Most of what ranks for these questions was written for a US reader, where the deductions, the statutes and the funded programs are different ones. These pages are not.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Pages that interpret privacy law carry a named privacy reviewer and do not publish without one.
Key facts
- "Falls cause 89% of injury-related hospitalizations" among Canadians aged 65 and over. In 2022 there were 78,076 fall-related hospitalisations in that age group, a figure that excludes Quebec, and 7,621 people aged 65 and over died of falls. The direct cost of fall-related injuries in this age group was estimated at $5.6 billion in 2018 (Health Infobase, Public Health Agency of Canada, checked September 2026).
- A medical alert system is not a claimable medical expense. The Canada Revenue Agency lists "personal response systems such as Lifeline and Health Line Services" among the common medical expenses you cannot claim (CRA Guide RC4065, Medical Expenses, 2025 tax year). The renovation credits cover renovations, not monitoring services.
- Whether you can put a camera in a parent's nursing home room depends on the province, the roommate, the audio, and the home's own policy — and it is not the same question as whether a camera-free sensor is allowed.
- "Hosted in Canada" is a procurement answer rather than a legal requirement. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is explicit that "PIPEDA does not prohibit organizations in Canada from transferring personal information to an organization in another jurisdiction for processing", while "an organization is responsible for personal information in its possession or custody, including information that has been transferred to a third party for processing" (OPC, guidelines for processing personal data across borders, checked September 2026). Accountability travels; the data may.
How current these figures are
The falls statistics are re-checked every 12 months, and every page here carries the date it was last reviewed at its foot. Tax figures change with the federal budget and with provincial rates, so each tax page states the tax year it describes. Two government sources — Ontario's e-Laws and Revenu Québec — cannot be read by an automated fetch, so where a wording could not be confirmed against the page itself, the page says so instead of paraphrasing from memory.
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On the money question, the priced side of the directory:
- The full compare table — every listing side by side with its pricing model in the currency the vendor quotes, and a calculator that works out what a monitored plan comes to over one to ten years from those published fees. Two of the three monitored vendors publish no currency, and the table says so rather than assuming dollars.
- Medical alert pendants and watches — the category the CRA exclusion above actually names, with the Canadian subscription prices and the tax treatment on the page.
- Remote-monitoring services and home-care bundles — the monthly-fee model, and what the Canadian randomised trial found.
- Indoor cameras with AI — the consent question a camera creates in someone else's home, which is where the provincial rules bite first.
The words used in this hub — PHIPA, PIPEDA, data residency, PERS — are defined in the glossary.
The guides, by what you need
| What you need | The guide |
|---|---|
| The numbers, with sources you can check | Falls among older adults in Canada: the statistics — refreshed yearly; the page the rest of this site cites |
| What the government will help pay for | Tax credits for home safety in Canada: what qualifies and what doesn't, then aging-at-home programs, province by province for the funded home-care and grant routes in ON, BC, AB, QC, NB and NS |
| To write or answer an RFP | Data residency for senior-care software — why "hosted in Canada" is a procurement answer rather than a legal requirement. The family-facing version is Canadian vs US-hosted monitoring |
Guides on cameras in a care-home room, and on PHIPA for Ontario operators, are with a privacy reviewer.
In this section 4
Aging at home programs in Canada, by province (2026)
Home care, tax credits and grants in Ontario, BC, Alberta, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia — who to call, and whether monitoring devices qualify.
Read →Data residency for senior-care software in Canada: does the data have to stay here?
No general Canadian law forces senior-care software to store data in Canada. What PIPEDA, PHIPA, Law 25 and the US CLOUD Act really say, plus nine RFP questions to ask.
Read →Falls among older adults in Canada: the statistics, and what they leave out
Canadian falls statistics for seniors: 7,621 deaths in 2022, 78,076 hospital admissions in 2022/23 (Quebec excluded), 34% hip fractures, $5.6B direct cost. Every number sourced.
Read →Tax credits for home safety in Canada: what qualifies and what doesn't
Are medical alert systems tax deductible in Canada? No, the CRA names them. Grab bars, ramps and stair lifts can be. Federal, ON, BC, NB and QC credits.
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What we do not do
Nothing in this hub tells you what to buy — that is Comparisons. This is general information, not legal or tax advice, and a provincial program or a tax rule can change after the review date printed at the foot of a page.
Where WalledCare fits
WalledCare is built and hosted in Canada, which — per the OPC wording above — is a procurement preference we can answer plainly, not a legal requirement we are claiming to satisfy on anyone's behalf. It plugs into an outlet, one unit per room, and reports presence, movement, prolonged stillness and prolonged inactivity for that room, with nothing to wear, charge or press. It does not detect falls, does not measure breathing, and is not a medical device — which is a different question from a camera under provincial privacy rules, and one these pages keep separate.