All provinces do not consider the surgical treatment of morbid obesity as an insured service under the Law on Health Insurance. You should check with the authority on health in your province.

The provinces felt that the surgical treatment of morbid obesity is a service, like Quebec, have waiting lists very long because of the limited number of surgeons trained to perform these procedures safely and effectively. In Quebec, the waiting for bariatric surgery may be as long as 3 to 7 years, when the patient communicates with the bariatric surgery center, until the surgery is performed.