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  • 1. Difficulties accessing health care in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparing individuals with and without chronic conditions
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201100002
    Description:

    Considering the difficulties experienced by individuals with chronic conditions in accessing health care prior to the pandemic, and their potential risk for adverse COVID-19 outcomes, it is necessary to understand how their access to health care was affected by the pandemic, relative to others. This study used data from the Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic to estimate the proportion of individuals in Canada, with and without chronic conditions, who experienced difficulties accessing health care services during the pandemic.

    Release date: 2022-11-16
  • 2. Unmet health care needs during the pandemic and resulting impacts among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202200100008
    Description:

    This article uses data from the 2021 Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic to explore unmet health care needs, and the reported impact of health service disruptions and delays, among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit in the provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explores experiences of discrimination and other service access barriers among Indigenous people.

    Release date: 2022-08-30
  • 3. Study: Unmet health care needs during the pandemic and resulting impacts among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit March 2020 to May 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202224235844
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-08-30
  • 4. Seeking health care during the pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022020
    Description:

    Results from the Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic provide a snapshot of self-reported access to health care services from March 2020 to May 2021 among individuals 18 years and older in Canada's 10 provinces. In this infographic, we look at adults who needed health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic but delayed contacting a medical professional.

    Release date: 2022-04-07
  • 5. Doctor's Appointment? There's an app for that!
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032022003
    Description:

    Healthcare is a privilege that Canadians value greatly. However, virtual healthcare was a rarity before COVID-19. Immediately after the pandemic hit in March 2020, Canadians were forced to rethink how they access healthcare. Appointments that would usually have happened in an office were suddenly taking place by phone or video chat. Now, two years later, most health care is conducted virtually. The question is whether the access to virtual healthcare will disappear when the pandemic ends. Our guest, Dr. Gigi Osler, Co-Chair of the Virtual Care Task Force for the Canadian Medical Association, joins us to explore the barriers to virtual healthcare, the changes we saw during the pandemic, and what’s being done to make virtual care permanent.

    Release date: 2022-04-07
  • 6. Canada's Official Poverty Dashboard of Indicators: Trends, March 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022011
    Description:

    "Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy" introduces the Official Poverty Line for Canada with 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.

    Release date: 2022-03-23
  • 7. Unmet health care needs by sex and age group
    Table: 13-10-0836-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number and percentage of persons aged 16 years and over with unmet health care needs by sex (Canada and provinces) and age group (Canada only).

    Release date: 2022-03-23
  • 8. Canadian Income Survey: Food insecurity and unmet health care needs, 2018 and 2019
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2021009
    Description:

    This paper outlines two indicators, food insecurity and unmet health needs, identified in Government of Canada's Opportunity for All - Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy that can now be produced using the Canadian Income Survey (CIS), starting in reference year 2018. Specifically, the paper describes the two indicators, provides estimates for the 2018 and 2019 reference years and compares the CIS derived estimates to similar estimates produced by the Canadian Community Health Survey.

    Release date: 2022-01-07
  • 9. Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic March 2020 to May 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202132732523
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-11-23
  • 10. Access to mental health consultations by immigrants and refugees in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100600001
    Description:

    This study examines MHCs by immigrants and refugees-compared with those of Canadian-born respondents-while controlling for self-reported mental health and immigrant characteristics, using a population-based survey linked to immigrant landing information. This study, which is based on a linked database, allows for much richer insight into immigrant populations than most previous studies.

    Release date: 2021-06-16
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  • 1. Unmet health care needs by sex and age group
    Table: 13-10-0836-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number and percentage of persons aged 16 years and over with unmet health care needs by sex (Canada and provinces) and age group (Canada only).

    Release date: 2022-03-23
  • 2. Access to and use of health care services by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex
    Table: 41-10-0040-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Access to and use of health care services by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, population aged 15 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories.

    Release date: 2020-12-09
  • 3. Crowdsourcing: Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians' Experiences of Discrimination Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 45-25-0008
    Description:

    This public use microdata file includes crowdsource questionnaire information on how COVID-19 has impacted Canadians' experiences of discrimination, sense of belonging, trust in institutions and access to health care services. This product is provided using Statistics Canada's electronic file transfer service.

