Digital Health Canada

What Digital Health Canada does

Digital Health Canada is a Canadian non-profit professional association headquartered in Toronto, founded in 1975, that connects, inspires, and empowers the country's digital health workforce. The organization serves approximately 6,800 individual members — health informatics professionals, CIOs, clinical informaticians, and digital health practitioners — alongside 245 member organizations spanning hospitals, health authorities, government agencies, and health technology vendors. Its core offerings are not proprietary technology but a curated portfolio of services: the CPHIMS-CA certification (the recognized Canadian health informatics credential, co-administered with HIMSS), tiered membership programs (individual, organizational, startup, academic), educational courses (Informatics Now Live Learning, Core Health Informatics self-directed modules, AI in Healthcare: From Strategy to Implementation), the annual e-Health Conference (Canada's largest digital health event), and seven regional conferences across Alberta, Atlantic Canada, BC, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The CHIEF Executive Forum operates an exclusive senior-leader tier with a published Clinical AI Toolkit.

The business model is a hybrid association revenue stack: recurring membership dues at multiple price points (student memberships starting at $250/year, professional tiers, and group contracts ranging from $9,950 to $26,137), professional development and certification fees (CPHIMS-CA exams, study resources, renewals), event registration and sponsorship for regional and national conferences, and ancillary job-posting revenue ($500 + tax for non-members). Distribution is direct and self-serve through digitalhealthcanada.com, with no technology platform operated and no public-facing app or API. Marketing runs through a multi-channel mix — website content, a weekly podcast (Digital Health in Canada), Wednesday and Tuesday webinars, email/newsletter, social media (LinkedIn), and an active events calendar.

The organization's strategic posture in 2025-2026 reflects deliberate internationalization and AI-content positioning: e-Health26 is moving to Halifax, a Transatlantic Summer School on Personalized Medicine and AI has been launched with Université de Montréal and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and a partnership with the Africa HealthTech Summit has produced AHTSx Canada. Core co-organizing partnerships with Canada Health Infoway and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) anchor the flagship event. Operating geographies remain primarily Canada; no parent company, funding rounds, or acquisitions are disclosed.

Name

Digital Health Canada

Legal name

Digital Health Canada

Website

https://digitalhealthcanada.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Digital Health Canada is a Toronto-based non-profit professional association founded in 1975 that serves 6,800 individual members and 245 organizations across Canada's digital health ecosystem through CPHIMS-CA certification, regional and national conferences, educational courses, and the CHIEF Executive Forum for senior healthcare leaders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Informatics Professional Association

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Health, Health Information Systems & Data Programs (BPADAIAJ)

Keywords

• Health informatics certification
• Professional association services
• Digital health education
• Healthcare networking events
• Professional development courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from individual members, organizational/group members, startup members, and academic members. Individual membership starts at $250/year for students, with various tiers for professionals and organizations.
2. Professional Development and Certification: Revenue from CPHIMS-CA certification exams, study resources, renewal fees, and professional development courses including Live Learning series and self-directed courses.
3. Event Registration and Sponsorship: Registration fees for regional conferences, annual e-Health conference, CHIEF Executive Forum events, webinars, and industry showcase sponsorships.
4. Job Postings: Free job postings for group members; $500 + tax for non-member organizations to post job listings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Digital Health Canada is a national non-profit professional association that connects, inspires, and empowers Canada's digital health community through membership programs, professional certification (CPHIMS-CA), educational courses, regional and national conferences, webinars, and advocacy. The organization sells individual, organizational, startup, academic, and student memberships, along with certification exams, live and self-directed learning courses, and event registration for the annual e-Health Conference and regional conferences across Canada.

Product overview

Digital Health Canada is a professional membership association serving Canada's digital health community, not a product company. It offers membership programs, professional development, certifications, events, and networking opportunities. The organization's offerings include individual/organizational membership tiers, the CHIEF Executive Forum for senior leaders, CPHIMS-CA certification, educational courses (Informatics Now, Core Health Informatics, AI in Healthcare), webinars, regional conferences, awards programs, scholarships, and a podcast series.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHIEF Executive Forum: A membership forum for senior digital health executives for networking, learning, and collaboration with public and private sector leaders.
• Digital Health Canada Awards
• The Steven Huesing Scholarship
• Fellows Program

Products and services

• Membership Programs

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Canada Health InfowaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanada Health Infoway is a co-organizer of the annual e-Health Conference, Canada's largest digital health event. The partnership supports pan-Canadian digital health initiatives and knowledge sharing.
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIHI co-organizes the e-Health Conference and is a key partner in advancing health data standards and interoperability across Canada.
• ANHIX (Alberta Network for Health Information eXchange Society)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANHIX partners with Digital Health Canada for the annual Alberta Region Conference (AB26, AB27), combining expertise in digital health and health information exchange.
• CHIMA (Canadian Health Information Management Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHIMA presents Health Information Day at e-Health Conference, combining health informatics professional development and certification support.
• University of Toronto - Institute of Health Policy Management and EvaluationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for health informatics research and education, including joint positions and curriculum development in leadership in health informatics systems and policy research.
• Université de MontréalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Transatlantic Summer School: Personalized Medicine × Innovations in AI, bringing together researchers, clinicians, and students for international collaboration.
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in Transatlantic Summer School on Personalized Medicine and AI, facilitating international knowledge exchange in digital health.
• Africa HealthTech SummitminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for AHTSx Canada bringing together leaders across health, innovation, policy, and investment to explore connected care and global health systems.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Canada Health Infoway: Canadian federal-funded organization advancing digital health adoption and interoperability. Strategic partner and co-organizer of the e-Health Conference; adjacent enabler rather than direct member-association competitor.
• Canadian Nurses Association (and informatics specialty networks): National professional association representing Canadian nurses with associated digital-health/informatics interest groups. Adjacent professional community that overlaps a portion of Digital Health Canada's audience for education and certification.

Direct peers

• Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA): National Canadian association for health information management professionals. Direct peer offering certification, education, and events with overlapping membership base; CHIMA is both a partner (Health Information Day at e-Health) and a competing community for Canadian digital health professionals.
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): US-based professional association for health information management, offering credentials, coding certifications, and annual conferences. Direct peer in scope, certification, and member services model, with overlapping educational content and adjacent professional audience.
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA): US-based professional association for informatics professionals across clinical and research domains. Direct peer offering similar education, annual symposium, and communities of practice; comparable academic and applied-informatics membership model.
• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Global, US-headquartered professional association for health informatics and health IT professionals. Direct peer offering analogous credentials (CPHIMS), events, education, and member communities — competing for Canadian member wallet share and serving as the parent credentialing body for Digital Health Canada's CPHIMS-CA.
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Canada (HIMSS Canadian Conference): HIMSS-run Canadian digital health programming and conference activity. Direct competitor for senior-level events, vendor sponsorship, and member engagement within Canada, operating under the global HIMSS umbrella.

Regional players

• Australasian Institute of Digital Health: Australia/New Zealand-based professional association for digital health, offering certification, events, and advocacy. Regional peer with nearly identical mission, certification focus, and membership model serving a different geography.
• UK Faculty of Clinical Informatics (UKFCI): UK-based membership body for clinical informatics professionals offering credentialing and policy advocacy. Regional peer with comparable credentialing and professional-development scope for a different national market.
• eHealth Suisse: Swiss competence and coordination body for eHealth, driving national digital health strategy and stakeholder coordination. Regional peer with analogous mandate to convene providers, government, and vendors around digital health adoption.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DigiHealthCA
• Facebookfacebook.com/digitalhealthcdn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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