Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard: Resources

Links to Health Canada resources on human biomonitoring and the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS).

  • Last updated: 2026-03-09

Fact sheets

These fact sheets provide general information about environmental chemicals and the levels of these chemicals measured in people. Levels are shown for the Canadian population as well as for specific sub-groups, such as First Nations Peoples and people who are pregnant. Changes over time are also highlighted.

Table of fact sheets
Title Published date
Benzene in people living in Canada May 2024
Organophosphate flame retardants in people living in Canada May 2024
Bisphenol analogues in people living in Canada May 2024
Oxybenzone in people living in Canada May 2024
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in people living in Canada May 2024
Arsenic in Canadians December 2021
Cadmium in Canadians December 2021
Lead in Canadians December 2021
Mercury in Canadians December 2021
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Canadians July 2024
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in Canadians December 2021
Bisphenol A (BPA) in Canadians December 2021
Parabens in Canadians December 2021
Glyphosate in people living in Canada August 2023
DEET in people living in Canada August 2023
Acrylamide in people living in Canada November 2025
Diethyl phthalate in people living in Canada November 2025
Fluoride in people living in Canada November 2025
Styrene in people living in Canada November 2025

Content summary

These resources include the national biomonitoring content summary, which lists the environmental chemicals measured in people during each collection period (cycle) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

Table of other resources
Resource type Title Published date
  • Content Summary
Biomonitoring Content Summary for the Canadian Health Measures Survey December 2025

Reports

These reports present national data on the levels of environmental chemicals measured in people during each collection period (cycle) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. They also describe the general design of the survey and include a technical summary for each chemical or chemical group.

Table of reports
Preview Collection period Title Published date
  • Cycle 1 (2007–2009)
Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada August 2010
  • Cycle 2 (2009–2011)
Second Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada April 2013
  • Cycle 3 (2012–2013)
Third Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada July 2015
  • Cycle 4 (2014–2015)
Fourth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada August 2017
  • Cycle 5 (2016–2017)
Fifth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada November 2019
  • Cycle 6 (2018–2019)
Sixth Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Canada December 2021
  • Cycles 1, 3, 4, 5 (2007–2017)
Report on Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Pooled Samples December 2020

More information

For more information on human biomonitoring and other Health Canada biomonitoring programs, visit Human Biomonitoring of Environmental Chemicals.

For more information on the CHMS and accessing data from the CHMS for research purposes, visit Statistics Canada's Canadian Health Measures Survey and Statistics Canada's Research Data Centres.

National biomonitoring data from the CHMS are also available on the following platforms

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