The CHST was established in 1996 and replaced two federal transfer programs: the Established Programs Financing, the EPF, which covered health and hospitalization insurance and post-secondary education, as well the Canada Assistance Program, the CAP, which covered the social services.
Créé en 1996, le TCSPS a remplacé deux programmes de transferts fédéraux: le financement des programmes établis, le FPE, qui couvrait l'assurance-santé, l'assurance-hospitalisation et l'enseignement postsecondaire, ainsi que le Régime d'assistance publique du Canada, le RAPC, qui couvrait les services sociaux.