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Canadian Pain Task Force Online Consultation

Thank you for your interest in this consultation with the Canadian Pain Task Force towards an improved approach to better understand, prevent, and manage pain in Canada. 

The online consultation is now closed, and written submissions are no longer being accepted. 

Feedback provided from the consultation will inform a report identifying best and leading practices, potential areas for improvement, and elements of an improved approach to pain management in fall 2020. 

For more information on the Task Force, please visit the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/canadian-pain-task-force.html  

Keep in touch with us via email at CPTF cptfsecretariatsecretariatgtcsld@canada.ca 

Sincerely, 

Canadian Pain Task Force

The Canadian Pain Task Force is leading a national consultation. Our aim is to help the Government of Canada better understand and address the needs of the millions of Canadians who live with pain.

We invite you to share your experience and ideas on this topic. Your input will shape our report to Health Canada in June 2020. At that time we will outline elements of an improved approach to pain in Canada.

This consultation will be open online from February 27 to May 29, 2020.

It will take approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete the questionnaire, depending on how much input you would like to give. You can save your work at any point and submit your response any time before the closing date. Please note, for your input to be considered, you must click SUBMIT on the last page of the questionnaire.

We encourage you to share the questionnaire with others. Please include your family, friends and anyone else you may know who would like to improve how we address pain in Canada.

You may also wish to review the first Task Force report for background information. That report describes current strengths and weaknesses across the following themes:

We encourage you to think about any of these themes that are important to you when giving your input.

For more information about the Task Force, please visit the Canadian Pain Task Force web page: Link.

Before participating, please review the Privacy Notice. It will give you information on your privacy rights.

The Canadian Pain Task Force is leading a national consultation. Our aim is to help the Government of Canada better understand and address the needs of the millions of Canadians who live with pain.

We invite you to share your experience and ideas on this topic. Your input will shape our report to Health Canada in June 2020. At that time we will outline elements of an improved approach to pain in Canada.

This consultation will be open online from February 27 to May 29, 2020.

It will take approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete the questionnaire, depending on how much input you would like to give. You can save your work at any point and submit your response any time before the closing date. Please note, for your input to be considered, you must click SUBMIT on the last page of the questionnaire.

We encourage you to share the questionnaire with others. Please include your family, friends and anyone else you may know who would like to improve how we address pain in Canada.

You may also wish to review the first Task Force report for background information. That report describes current strengths and weaknesses across the following themes:

We encourage you to think about any of these themes that are important to you when giving your input.

For more information about the Task Force, please visit the Canadian Pain Task Force web page: Link.

Before participating, please review the Privacy Notice. It will give you information on your privacy rights.

Tell your story

Share your personal experience with pain. 

Your personal experience is important to us. We want to know about the impact of pain on your life and/or on the lives of those you care for.

  • How has pain affected your life?
  • Please describe the pain you have experienced and/or are experiencing. 
  • What challenges have you faced?
  • What has helped you the most?

We are interested in hearing from everyone, including people living with pain, health care providers, caregivers, family and friends, and others interested in this area.

All comments submitted will be reviewed prior to posting to ensure that any content that identifies a third party or involves the use of inappropriate language/behavior will be removed. Before participating, please review the Privacy Notice.

Thank you for having the courage to share your personal experience

Your responses have been received.

If you wish, you may return to the Canadian Pain Task Force consultation page.


CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

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    by luvspike*, over 4 years ago

    I worked in warehouses ,construction ,etc, in short many manual labour jobs. I was always very active I;d walk a couple miles to work ,work all day and walk home. Having asthma my whole life I thought it was a good way to stay healthy. Of course that was then this is now , I have arthritis in every joint in my body including my spine which now has an interesting mix of curvatures. My asthma progressed rapidly with the help of a serious of lung infections to COPD. I have nerve damage in my back shoulder and leg. so... Continue reading

  • Tired of the pain

    by Jped, over 4 years ago

    I’ve been a hard worker all of my adult life. I always have had back leg pain. Put it down to the worst growing pains a short person can ever have. For standing or being on feet all day. Then a roll over in a vehicle knocked my body for a loop at 21. Not receiving any support or much for the head injury till I moved South. But then tests & xray showed head injury was significant, yet the body pain never showed up for years.Finally showing up as Osteo arth severe in the spine, yet Fibromyalgia is what... Continue reading

