Nutrition Surveillance Data Tool from Health Canada
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.
About the Data Tool
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 published on the Government of Canada’s Open Data portal by presenting key data in an interactive and user-friendly way.
This data tool enables users to look at the 2015 CCHS – Nutrition usual intake data in three ways.
Distribution curves
In a graph that displays the usual intake distribution among Canadians for a nutrient and age-sex group of interest and where these intakes fall relative to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).
Geographic comparison
On a map of Canada that shows the percentage of children, adolescents and adults in each province consuming inadequate or excessive intakes of nutrients of interest.
Data table
In a customizable table that presents usual intake distributions for nutrient, age-sex group(s) and region(s) of interest.
Usual Intake Dataset on Open Data
The Usual Intakes from Food for Energy, Nutrients and Other Dietary Components (CCHS 2015) dataset can be found on the Government of Canada’s Open Data portal.
Suggested citation: Nutrition Surveillance Data Tool, 2021 Edition. A joint initiative of Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Correspondence: Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration, Food Directorate, Health Canada, 251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway, A.L. 2201E, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9; Email: nutrition.surveillance-nutritionnelle@hc-sc.gc.ca
Acknowledgements: The development of this Data Tool was made possible through collaboration of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada. The production of the intake estimates was a joint venture between Health Canada and Statistics Canada.
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