note that healthcare provision varies from province to province. So you'll need to research specifically for the province that you plan to move to.

Longer answer - which I'l leave to the experts to expand upon - is that I imagine that your husband may have difficulty in passing the immigration medicals. Canada will want to ensure he will not be a burden on the healthcare system. You should seek advice on this before getting too far down the road of an immigration application,

scrubbedexpat091

There might be some coverage for drugs for transplant patients in BC. I am not sure if you have to have the transplant in BC to qualify however, doesn't specify.

Medication

Engineer_abroad

there is also a wait period from the moment of arriving in BC to being eligible. This varies by province
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/h...ge-wait-period