In 1991, the National Task Force on Health Information cited a number of issues and problems with the health information system. To respond to these issues, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Statistics Canada and Health Canada joined forces to create a Health Information Roadmap. From this mandate, the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was conceived.
The CCHS is a cross-sectional survey that collects information related to health status, health care utilization and health determinants for the Canadian population. The survey is offered in both official languages. It relies upon a large sample of respondents and is designed to provide reliable estimates at the health region level every 2 years.
The primary use of the CCHS data is for health surveillance and population health research. The data presented here is by age group and sex, for Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (2017 boundaries).
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Statistics Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Health characteristics, two-year period estimates (13100113)WMSEnglish web_service WMS
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Health characteristics, two-year period estimates (13100113)WMSFrench web_service WMS
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Health characteristics, two-year period estimates (13100113)ESRI RESTEnglish web_service ESRI REST
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Health characteristics, two-year period estimates (13100113)ESRI RESTFrench web_service ESRI REST
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Geodatabase ESRI FileFGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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ArcMap Project FileMXDEnglish guide MXD
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ArcMap Project FileMXDFrench guide MXD
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Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component (CCHS)HTMLEnglish guide HTML
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Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component (CCHS)HTMLFrench guide HTML
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Health characteristics, two-year period estimatesHTMLEnglish guide HTML
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Health characteristics, two-year period estimatesHTMLFrench guide HTML
Contact Information
Delivery Point: 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
City: Ottawa
Administrative Area: Ontario
Postal Code: K1A 0T6
Country: Canada
Electronic Mail Address: STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca