<p>If you’re one of the rare, 400 individuals in the world who func­tion as psychologists in one of Canada’s 1,423 hospitals, you’ve prob­ably earned the right to skip over the rest of the following paragraph dealing with the basics of Canada’s mental health services. For our non-Canadian readers: Canada has a population o f approximately 22 million. The southern portion of this second-largest country in the world is divided into 10 provinces, each with its own government, but ultimately subordinate to the federal government. The northern­most, least populated, part of Canada is divided into the Northwest and Yukon territories and is administered solely by the federal government.</p>