Eligible Expenses

List of items covered under the Health Spending Account

You can use your HSA to cover expenses that are eligible medical expenses under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and that are not paid (or not paid in full) by any other private or government plan.

The eligibility of medical expenses is determined by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). For more detailed information about each expense, please click here to visit the CRA website.

Please be aware that if you identify your expense in the list below, certain requirements may need to be met to submit a claim. These requirements could include having a prescription, a certificate from a medical practitioner, adherence to provincial restrictions, or completion of a T2201 Disability Tax Credit form.

Quick Glance:
Common Health Expenses

Dental

  • Dental Examination
  • Dental Repairing
  • Fillings, Root Canal, Tooth Extraction
  • Denture Repairs & Replacements
  • Crowns, Implant, Oral Surgery
  • Orthodontic Work

Medical

  • Prescription Drugs Through Licensed Pharmacist
  • Vaccines
  • Medical Cannabis (No recreational purchase)
  • Medical Tests (X-ray services, Urine analysis, etc)

Vision

  • Eye Glasses or Contact Lens
  • Optician, Optometrist, Opthamologist
  • Laser Eye Surgery

Hospital

  • Ambulance Charges (to and from Hospital)
  • Hospital Bed
  • Hospital Services

Extensive Eligible Expense List

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Medical Devices and Treatment

  • Altered auditory feedback devices
  • Artificial eye
  • Artificial limb
  • Assisted breathing devices
  • Audible signal devices
  • Baby breathing monitor
  • Bliss symbol boards
  • Blood coagulation monitors
  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Bone conduction receiver
  • Braces for a limb
  • Breast prosthesis
  • Cancer treatment
  • Catheters
  • Catheter trays
  • Cochlear implant
  • Crutches
  • Dental services
  • Dentures
  • Dental implants
  • Diapers or disposable briefs
  • Egg and sperm freezing and storage
  • Electronic bone healing device
  • Electrolysis
  • Electronic speech synthesizers
  • Electrotherapy devices
  • Extremity pump
  • Fertility-related procedures
  • Hearing aids
  • Heart monitoring devices
  • Ileostomy and colostomy pads
  • Infusion pump
  • Injection pens
  • Insulin or substitutes
  • In vitro fertility program
  • Kidney machine (dialysis)
  • Laboratory procedures or services
  • Laryngeal speaking aids
  • Laser eye surgery
  • Liver extraction injections
  • Medical cannabis
  • Medical services by medical practitioners
  • Needles and syringes
  • Nursing services
  • Optical scanners or similar devices
  • Orthodontic work
  • Orthopaedic shoes/boots/inserts
  • Osteogenesis stimulator
  • Oxygen and oxygen tent
  • Oxygen concentrator
  • Pacemakers
  • Phototherapy equipment
  • Pressure pulse therapy devices
  • Pre-natal and post-natal treatments
  • Reading services
  • Real-time captioning
  • Rehabilitative therapy
  • Respite care expenses
  • Scooter instead of a wheelchair
  • Service animals
  • Spinal brace
  • Standing devices
  • Supplements and vitamins
  • Talking textbooks
  • Tests
  • Therapy
  • Truss for hernia
  • Vaccines
  • Vision device
  • Visual or vibratory signaling device
  • Vitamin B12
  • Voice recognition software
  • Walking aids
  • Wheelchairs and wheelchair carriers
  • Wigs

Environmental and Home Care Products

  • Air conditioner
  • Air filter
  • Air cleaner
  • Air purifier
  • Furnace
  • Water filter
  • Water cleaner
  • Water purifier

Accessibility and Mobility Aids

  • Lift or transportation equipment
  • Adapted van
  • Vehicle device
  • Bathroom aids
  • Power-operated chair to be used in stairway

Communication and Assistive Devices

  • Acoustic coupler
  • Braille note-taker devices
  • Braille printers
  • Synthetic speech systems
  • Large print-on-screen devices
  • Computer peripherals designed to assist the blind in using computers
  • Note-taking services
  • Personalized therapy plan
  • Teletypewriters
  • Television closed caption decoders for people who are deaf
  • Volume control feature (additional)

Services and Support

  • Ambulance service
  • Deaf-blind intervening services
  • Hospital bed
  • Hospital services
  • Medical services outside of Canada
  • Moving expenses
  • Renovation or construction expenses
  • Tutoring services
  • School for persons with a mental or physical impairment
  • Sign language interpretation services
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • Travel expenses (at least 40km)
  • Travel expenses (at least 80km)
  • Travel expenses (outside of Canada)
  • Treatment centre

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