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Navigating Canada's health care system can be a challenge for those who provide, fund and regulate health care. Across the sector, we help our clients identify, understand and progress along the right pathways to meet their objectives.
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Overview

More options, shorter wait times and lower costs are all important to patients. At the same time, healthcare providers strive to play a bigger role by bridging gaps in the system and innovating.

Healthcare is a profession. It is also a business. The Fasken team understands the unique context of our clients, who need to meet patient expectations and ever expanding regulatory requirements under a constrained funding system.

What distinguishes Fasken is our large, cross-Canada team. Our lawyers have deep experience and trusted relationships with a wide range of health sector clients in each of our regional markets, as well as national-level expertise. We share ideas and collaborate with clients wherever and whenever we can.

We help with governance, outsourcing, structuring, privacy, employment, and technology matters. If disputes arise, we’ll represent your organization before tribunals or in court.

Our clients include private and public health sector organizations as well as non-profits.

Subscribe to our “Health Law Bulletin”, browse some of the recent healthcare work we’ve assisted with or contact any of our lawyers to learn more.

Meet the challenges of contemporary healthcare with one of the most widely experienced legal teams in Canada.

Areas of Expertise

  • Ancillary Revenue - Social Enterprise, We help clients navigate the intersecting regulations, guidelines, directives and policies that govern these activities, creating practical business structures and collaborating with clients and other stakeholder to create innovative solutions.
  • E-health, Dynamic innovations are great, but they are accompanied by legal issues. Fasken understands the telemedicine industry. We work with e-health users, providers and stakeholders including Canada Health Infoway and other leaders.
  • Health Care Charities and Not-For-Profits, Fasken has a unique and long history of helping health care charities and not-for profits build the right foundations for success.
  • Health Care Facilities, Working with boards, administration, committees and management, we advise facilities on a host of daily legal issues and long-term strategies to meet stakeholder needs.
  • Health Organization Governance, We provide “next-level” services, such as governance reviews, restructuring advice, strategic planning and training.
  • Health Policy & Regulation, Fasken assists with policy development, whether it’s internal to an institution: writing conventions, rules, directives or applicable to the entire system: policy papers, submissions to parliamentary committees, etc. We also determine the practical application of regulations and structure efficient compliance and reporting processes.
  • Healthcare Regulatory Colleges, We represent clients in interactions with professional colleges across the country, including those overseeing dentists, audiologists, speech pathologists, chiropractors, massage therapists, opticians, pharmacists, physiotherapists, physicians and surgeons.
  • Medical Legal, Fasken takes a practical approach to complex issues. Apart from analyzing how case law and current regulations apply, we can work with you to sort out the aspects of your specific problem and all its component parts.
  • Privacy & Access to Information in Health, Fasken can provide advice on all aspects of federal and provincial privacy and freedom of information legislation. We were the lead authors of the Ontario Hospital Association’s Hospital Freedom of Information (FOI) Toolkit: A Guide to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and regularly work with clients to embed privacy-by-design into their operations.
  • Private Health Care, Fasken helps clients navigate the complexities of consumer-based medicine, addressing legal, political, practical and ethical issues as options are investigated and ventures are formed.

Achievements

  • Ranked nationwide in Healthcare & Life Sciences, The Globe and Mail 2022 to 2026
  • Ranked nationwide (Band 1) in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory, Chambers Canada 2026
  • Named Healthcare and Life Sciences Firm of the Year at the 2025 Lexology North America Awards, Lexology North America Awards 2025
  • Recognized nationwide in Canada in Health Care Law , The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020 to 2025
  • Ranked nationwide in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory, Chambers Canada 2018 to 2025
  • Ranked nationwide in Healthcare, Chambers Canada 2016 to 2020
  • Recognized in Health Law, Lexology Index 2020

Team

Primary Contacts
  • Laurie M. Turner, Partner | Leader, Health Law Group, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3446, [email protected]
  • Karen Wyke, Partner | Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Calgary, AB, +1 403 261 5357, [email protected]
  • Mathieu Gagné, Partner | Co-Leader, Life Sciences, Montréal, QC, +1 514 397 7657, [email protected]
  • Shahrooz Nabavi, Partner | Emerging Technology & Venture Capital, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4910, [email protected]
Laurie Turner Toronto Lawyer Laurie M. Turner Partner | Leader, Health Law Group Toronto, ON +1 416 868 3446
Karen Wyke, Partner | Litigation and Dispute Resolution Karen Wyke Partner | Litigation and Dispute Resolution Calgary, AB +1 403 261 5357
Mathieu Gagné, Partner | Co-Leader, Life Sciences Mathieu Gagné Partner | Co-Leader, Life Sciences Montréal, QC +1 514 397 7657
Shahrooz Nabavi, Partner | Emerging Technology & Venture Capital Shahrooz Nabavi Partner | Emerging Technology & Venture Capital Vancouver, BC +1 604 631 4910

