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The dataset contains the results of a study examining the use of different flow-rate hood fans in reducing air pollution exposure during and after cooking. Tests were carried out in the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology's twin research houses, in Ottawa, Ontario. The same cooking protocol...

In 2013, Health Canada conducted an indoor air quality study in 4 schools located near major roads in Ottawa, ON. At each school, a range of air pollutants were monitored both indoors and outdoors for 32 consecutive school days (6.5 hour duration) under both baseline conditions and intervention...

Canada regularly inspects registrants that sell or distribute pest control products. These registrants are usually companies that own the pesticide registrations. Every year, PMRA inspect about 10% of companies. Inspections usually take 4 to 8 weeks; an additional 4 weeks may be needed if samples...

A residential indoor air quality study was conducted by Health Canada in 2014, in collaboration with the National Research Council Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario. A range of air parameters typically found in and around residences and their attached garages was measured for four 48-hour periods over...

A surveillance tool that classifies foods found in the Canadian Nutrient File into categories and tiers based on their alignment with the 2019 Canada's Food Guide.

The Nutrition Surveillance Data Tool presents usual intakes of energy, nutrients and other dietary components using data collected in the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition (CCHS – Nutrition). The goal is to complement the full usual intake dataset, also provided below, by...

The Food Consumption Table (FCT) provides estimates of daily intakes of foods (means and percentiles) obtained using data from the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Nutrition. Estimates were generated at three different food grouping levels based on the food group list from the Bureau...

The file comprises COVID-19 case counts, population, demographic and air pollution data by Toronto neighbourhood. The data were employed in an ecological study of the association between air pollution and incidence of COVID-19. Data were obtained from the Toronto Open Data portal, McGill...

The file comprises COVID-19 case counts, population, demographic and air pollution data by health region. The data were employed in a national ecological study of the association between air pollution and incidence of COVID-19. Data were obtained from the COVID-19 Canada Open Data portal, the...

Since the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, the Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB) of Health Canada has performed several analyses of the radioactive content of fish samples from Canada’s west coast. RPB is making the results of these measurements available in three separate, publicly...