A Canadian information record
A clearer view of weight care in Canada.
Understand services, costs and coverage, with the source behind every record.
How this record is builtStart with your question
Service records last checked 2026-09-23 (next due 2026-09-30). Public coverage records last read 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-17. Every fact carries its own date. What changed
The details matter. So do the gaps.
A company statement, a public-plan listing and a research finding answer different questions. This record keeps them separate.
When sources disagree, both versions stay visible. When a fact has not been found, the page says so.
Maple: where the weight medication assessment is offered
Three Maple pages still disagree. The help page excludes Nova Scotia, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; the assessment page lists ten jurisdictions; the obesity page says the complimentary membership weight assessment is for Ontario only. Only Ontario appears on all three. Where a page describes whether the assessment is included in membership, that is a benefit question, not the same thing as where the service is offered.
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Start with where you live, or with what you want to understand.
Your province or territory
13 jurisdiction pages, each showing the depth and limits of its evidence.
The research library
105 study explainers across 13 topics. Review status appears on every page.
Medicines in Canada
Keep product authorization, indication and coverage in separate view.
Ways to access care
Understand documented care routes and the questions still to ask.
What this record is
A maintained record. Each fact is tied to a claim in an evidence ledger, with the source page, the date the source carries, and the date it was read. When a provider's own pages disagree with each other, both versions are shown side by side. When nobody has looked yet, the cell says so.
What this record is not
- Not a clinic, a pharmacy, or a prescribing service. Nobody here assesses you.
- Not a ranking. Services are listed alphabetically, included whether or not they have any relationship with this site (none do).
- Not a coverage checker. It shows what a plan document says; it never tells you whether your claim will be paid.
- Not a stock checker. Regulatory approval is not the same as a product being on a shelf, and this site never says a medicine is on a shelf today.
- Not a dosing or cost calculator. It never multiplies a per-pen price into a month and never picks a dose to finish a sum.
Scope
All ten provinces and three territories from the first version. The evidence is deep for British Columbia and Ontario, moderate for the other eight provinces, and programme-level only for the territories. Where it is thin, the page says so instead of staying silent. Seven online and public services are documented: Felix, Hims, Jill, Maple, Medical Weight Management (BC public program), Phoenix and Pocketpills.
Recent changes to the record
- 2026-09-23 (site build 0.6): Ten AI-generated editorial illustrations added, one per primary route (home, compare, costs, coverage, provinces, medicines, evidence, care options, about, ask). Eight carry original reading-note text or verified article citations (STEP 1 2021, SURMOUNT-1 2022, Canadian adult obesity guideline 2020). Each is captioned as AI-generated; the About page carries the shared provenance statement.
- 2026-09-23 (dataset v1.1): All seven provider records reread on their public pages on 2026-09-23 (R4-1, 101 source rows). Unchanged facts now carry both dates; conflicts that persist stay open with a dated history
- 2026-09-23 (dataset v1.1): '$0 initial fee (waived), then $59 per month; not a free first month', with the three-month enrolment and renewal conditions shown separately
Accountable authorship. An open method.
An independent record maintained by two pharmacists registered and practising in British Columbia. Their names are withheld from the site and held on file. Read who is responsible for the work, the review status and the disclosed interests.
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