Experience

  • Felix Health raises C$53 million in growth financing, [Deal - Whitecap Venture Partners & BMO Capital Partners], Canadian digital healthcare company secures C$53 million in financing
  • Temple Lifestyle Brands Inc. acquires Rise Kombucha Inc., [Deal - Temple Lifestyle Brands Inc.], Acquisition of Rise Kombucha by Temple Lifestyle Brands Inc.
  • Kardium, a Vancouver, Canada-based developer of the globe pulsed field system, a treatment for atrial fibrillation, raises U$250 million in Series 8 Class D Preferred Share financing round, [Deal - Kardium Inc.], Funding for Canadian medical solutions company
  • LifeSpeak Inc. completes plan of arrangement, [Deal - LifeSpeak Inc.], .Service provider of whole-person wellbeing solutions for employers, health plans and other organizations taken private pursuant to a plan of arrangement
  • Eli Health closed CAD $17 million Series A funding, [Case - Eli Science Inc.], Series A funding for Eli Health.
  • Hoya Vision Care completes acquisition of Centennial Optical Limited, [Deal - Hoya Lens Canada Inc.], A global vision care company acquired a Canadian distributor of ophthalmic frames, lenses, and optical accessories.
  • Jane Software valuation hits approximately C$1.8 billion after a C$500+ million TCV-led secondary financing round, [Deal - Jane Software Inc.], Canadian healthtech company completes C$500 million secondary financing
  • A provincial health authority procures AI enabled patient journey and care software, [Deal - Confidential Client], AI‑enabled patient journey SaaS procurement for a provincial health authority.
  • Puzzle Medical Devices closes C$43 million funding round, [Deal - Puzzle Medical Devices Inc.], On April 8 2025, Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. (“Puzzle Medical”), a Quebec-based medical technology startup supporting patients with heart failure, announced the closing of a C$43 million funding round led by KF Matheson and Desjardins Capital.  The capital will be used to refine Puzzle Medical’s ...

Knowledge

  • The Charities Directorate is Going Digital: Is Your Charity Ready?, 3/19/2026
  • Key Product Liability Cases and Developments – 2025 Overview, 2/12/2026
  • Ontario Moves to Regulate Preferred Pharmacy Networks (PPNs), 11/11/2025
  • Alberta Announces Plan to Enable Private Sector Delivery and Private Payment for Preventative Testing, Screening and Diagnostic Services, 11/3/2025
  • First Monetary Penalties Issued under Ontario’s Health Privacy Law: Practical Lessons for the Health Sector, 10/20/2025
  • Ontario Announces New Call for Applications to Deliver Community-Based Orthopedic Services, 7/9/2025
  • CDA Opens Public Consultation on Pharmacare National Formulary – Deadline July 18, 2025, 6/25/2025
  • Bill 83 and Its Implications on Québec’s Physicians and Health Care System, 5/15/2025
  • New Funding for Primary Care in Ontario: Call for Proposals for Interprofessional Primary Care Teams, 4/23/2025
  • Takin’ Care of U.S. Businesses: Ontario Implements Premier’s Procurement Ban, 4/10/2025

Events

  • Artificial Intelligence in Health & Life Sciences, 6/11/2026
  • Recent Developments in Commercial Real Estate Litigation, 6/10/2026
  • Bill 27: from compliance to HR strategy, 5/28/2026
  • Global Antitrust Challenges Shaping the Pharmaceutical Industry, 4/16/2026
  • Drug Pricing in Canada: Navigating Potential U.S. MFN Implications, 2/6/2026
  • Credentialing of Professional Staff in Hospitals: Governance Principles, 6/14/2023
  • Artificial intelligence: Business opportunities and legal issues, 5/4/2023
  • Building today the world of tomorrow, 5/4/2023
  • 2023 Symposium - Own tomorrow, 5/4/2023
  • When Artificial Intelligence invites itself into the Human Resources Management of Organizations, 4/19/2023

News

  • Sophie MacRae and Heather Whiteside comment on virtual care, AI, and big data in Lexpert, 6/17/2024
  • Canadian Health Policy Leader Christine Elliott Joins Fasken, 9/7/2022
  • Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Victoria Mitrova in an article on new MAID legislation, 3/19/2021
  • 2020 Chambers Canada Guide Recognizes 108 Fasken Lawyers, 9/19/2019
  • Fasken Receives High Recognition in the 2019 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 4/22/2019
  • Hackergal Hosts Outstanding Hackathons Across Canada Introducing Girls to Coding, 12/20/2018
  • Chambers Canada names Fasken “Employment Law Firm of the Year 2018” and Recognizes 93 of Fasken Lawyers in the 2019 Guide, 9/21/2018
  • Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/21/2018
  • Fasken Martineau Wins Mining Law Firm of the Year in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/22/2017
  • Fasken Martineau Releases The Well-Governed Non-Profit Guide, 6/7/2017

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