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The Canadian Clinical Drug Dataset is a drug terminology and coding system designed to allow the interchange of standardized drug and medical device information between diverse digital health systems. Some use cases include electronic prescribing, electronic medical records, medication...

The Canadian Postsecondary Education Alcohol and Drug Use Survey (CPADS) 2021-2022 recruited postsecondary students who were at a Canadian university, college, or CEGEP and living in Canada. A total of 40,931 respondents of all ages and programs completed online surveys between November 29, 2021...

The BC Sector Study in Trail and Kitimat was conducted in October and November of 2011 to measure the spatial variability of air pollutants in two small towns with a single industrial source. Four 1-week (7 Day) integrated samples were collected at 12 outdoor locations in Trail and 11 locations...

Health Canada collects data on cannabis under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order. Data collected is for these types of cannabis in the legal industry: dried cannabis, edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, cannabis topicals, cannabis plants and cannabis seeds. Data categories includes:...

Unfortunately, the text-based data extract is no longer accessible through the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products (NNHPD) website. We want to underline that the support for the CSV (text) extract formats has been dropped by our program area and the links to CSV files on the page will be...

Langan Model T15n Enhanced CO monitor has been used by Water and Air Quality Bureau to measure carbon monoxide levels across Canada. This table is a summary of carbon monoxide measured inside homes between 2007 and 2015 at 1 minute intervals (with the exception of Ottawa* which recorded every 5...

This dataset contains a list of formulants that are found in pest control products currently registered in Canada under the Pest Control Products Act and Regulations. This list is updated twice a year to reflect the addition of new formulants and the deletion of formulants no longer found in...

The Airborne Radionuclide Concentrations (ARC) Dataset is a general dataset of airborne radionuclide concentrations analyzed at the Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB). The RPB is responsible for delivering Health Canada’s program in the area of ionizing radiation protection. This dataset includes...

The Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS) is a biennial school-based survey of alcohol, cannabis, tobacco and drug use among Canadian students in grades 7 through 12. Data for the CSTADS 2021-2022 cycle were collected from more than 61,000 students between September 2021 and...

Human biomonitoring is used to estimate exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring the chemical, its metabolites, or reaction products in biological specimens. Since 2007, the biomonitoring component of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) has measured hundreds of chemicals in blood,...

The Veterinary Drugs Directorate has compiled ten years of data on the use of injectable tiletamine-zolazepam products for immobilizing wildlife in Canada. There are no approved tiletamine-zolazepam products in Canada. Access to a foreign authorized tiletamine-zolazepam product is permitted...

The Drug Product Database (DPD) system captures information on Canadian human, veterinary and disinfectant products approved for use by Health Canada. To facilitate the use of the drug product data, multiple Drug Product files are available. Users can access the complete data set through the...

A residential indoor air quality study was conducted by Health Canada in 2010, in collaboration with University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta. A range of air parameters typically found in and around residences was measured for seven consecutive 24-hour periods in 50 homes during the winter and...

The Food Source Contribution Table (FSCT) provides estimates of how much various food groups and subgroups contribute to Canadians’ intakes of energy and selected nutrients using data collected in the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Nutrition. Two different datasets are available....

The 2008-2022 Total Diet Study Food Consumption Tables show the daily consumption of each Total Diet Study (TDS) food composite for various age-sex groups. The source for these consumption data is the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition Component (2015 CCHS-Nutrition). When paired...

Health Canada has developed a series of research tools. These tools assess the extent a group of individuals are following Canada’s food guide: Healthy Eating Food Index Canadian Food Intake Screener Canadian Eating Practices Screener This page provides detailed information on the Healthy...

In Fall of 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 under both baseline conditions and intervention conditions....

Documents on the Summary Basis of Decision (SBD) explain why certain drugs and medical devices were authorized for sale in Canada. Regulatory Decision Summaries (RDS) explain decisions for certain health products seeking market authorization, including medical devices and prescription drugs. A...

Health Canada’s Canadian Radiological Monitoring Network (CRMN) is a national network that routinely collects environmental samples for radioactivity analysis. More information about the CRMN network can be found here:...

A Notice of Compliance is a notification, issued pursuant to paragraph C.08.004(1)(a), indicating that a manufacturer has complied with sections C.08.002 or C.08.003 and C.08.005.1 of the Food and Drug Regulations. Notices of Compliance are issued to a manufacturer following the satisfactory...