Canadian Community Health Survey
The central objective of this survey is to gather health-related data at the sub-provincial levels of geography (health region or combined health regions) in Canada.
The main objectives are to:
* Support health surveillance programs by providing health data at the national, provincial and intra-provincial levels;
* Provide a single data source for health research on small populations and rare characteristics;
* Timely release of information that is easily accessible to a diverse community of users; and
* Create a flexible survey instrument that includes a rapid response option to address emerging issues related to the health of the population.
Information on the study description is adapted from Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2021-07-28. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Overview
- Acronym
- CCHS
- Website
- CCHS
- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cross-sectional
- Start - End Year
- 2000 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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The survey began collecting data in 2001 and was repeated every two years until 2005. Starting in 2007, data was collected annually.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 1,177,600
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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A sample of approximately 136,000 respondents were interviewed during the reference periods of 2001, 2003 and 2005. The sample size was changed to 65,000 respondents each year starting in 2007.
- Supplementary Information
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The Canadian Community Health Survey is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvVariableList&Id=1531795
Marker Papers
Béland Y. Canadian community health survey--methodological overview. Health Reports. 2002;13(3):9-14.
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Population
CCHS population
The population is composed of individuals 12 years of age and older who live in one of the ten provinces and the three territorial capitals of Canada.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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12
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
- Other Criteria
- Participants are excluded if they are: living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements in the provinces; full-time members of the Canadian Forces; institutionalized, or living in foster care (for children aged 12-17); or living in the Quebec health regions of Région du Nunavik and Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James.
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Random digit dialing
- Supplementary Information
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Three methods (sampling frames) are used to generate survey participants: an area frame, a list frame, and random digit dialing. The area frame consists of a selection of dwellings drawn from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey sampling frame. The list frame consists of a list of telephone numbers from the Canada Phone Directory. Lastly, in four health regions, the sample is supplemented with random digit dialing. Moreover, for the 12 to 17-year-old participants, the frame is constructed from the Canadian Child Benefit (CCB). For the participants 18 years old and older, it is constructed from the Dwelling Universe File (DUF).
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 1,177,600
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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2000-2001 Cycle 1.1: 131,500 participants
2003 Cycle 2.1: 135,600 participants
2005 Cycle 3.1: 132,900 participants
2007 Cycle 4.1: 65,900 participants
2008 Cycle 4.1: 66,000 participants
2009: 61,700 participants
2010: 63,200 participants
2011: 63,500 participants
2012: 62,100 participants
2013: 64,300 participants
2014: 64,000 participants
2015: 51,500 participants
2016: 55,700 participants
2017: 56,900 participants
2018: 54,100 participants
2019: 64,900 participants
2020: 42,200 participants
The total number of participants included the Territories for data collection in 2015-2016 (110,100 participants) and 2017-2018 (113,700 participants).
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | CCHS - Data collection 2000-2001 Cycle 1-1 |
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2000 (September) | 2001 (November) | |
| 1 | CCHS - Data collection 2003 Cycle 2-1 |
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2003 (January) | 2003 (December) | |
| 2 | CCHS - Data collection 2005 Cycle 3-1 |
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2005 (January) | 2005 (December) | |
| 3 | CCHS - Data collection 2007 Cycle 4-1 |
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2007 (January) | 2007 (December) | |
| 4 | CCHS - Data collection 2008 Cycle 4-1 |
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2008 (January) | 2008 (December) | |
| 5 | CCHS - Data collection 2009 |
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2009 (January) | 2009 (December) | |
| 6 | CCHS - Data collection 2010 |
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2010 (January) | 2010 (December) | |
| 7 | CCHS - Data collection 2011 |
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2011 (January) | 2011 (December) | |
| 8 | CCHS - Data collection 2012 |
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2012 (January) | 2012 (December) | |
| 9 | CCHS - Data collection 2013 |
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2013 (January) | 2013 (December) | |
| 10 | CCHS - Data collection 2014 |
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2014 (January) | 2014 (December) | |
| 11 | CCHS - Data collection 2015 |
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2015 (January) | 2015 (December) | |
| 12 | CCHS - Data collection 2016 |
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2016 (January) | 2016 (December) | |
| 13 | CCHS - Data collection 2017 |
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2017 (January) | 2017 (December) | |
| 14 | CCHS - Data collection 2018 |
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2018 (January) | 2018 (December) | |
| 15 | CCHS - Data collection 2019 |
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2019 (January) | 2019 (December) | |
| 16 | CCHS - Data collection 2020 |
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2020 (January) | 2020 (December) | |
| 17 | CCHS - Data collection 2021 |
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2021 (January) | 2021 (December) | |
| 18 | CCHS - Data collection 2022 |
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2022 (January) | 2022 (December) |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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