Taking Up Residence Outside Québec
Persons who take up residence outside Québec cease to be covered by the Health Insurance Plan. They must notify the Régie of their departure and return their Health Insurance Card to the Régie.
Elsewhere in Canada
Persons who take up residence elsewhere in Canada are generally no longer covered after the end of the second calendar month following the date they take up residence in another province. See example. Up to that day, they benefit from services covered outside Québec.
If they were covered by the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan, their coverage ceases on the day they leave Québec.
Persons who decide to take up residence in another Canadian province while spending time there generally cease to be covered after the end of the second calendar month following the date they take up residence in that province. If they were covered by the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan, their coverage ceases on the day they take up residence in the other province.
Outside Canada
Persons taking up residence outside Canada lose their coverage as of the day of their departure.
Persons who decide to take up residence outside Canada while in another country cease to be covered as of the day they take up residence in the other country. Their coverage under the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan ends at the same time, if applicable.
Social security agreements
Moving to Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal or Sweden? Québec has signed social security agreements with these countries to facilitate mobility, which means that you won't, for example, be subjected to a waiting period before becoming eligible for that country's health insurance coverage.
Contact the Régie to notify it of your departure and to find out, if applicable, what document you need to provide to the social security organization in the host country.
The social security agreements in effect include a pension component. Some of these agreements also contain provisions concerning industrial accidents and occupational diseases. For further information go to the websites of the Régie des rentes du Québec and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (French only).
For the full texts of these social security agreements, visit the website of the Ministère des Relations internationales.
