Initially, Critical Illness Insurance in Canada would cover only the 4 major conditions i.e., – cancer, heart attack, stroke, and heart bypass surgery. However, today it covers over *24 major illnesses including Alzheimer’s; Acquired Brain Injury; Aortic surgery; Brain Tumor; Heart Attack; Dementia; Kidney Failure; Coma; Paralysis; Cancer; Stroke; Parkinson’s and more.