All current drug shortages in Canada
This is the complete list of drugs with at least one active shortage report filed with Health Canada, one entry per drug rather than per paperwork filing. A partial shortage means some manufacturers still supply the drug and your pharmacy can often substitute; a widespread shortage means half or more of reported products (or a Tier 3 designation) are affected and options are thinner. Click any drug for manufacturer-level detail, recovery estimates, and alerts.
Cefepime Widespread shortage 2 of 3 reported products affected · est. return Oct 9, 2026
Cefixime (Suprax) Partial shortage 1 of 4 reported products affected · est. return Sep 30, 2026
Cefprozil (Cefzil) Partial shortage 1 of 16 reported products affected
Ceftriaxone Partial shortage 2 of 15 reported products affected
Cefuroxime (Ceftin -) Partial shortage 3 of 13 reported products affected
Celecoxib (Celebrex) Partial shortage 1 of 31 reported products affected
Cephalexin Partial shortage 2 of 20 reported products affected · est. return Sep 30, 2026
Cetirizine (Extra Strength Allergy Relief) Partial shortage 1 of 15 reported products affected
Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin Succinate) Widespread shortage 3 of 3 reported products affected
Chlordiazepoxide Widespread shortage 2 of 3 reported products affected
Chlorhexidine Gluconate (Perichlor Without Alcohol) Partial shortage 1 of 6 reported products affected
Chloride Partial shortage 2 of 19 reported products affected
Chloride (Slo-Pot) Partial shortage 3 of 7 reported products affected · est. return Nov 30, 2026
Chloride Magnesium Dextrose Lactate (Nxstage Pureflow) Widespread shortage 3 of 5 reported products affected
Chloroquine Diphosphate Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Chlorthalidone Partial shortage 2 of 5 reported products affected · est. return Oct 16, 2026
Cholestyramine Resin (Olestyr) Partial shortage 1 of 4 reported products affected · est. return Jul 6, 2027
Choriogonadotropin Alfa (Ovidrel) Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected · est. return Dec 30, 2026
Ciclopirox Widespread shortage 2 of 3 reported products affected
Cilazapril (Inhibace) Partial shortage 1 of 13 reported products affected
Cimetidine Partial shortage 3 of 9 reported products affected
Cinacalcet (Sensipar) Partial shortage 11 of 24 reported products affected · est. return Dec 31, 2026
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) Partial shortage 7 of 54 reported products affected · est. return Nov 20, 2026
Ciprofloxacin Dexamethasone Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected · est. return Sep 25, 2026
Ciprofloxacin Fluocinolone Acetonide (Otixal) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Citalopram (Celexa) Partial shortage 10 of 43 reported products affected · est. return Sep 30, 2026
Clarithromycin (Biaxin Bid) Partial shortage 3 of 30 reported products affected
Clavulanic Acid Amoxicillin (Amoxi-Clav) Partial shortage 5 of 27 reported products affected · est. return Dec 23, 2026
Clindamycin (Dalacin) Partial shortage 4 of 28 reported products affected
Clioquinol Flumethasone Pivalate (Locacorten Vioform Eardrops) Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected
Clobetasol Propionate (Dermovate) Partial shortage 1 of 22 reported products affected · est. return Sep 25, 2026
Clomipramine (Anafranil) Partial shortage 1 of 4 reported products affected · est. return Sep 24, 2026
Clonazepam (Rivotril) Partial shortage 5 of 21 reported products affected
Clonidine Partial shortage 4 of 9 reported products affected
Clopidogrel (Plavix) Partial shortage 4 of 18 reported products affected · est. return Nov 10, 2026
Clotrimazole Partial shortage 1 of 3 reported products affected · est. return Nov 27, 2026
Cloxacillin Partial shortage 1 of 5 reported products affected · est. return Sep 30, 2026
Cloxacillin Widespread shortage 3 of 6 reported products affected
Codeine Pheniramine Guaifenesin (Robitussin Ac) Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected
Colestipol Partial shortage 1 of 3 reported products affected
Colistimethate Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected · est. return Oct 31, 2026
Colistin (Coly-Mycin M Parenteral) Partial shortage 1 of 3 reported products affected
Conjugated Estrogens (Premarin) Partial shortage 1 of 4 reported products affected
Cromolyn (Opticrom) Partial shortage 2 of 5 reported products affected
Cyclopentolate (Cyclogyl) Partial shortage 1 of 4 reported products affected
Cyclophosphamide (Procytox) Widespread shortage 4 of 10 reported products affected
Cyclosporine (Restasis Multidose) Partial shortage 1 of 9 reported products affected · est. return Jul 30, 2027
