Citation: Tsang VWL, Lin MCQ, Huang N, Tsoi S, Hu J, Sinclair S, et al. (2025) Compass—Canada’s first child psychiatry access program: Implementation and lessons learned. PLoS One 20(6): e0323199. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323199 Editor: Shivanand Kattimani, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, INDIA Received: August 30, 2024; Accepted: April 3, 2025; Published: June 23, 2025 Copyright: © 2025 Tsang et al.