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Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

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Private nursing and residential care facilities, summary statistics, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 623, which includes all members under Summary statistics, annual, (dollars unless otherwise noted), Canada and provinces, five years of data.

Description: Data on five electronic health information (EHI) indicators for health care providers, including three Shared Health Priorities (SHP) indicators. Two additional EHI indicators are included to provide context on digital health literacy. Results are available for Canada and each province, disaggregated by age, gender, region, care setting, and occupation.

Description: This publication presents key highlights and results from the General Social Survey on the topics of caregiving and care receiving; social identity; giving, volunteering and participating; victimization; time use; and family.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Number and percentage of persons for wait time for an initial consultation with a specialist, by province, age, and gender.

Description: Number and percentage of persons for selected health and quality of life indicators, by province, age, and gender.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic changed how Canadians accessed health care, increasing their use of virtual services. While virtual care use decreased after the pandemic lockdowns, it continues to play an important role in health care delivery. The main objective of this study is to provide recent information on virtual care use in Canada and whether it varies by sociodemographic and health-related characteristics.

Description: Canada is experiencing a nursing shortage as the demand for nurses has grown faster than the supply of people with a nursing education. This study summarizes key findings from an earlier study conducted by Statistics Canada that examined how place of education is associated with the underutilization of immigrant women with a nursing education.

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This table contains 267456 series, with data for years 2000 - 2000 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (199 items: Canada; Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador (Peer group H); Health and Community Services Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador (Peer group D); Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12-19 years; 12-14 years; 15-19 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...) Contact with health professionals about mental health (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with health professionals about mental health; Contact with health professionals about mental health in past 12 months; Contact with health professionals about mental health; not stated; No contact with health professionals about mental health in past 12 months ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons ...).

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This table contains 12960 series, with data for years 2000 - 2000 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island ...) Age group (12 items: Total; 15 years and over; 20-34 years; 20-24 years; 15-19 years ...) - Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...) Patient satisfaction - health care services (3 items: Received health care services in past 12 months; Quality of health care services received rated as excellent or good; Very or somewhat satisfied with health care services received ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

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This table contains 12960 series, with data for years 2000 - 2000 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (12 items: Total; 15 years and over; 20-24 years; 20-34 years; 15-19 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...) Patient satisfaction - family doctor or other physician care (3 items: Received family doctor or other physician care in past 12 months; Very or somewhat satisfied with family doctor or other physician care received; Quality of family doctor or other physician care received rated as excellent or good ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

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This table contains 12960 series, with data for years 2000 - 2000 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (12 items: Total; 15 years and over; 20-34 years; 20-24 years; 15-19 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...) Patient satisfaction - community-based health care (3 items: Received community-based health care in past 12 months; Quality of community-based health care received rated as excellent or good; Very or somewhat satisfied with community-based health care received ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons ...).

Description: This table contains 224448 series, with data for years 2003 - 2003 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-08-13. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (167 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12 to 14 years; 15 to 19 years; 12 to 19 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...) Contact with dental professionals (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with dental professionals; Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; not stated; Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; No contact with dental professionals in past 12 months ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; High 95% confidence interval; number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval; number of persons ...).

Description: This table contains 224448 series, with data for years 2003 - 2003 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (167 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 15 to 19 years; 12 to 14 years; 12 to 19 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...) Contact with medical doctors (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with medical doctors; Contact with medical doctors in past 12 months; No contact with medical doctors in past 12 months; Contact with medical doctors in past 12 months; not stated ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval; number of persons; High 95% confidence interval; number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons ...).

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This table contains 224448 series, with data for years 2003 - 2003 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (167 items: Canada; Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12 to 19 years; 12 to 14 years; 15 to 19 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...) Contact with alternative health care providers (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with alternative health care providers; Contact with alternative health care providers in the past 12 months; not stated; No contact with alternative health care providers in the past 12 months; Contact with alternative health care providers in the past 12 months ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; High 95% confidence interval; number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval; number of persons ...).

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This table contains 142464 series, with data for years 2003 - 2003 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (106 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador; Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 15 to 19 years; 12 to 19 years; 12 to 14 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...) Contact with health professionals about mental health (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with health professionals about mental health; No contact with health professionals about mental health in past 12 months; Contact with health professionals about mental health in past 12 months; not stated; Contact with health professionals about mental health in past 12 months ...) Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; High 95% confidence interval; number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval; number of persons ...).

