$100-million awarded to health data platform founded by St. Michael’s Hospital physicians in Canada’s new AI strategy
2026-06-04 from unityhealth.to
A national health data platform founded by two St. Michael’s Hospital physicians is part of Canada’s new federal AI Strategy announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday.
The health data platform – called VITAL – will receive $100-million in federal funding to expand the Ontario-based platform across the country as part of the government’s highly anticipated strategy described as ‘AI for All.” That builds on previously awarded funding from federal, provincial and institutional sources that totaled $110 million, bringing the project’s full funding to over $210 million, a landmark investment in health data innovation for Canada.
“VITAL positions Canada as a global leader in the life sciences sector and an ideal place to develop, validate and launch game changing health AI tools that could save lives and make the health care system more efficient,” said VITAL co-lead, Fahad Razak, internist at St Michael’s Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto.
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