Canadian Community Health Survey
The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is a cross-sectional survey that provides timely cross-sectional estimates of health determinants, health status and health system utilization for community health regions and special populations across Canada. The first cycle of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 1.1) was conducted in 2000-2001. There are supplemental surveys associated with the CCHS, such as the Mental Health and Well-being Survey (CCHS 1.2), conducted in 2002 and the Canadian Forces CCHS Survey.
Up to 2007, the survey was conducted on a two-year cycle; each two-year collection cycle was comprised of two distinct surveys: a health region-level survey in the first year with a total sample of 130,000 and a provincial-level survey in the second year with a total sample of 30,000.
The health region-level survey will include a common content component, socio-economic and demographic questions, and optional content determined by each health region from a predefined list of questionnaire modules (See list for details).
The provincial-level survey will consist of some common content and one focus content topic per cycle. Focus content is intended to be an in-depth treatment of topical issues. Suggestions for focus content include mental health, nutrition and social support.
The following files are available for use within the constraints of the DLI licence to UNB Libraries authorized users. For more information on the survey, see the user guides, below. The following surveys are available for use at this time; other files will be added when they are released:
Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1
The CCHS 1.1 includes information on a wide range of topics, including alcohol consumption, chronic health conditions, fruit and vegetable consumption, general health, use of health services, height and weight, injuries, physical activity, restriction of activities and smoking. It also provides information on the socio-demographic characteristics, the income and the labour force characteristics of the population. Data were collected from over 130,000 respondents, aged 12 or older, residing in households across all provinces and territories.
n=130,880
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Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2: Focus on Mental Health
Topics include the prevalence of various mental disorders (depression, mania, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia), mental health problems (alcohol and illicit drug dependence, gambling, suicide, eating trouble) and access to and use of mental health care services in the past 12 months. The survey also collects information on many determinants and correlates of mental health such as socio-demographic information, income, stress, medication use and social support.
n=36,984
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Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.1
The CCHS 2.1 again includes information on a wide range of topics, including alcohol consumption, chronic health conditions, fruit and vegetable consumption, general health, use of health services, height and weight, injuries, physical activity, restriction of activities and smoking. Data were collected from over 130,000 respondents, aged 12 or older.
n=134,072
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Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2: Focus on Nutrition
The CCHS focus for cycle 2.2 is nutrition and includes information on a wide range of topics including nutrition, physical activities, food insecurity, height and weight, body mass index, vitamin and mineral supplements, chronic conditions, smoking and alcohol. It also provides information on the socio-demographic characteristics, the income and the labour force characteristics of the population.
n=35,107
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Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 3.1
The Canadian Community Health Survey (3.1) provides data for 101 health regions or combined health regions across Canada and includes information on a wide range of topics, including: physical activity, height and weight, smoking, exposure to second hand smoke, alcohol consumption, general health, chronic health conditions, injuries, and use of health care services. It also provides information on the socio-demographic, income and labour force characteristics of the population.
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Canadian Community Health Survey 2007/2008
Special Note:
Prior to 2007, data collection occurred every two years on an annual period. Data are available for the 2001, 2003 and 2005 periods. In 2007, major changes were made to the survey design with the goal of improving its effectiveness and flexibility through data collection on an ongoing basis. Data collection now occurs every year, rather than every two years as was the case prior to 2007. Surveys are now identified by date, rather than by survey cycle.
n=131,061
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For further information on using the CCHS as redesigned, see also:
Canadian Community Health Survey 2008/2009: Healthy Aging
The purpose of the Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging is to collect new information about the factors, influences and processes that contribute to healthy aging. The survey focuses on the health of Canadians aged 45 and over.
n=30 865
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CCHS 2009-2010 & CCHS 2010: Annual Component
Content in data files includes:
- one year reference period (CCHS 2010)
- combined two years reference periods (CCHS 2009-2010)
One year data files
The survey produces data files every year. In June 2011, an annual file based on the 2010 reference
period has been released. It includes respondents from the 2010 data collection and variables from the
common annual content, common one year content, common two year content as well as optional
content.
Two year data files
Every two years, a file combining the most recent two years is released. A combined file also to be
released in June 2011 contains data from 2009 and 2010. The following two year file is scheduled to be
released in 2013, and will include both the 2011 and 2012 reference years.
The two-year data file includes all respondents and the questions that were in the survey over the two year reference period. Unless otherwise specified, it is the question component from the common annual and two-year content and selected optional content over the two year period.
NOTE: The one-year common content and optional content selected for one year only are not available in the two-year data file.
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CCHS 2009-2010: Annual Component
n=124 188
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CCHS 2010: Annual Component
n=62 909
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