Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort, 2021
Released: 2024-11-27
Today, the 2021 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) data are available upon request for the first time. The 2021 CanCHEC links the 2021 Census of Population long-form sample to the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death database (May 11, 2021, to December 31, 2022) and to the annual postal codes for mailing addresses (1981 to 2022). These data can be used to examine mortality by demographic, social and economic characteristics, such as age, education, geographic areas, housing, immigration and ethnocultural diversity, income, as well as by new census content to address emerging trends and issues (sex at birth and gender, Canadian military experience, etc.).
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Note to readers
The 2021 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort consists of 95.5% of the 2021 Census long-form sample, which includes only private households in Canada and excludes those in collective dwellings, outside Canada, and incompletely enumerated reserves and settlements. It features a cohort size of 8.7 million respondents, representing 36.3 million people when weighted. Due to improvements in methodology and timeliness, the duration of the death data collection has been shortened and the 2021 to 2022 death data are considered preliminary. Furthermore, the 2021 and 2022 death data for Yukon are not available.
Contact information
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