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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 can be found here:...

The NOC is issued to a manufacturer following the satisfactory review of a submission for a new drug, and signifies compliance with the Food and Drug Regulations. The database is updated nightly and contains NOC information on human drugs from January 1, 1994 to date. It also contains NOC...

The Active Soil Depressurization (ASD) radon field study is aimed to investigate mitigation technique efficacy in 52 participant homes in Ottawa-Gatineau area.

This dataset contains the historical (prior to 2015) environmental dosimetry results. The current data can be found here: http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/67bedee8-beb0-4b3a-a1c6-24a4cda08afe. The data after 2015 is provided in SI units of millisieverts (mSv) to be more in-line with current...

Published by Health Canada, the Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods (NVSCF) provides Canadians with a resource that lists 19 nutrients for 1000 of the most commonly consumed foods in Canada. Use this quick and easy reference to help make informed food choices through an understanding of the...