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1 in 8 people (4 million Canadians) get sick each year from contaminated food. Over 11,500 hospitalizations and 240 deaths occur each year due to food-related illnesses. Numbers includes both estimates for 30 foodborne pathogens and unknown causes of acute gastrointestinal illness.

The Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) is a bilingual, peer-reviewed, open-access, online scientific journal published by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). It provides timely, authoritative and practical information on infectious diseases to clinicians, public health...

This fact sheet presents an overview of the data on diagnosed parkinsonism, including Parkinson’s disease, from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System.

This fact sheet presents an overview of diagnosed diabetes data (type 1 or type 2 combined) from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System.

The birth prevalence of Down syndrome in Canada (excluding Quebec) has been stable in the last decade, averaging 15.8 per 10,000 total births, between 2005 and 2013. The rate of Down syndrome among stillbirths remained relatively stable around 31.2 per 1,000 stillbirths, except for a slight...

Infographic - Do Relationships Matter to the Health of Canada’s Youth?

Recommentations for routine practices in settings where health care is provided.

Fact sheet about smoking cessation during pregnancy and relapse after childbirth in Canada.

Fact sheet - Effect of maternal weight on pregnancy outcomes

Fact sheet of maternal hypertension in Canada