Description: This table contains 14784 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia ...), Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12-14 years; 15-19 years; 12-19 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...), Contact with dental professionals (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with dental professionals; Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; No contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; not stated ...), Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

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This table contains 14784 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island ...), Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12-19 years; 12-14 years; 15-19 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...), Contact with medical doctors (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with medical doctors; Contact with medical doctors; not stated; No contact with medical doctors in past 12 months; Contact with medical doctors in past 12 months ...), Characteristics (8 items: Number of persons; Coefficient of variation for number of persons; Low 95% confidence interval - number of persons; High 95% confidence interval - number of persons ...).

Description: Previous research has shown that Black adults in Canada experience higher cause-specific mortality and differential rates of diagnosis and hospitalization compared with White adults. These disparities may reflect underlying differences in access to health care. This study used pooled data from the annual Canadian Community Health Survey from 2015 to 2019 to assess whether inequalities in access to primary and pharmaceutical health care exist between Black and White adults in Canada and sought to identify how specific factors contribute to observed inequalities.

Description: Canada’s population is aging rapidly, with implications for the health care system, including increasing demand for specialist care. However, few studies have examined factors associated with specialist care use. Data from the 2024 Survey on Health Care Access and Experiences – Primary and Specialist Care were used in this study to identify factors associated with specialist care use, difficulty accessing specialist care, and to examine the relationship between access difficulties and unmet health care needs among middle-aged (45 to 64 years) and older (65 years or older) adults in Canada.

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic expanded virtual care through telephone, video, and digital communication, with usage patterns varying by patients’ sociodemographic and health characteristics. Continued virtual care use after the pandemic highlights the need for updated information on modality choice and patient satisfaction. This study used data from the 2023 Canadian Social Survey – Quality of Life, Virtual Health Care and Trust, to estimate the distribution of virtual care modes by provider type, positive and negative aspects of patients’ last virtual appointment, and satisfaction levels.

Description: Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy introduced the Official Poverty Line for Canada and a dashboard of 12 indicators to track progress on poverty reduction for Canadians and their households. This infographic presents trend information for Canada's official poverty rate and the associated 12 indicators.

Description: This study uses data from the 2024 Survey on Health Care Access and Experiences – Primary and Specialist Care to analyze the prevalence of having a regular health care provider among immigrants and non-immigrants. Specifically, the study examines differences in access between recent immigrants, established immigrants and non-immigrants, and how these patterns vary by demographic and socioeconomic factors.

Description: The article examines the prevalence of having a regular health care provider (RHCP) among the seven largest racialized groups in Canada. Specifically, using data from the 2024 Canadian Community Health Survey, the article shows how the proportion of people who have an RHCP differs between and within the racialized populations and the non-racialized and non-Indigenous population and varies across racialized groups based on demographic characteristics, such as gender, age, immigrant status, immigration period and provincial region.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: This publication presents key highlights and results from the General Social Survey on the topics of caregiving and care receiving; social identity; giving, volunteering and participating; victimization; time use; and family.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Health regions are defined by the provinces and represent administrative areas or regions of interest to health authorities. This product contains correspondence files (linking health regions to latest Census geographic codes) and digital boundary files. User documentation provides an overview of health regions, sources, methods, limitations and product description (file format and layout).

In addition to the geographic files, this product also includes Census data (basic profile) for health regions.

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As the population ages, a greater demand for long-term care services and, in particular, nursing homes is expected. Policy analysts continue to search for alternative, less costly forms of care for the elderly and have attempted to develop programs to delay or prevent nursing-home entry. Health care administrators required information for planning the future demand for nursing-home services. This study assesses the relative importance of predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics in predicting and understanding nursing-home entry.

Description: The Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB) is a national database containing demographic, administrative and clinical data on inpatient hospitalizations in Canada.

Description: Note: Since the 1995-96 data year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) assumed the responsibility for data collection, processing and for the production and custody of the clean data files. A clean analysis file is provided to Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada for data analysis. This annual survey provides detailed statistics on finances, services and utilization of Canadian hospitals.

Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.

Description: This was a post-censal disability survey used to identify the numbers and distribution of disabled persons in Canada residing in health related non-penal institutions and the barriers experienced by them.

Description: The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. The purpose of this survey is to provide a snapshot of the lives of caregivers and care receivers in today's Canada.

Description: The objective of the survey was to provide information on the experiences of respondents in using some selected health care services. The survey focused on two main topics: waiting for specialized services for a new illness or condition and access to basic health care.

Description: The NPHS Health Institutions Component survey data support national level estimates only.

Description: The Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) is the first Canadian survey devoted to pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum experiences. It is a core project of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System of the Public Health Agency of Canada who sponsored this survey.