Dabigatran Etexilate (Pradaxa) Partial shortage 2 of 6 reported products affected · est. return Oct 23, 2026
Dantrolene (Dantrium) Partial shortage 1 of 4 reported products affected
Dapagliflozin Partial shortage 4 of 11 reported products affected
Dapagliflozin Metformin (Xigduo) Partial shortage 2 of 6 reported products affected · est. return Dec 4, 2026
Daptomycin (Cubicin Rf) Partial shortage 1 of 3 reported products affected
Darifenacin (Enablex) Partial shortage 1 of 6 reported products affected
Dasatinib (Sprycel) Partial shortage 1 of 14 reported products affected
Deferasirox (Jadenu) Partial shortage 1 of 23 reported products affected
Desmopressin (Ddavp) Partial shortage 1 of 13 reported products affected · est. return Oct 2, 2026
Desonide Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected · est. return Sep 9, 2026
Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) Partial shortage 2 of 17 reported products affected · est. return Sep 25, 2026
Dexamethasone Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected
Dexamethasone Widespread shortage 4 of 6 reported products affected · est. return Dec 31, 2026
Dexamethasone Polymyxin B Neomycin Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Dexrazoxane (Zinecard) Partial shortage 1 of 3 reported products affected
Dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine Spansule Src) Widespread shortage 3 of 6 reported products affected · est. return Sep 11, 2026
Dextromethorphan Phenylephrine Pheniramine (Pulmorphan Pediatrique) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Pulmorphan (Dextromethorphan Phenylephrine Pheniramine Guaifenesin) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Dextromethorphan Pseudoephedrine (Tussodan Dm) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Dextrose Widespread shortage 1 of 13 reported products affected · est. return Nov 30, 2026
Dextrose Chloride Magnesium Acetic Acid Partial shortage 1 of 10 reported products affected · est. return Sep 9, 2026
Diatrizoate Meglumine Iodipamide (Sinografin -) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Diazepam (Diastat) Partial shortage 5 of 18 reported products affected · est. return Oct 23, 2026
Dibasic Monobasic (Sodium Phosphates) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Diclofenac (Voltaren) Partial shortage 4 of 34 reported products affected · est. return Sep 18, 2026
Diclofenac (Voltaren Rapide) Partial shortage 2 of 8 reported products affected · est. return Sep 11, 2026
Difluprednate (Durezol) Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Digoxin (Toloxin) Partial shortage 3 of 9 reported products affected
Diltiazem (Tiazac) Partial shortage 15 of 93 reported products affected · est. return Jan 29, 2027
Diphenhydramine (Unisom Sleepgels Extra Strength) Partial shortage 2 of 9 reported products affected
Dipivefrin Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Disopyramide (Rythmodan) Widespread shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected
Docetaxel (Taxotere) Widespread shortage 3 of 6 reported products affected
Docusate (Soflax) Partial shortage 1 of 16 reported products affected
Docusate Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected
Domperidone Partial shortage 2 of 9 reported products affected
Donepezil (Aricept Rdt) Partial shortage 12 of 39 reported products affected · est. return Oct 23, 2026
Doxazosin (Cardura-4) Partial shortage 1 of 15 reported products affected · est. return Sep 18, 2026
Doxepin (Sinequan) Partial shortage 1 of 11 reported products affected
Doxorubicin (Caelyx) Partial shortage 2 of 8 reported products affected
Doxycycline (Periostat) Partial shortage 1 of 7 reported products affected
Doxylamine Pyridoxine Partial shortage 1 of 2 reported products affected
Drospirenone Ethinyl Estradiol (Zamine) Partial shortage 2 of 9 reported products affected
Duloxetine (Cymbalta) Partial shortage 6 of 34 reported products affected · est. return Nov 6, 2026
Edoxaban (Lixiana) Partial shortage 1 of 6 reported products affected · est. return Sep 15, 2026
Efavirenz (Sustiva) Partial shortage 1 of 6 reported products affected
Efavirenz Tenofovir Disoproxil Emtricitabine (Atripla) Partial shortage 3 of 7 reported products affected · est. return Dec 31, 2026
Eletriptan (Relpax) Partial shortage 2 of 18 reported products affected · est. return Oct 13, 2026
Enalapril (Vasotec) Partial shortage 1 of 30 reported products affected · est. return Oct 9, 2026
Enalaprilat Partial shortage 1 of 1 reported products affected · est. return Sep 11, 2026
Entacapone (Comtan) Partial shortage 1 of 5 reported products affected
Epinephrine (Emerade) Partial shortage 1 of 12 reported products affected
Epinephrine Lidocaine (Xylocaine) Partial shortage 2 of 9 reported products affected · est. return Jun 15, 2027