The TELUS Mental Health Index: Advancing workplace mental health and wellbeing

We empower organizations with local and data-driven insights to enhance workplace mental health and wellbeing strategies

What is the TELUS Mental Health Index (MHI)?

The MHI reflects longitudinal primary research that measures the full continuum of the mental health status and wellbeing of employees. It delivers quarterly insights on working people across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.

  • Tracks mental health trends over time

    This helps you see how global events such as recessions, pandemics and political shifts are impacting the mental health and productivity of your workers – helping you gain insights into the specific support to provide.

  • Identifies factors impacting employee mental health and wellbeing

    See how employee mental health and wellbeing is directly related to business health – dive into the data to understand how to enhance both health and workplace outcomes.

  • Benchmarks by industry

    Access industry-specific data to see the concerns that are more prevalent in your industry – helping you be more precise in your understanding of your employees’ needs and make more informed decisions.

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Did you know?

The MHI provides organisations with actionable insights to help enhance employee wellbeing and productivity.

700,000 surveys to date

Encompassing more than 142,000 employed individuals.

Mental health scoring

Assigns point values to individual responses which are averaged to create scores from 0-100. Lower scores are associated with higher mental health risk.

Produced 4 times a year

For the last 5 years we have produced monthly or quarterly reports to help workplaces enhance their wellbeing strategies.

700,000 surveys to date

Encompassing more than 142,000 employed individuals.

“Our Mental Health Index gives organizations a clear, data-driven view into employee mental health and wellbeing—helping leaders act early, build healthier cultures, and support long-term performance. We don’t just measure how people feel about work. We measure how they’re actually doing.”

Paula Allen

Global Leader, Research, Insights and Strategic Communications at TELUS Health

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