  • Tired of the pain

    by Jped, over 4 years ago

    I’ve been a hard worker all of my adult life. I always have had back leg pain. Put it down to the worst growing pains a short person can ever have. For standing or being on feet all day. Then a roll over in a vehicle knocked my body for a loop at 21. Not receiving any support or much for the head injury till I moved South. But then tests & xray showed head injury was significant, yet the body pain never showed up for years.Finally showing up as Osteo arth severe in the spine, yet Fibromyalgia is what... Continue reading

  • Pleading mom

    by concerned mom, over 4 years ago

    As the mom of a child who has a serious chronic condition, these COVID times have wreacked havoc on our family. My child has has 4 acute bouts of her condition and the latest was one week ago. We had no way of reaching her specialist since his clinic was closed and her condition was worsening by the day. The feeling of helplessness, not being able to reach support to discuss treatments and options is unacceptable. Not all of life ends with a pandemic. What about her suffering? What about her life??

  • Twenty years in the dark

    by WhiteGold, over 4 years ago

    I was injured in an MVA 20 years ago which left me with a concussion, memory loss, soft tissue damage to my knees, arms, shoulders and hands, whiplash injury to my neck and low back with central disc damage in both areas, facial damage and lacerations. Within 1 year of these injuries I was put onto pain medication, which ultimately increased over the years to the point that I nearly died.

    At the time of the accident, rehab was very limited and a wait list of over a year forced me to seek out alternative options. I was fortunate that... Continue reading

  • Pain needs to be understood better.

    by Broken, over 4 years ago

    I have been living with chronic pain for twenty years. In 2007 I started into the Opoid treatments, but first I tried every non opoid medication as well as every over the counter meds. In January 2020 I discovered that opoid treatments are as the professionals say for short term treatments only. I became opoid hyperalgesia probably before I discovered it in 2020. It means that they created more pain than they helped. Since I no longer could take opoids of any kind I began to search the web in search of a treatment. I currently take the max dose... Continue reading

  • I'd love to tell my frustrating story but it's extremely hard with a BRAIN INJURY

    by Ihavepcs, over 4 years ago

    I'd actually like to speak to someone Whom can articulate this for me. Bottom line is I've been left and forgotten about by our physicians because most are being paid by the insurance company that they don't want to piss off by telling the truth. They rather Gaslight me and collect a cheque, instead of doing a real independent medical exam to see exactly the pain and difficulty i go through daily. So indirectly they are creating a mental health issues within me. So I'm crying for help for someone to help.

  • Chronic Pain for 22 years - no end in sight

    by CMCD, over 4 years ago

    Pain has affected every area of my life.

    I was in an accident on the highway that never should have happened.

    It was a long slow stop at night, so lots of tail lights, lots of time to stop - yet the truck behind me didn't respond.

    I had to give up my job with the federal government, because the pain interfered with my cognitive abilities. Multi-tasking & stamina were greatly affected.

    I started a new part-time career in the travel industry so that I could work from home, removing the daily commute (which was emotionally stressful)

    Our social life... Continue reading

  • Living with pain daily - way of life.

    by Pain is my middle name, over 4 years ago

    Im a 42 yr old mother of 3, living with chronic pain every single day. I was miss diagnosed with Fibromyalgia for almost 8 years. With the current Reports, there’s evidence of some major issues in my spine and I need reconstructive surgery on my feet and knees. I can barely walk, I haven’t slept in a bed in 2 years, i cannot wear shoes or care for myself completely due to my physical restrictions. Some days are better than others but I cannot remember a day without feeling pain. Every visit at the doctor, needing painkillers has been stressful... Continue reading

  • Open pain clinics

    by Extreme 2020, over 4 years ago

    I was getting shots to manage my pain and give me mobility, also to control my migraines from a work injury 2001, these shots stopped me from jumping off a bridge, these were done every 12-14 weeks ,we are now at over 30 weeks and pain is increasing daily