Data Tools
The Data Tools help users visualize public health data through simple drop-down menus. Users can access geographic comparisons, trends, age distributions, and disaggregated data layered by socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables.
Nutrition Surveillance Data Tool
The Nutrition Surveillance Data Tool was developed by the Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration (BFSSI) at Health Canada. This tool presents usual intakes of energy, nutrients and other dietary components using data collected in the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition. It highlights where Canadians’ intakes fall relative to Dietary Reference Intakes established by the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
Canadian Risk Factor Atlas (CRFA)
The Canadian Risk Factor Atlas (CRFA) is an interactive mapping interface presenting data on key risk factors for chronic disease and indicators of poor mental health integrated into dynamic Canadian maps at several geographic levels. Maps can be filtered by age groups and by sex. Data is also presented by socioeconomic characteristics for all three geographic layers and by population centres or rural areas of residence for the provinces and territories.
Cancer in Canada Data Tool (CCDT)
The Canadian Cancer Data Tool (CCDT) provides comprehensive data on the incidence and mortality of cancer in Canada over time by age and sex in an easy to use, flexible format. Information on 24 different categories of cancer types, including overall cancer, are available. The Public Health Agency of Canada developed this tool using Statistic Canada’s Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) and Canadian Vital Statistics Death (CVSD) database. Data for the CCR and CVSD...
Cancer in Young People in Canada Data Tool
The Cancer in Young People in Canada (CYP-C) Data Tool provides pan-Canadian surveillance data on children and youth with cancer to inform research and planning for cancer control efforts. The CYP-C surveillance system operates through a collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and the C17 Council...
Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS)
The Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS) Data Tool presents incidence, prevalence and all-cause mortality data over time, by age group, and by geographic distribution for over 20 chronic diseases and conditions.
Health Inequalities
The Health Inequalities Data Tool supports Canada’s domestic and international commitments to measure and monitor health inequalities. This tool contains data on indicators of health outcomes and health determinants, stratified by a range of social and economic characteristics meaningful to health equity. It identifies where health inequalities exist across different groups at national and provincial/territorial levels, and the magnitude of inequalities.
Congenital Anomalies in Canada
The Congenital Anomalies data tool, developed by the Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System (CCASS), presents prevalence rates, temporal trends and certain factors associated with congenital anomalies in Canada, using data from the Discharge Abstract Database of the Canadian Institute for Health Information. This tool contains data on 39 selected congenital anomalies from 2005 to 2014, using a follow-up period of one year after birth.