    Release date: 2020-10-08
  • 4. Contact with dental professionals, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (January 2000 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0074-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0060)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    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: Newfoundland and Labrador; 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) ...), Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over;12-14 years;12-19 years;15-19 years ...), Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females ...), Contact with dental professionals (4 items: Total population for the variable contact with dental professionals; No contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months; not stated; 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 ...).

    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 5. Contact with alternative health care providers, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (January 2000 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0075-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0062)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    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; Newfoundland and Labrador; 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) ...), Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over;12-14 years;15-19 years;12-19 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; Contact with alternative health care providers; not stated; No contact with alternative health care providers ...), 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 ...).

    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 6. Contact with medical doctors, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (January 2000 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0586-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0061)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    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 Eastern Region; Newfoundland and Labrador (Peer group D); Health and Community Services St. John's Region; Newfoundland and Labrador (Peer group H); Newfoundland and Labrador ...) Age group (14 items: Total; 12 years and over; 12-19 years; 15-19 years; 12-14 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; Contact with medical doctors; not stated; No contact with medical doctors 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 ...).

    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 7. Contact with health professionals about mental health, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (January 2000 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0587-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0063)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    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 ...).

    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 8. Contact with dental professionals, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (June 2003 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0628-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0260)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    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 ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 9. Contact with medical doctors, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (June 2003 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0629-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0261)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    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 ...).
    Release date: 2017-03-06
  • 10. Contact with alternative health care providers, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions (June 2003 boundaries) and peer groups Archived
    Table: 13-10-0630-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 105-0262)
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    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; 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 ...).

    Release date: 2017-03-06
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  • 1. Difficulties accessing health care in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparing individuals with and without chronic conditions
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201100002
    Description:

    Considering the difficulties experienced by individuals with chronic conditions in accessing health care prior to the pandemic, and their potential risk for adverse COVID-19 outcomes, it is necessary to understand how their access to health care was affected by the pandemic, relative to others. This study used data from the Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic to estimate the proportion of individuals in Canada, with and without chronic conditions, who experienced difficulties accessing health care services during the pandemic.

    Release date: 2022-11-16
  • 2. Unmet health care needs during the pandemic and resulting impacts among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202200100008
    Description:

    This article uses data from the 2021 Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic to explore unmet health care needs, and the reported impact of health service disruptions and delays, among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit in the provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explores experiences of discrimination and other service access barriers among Indigenous people.

    Release date: 2022-08-30
  • 3. Study: Unmet health care needs during the pandemic and resulting impacts among First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit March 2020 to May 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202224235844
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2022-08-30
  • 4. Seeking health care during the pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022020
    Description:

    Results from the Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic provide a snapshot of self-reported access to health care services from March 2020 to May 2021 among individuals 18 years and older in Canada's 10 provinces. In this infographic, we look at adults who needed health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic but delayed contacting a medical professional.

    Release date: 2022-04-07
  • 5. Doctor's Appointment? There's an app for that!
    Stats in brief: 45-20-00032022003
    Description:

    Healthcare is a privilege that Canadians value greatly. However, virtual healthcare was a rarity before COVID-19. Immediately after the pandemic hit in March 2020, Canadians were forced to rethink how they access healthcare. Appointments that would usually have happened in an office were suddenly taking place by phone or video chat. Now, two years later, most health care is conducted virtually. The question is whether the access to virtual healthcare will disappear when the pandemic ends. Our guest, Dr. Gigi Osler, Co-Chair of the Virtual Care Task Force for the Canadian Medical Association, joins us to explore the barriers to virtual healthcare, the changes we saw during the pandemic, and what’s being done to make virtual care permanent.

    Release date: 2022-04-07
  • 6. Canada's Official Poverty Dashboard of Indicators: Trends, March 2022
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022011
    Description:

    "Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy" introduces the Official Poverty Line for Canada with 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.

    Release date: 2022-03-23
  • 7. Canadian Income Survey: Food insecurity and unmet health care needs, 2018 and 2019
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2021009
    Description:

    This paper outlines two indicators, food insecurity and unmet health needs, identified in Government of Canada's Opportunity for All - Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy that can now be produced using the Canadian Income Survey (CIS), starting in reference year 2018. Specifically, the paper describes the two indicators, provides estimates for the 2018 and 2019 reference years and compares the CIS derived estimates to similar estimates produced by the Canadian Community Health Survey.

    Release date: 2022-01-07
  • 8. Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic March 2020 to May 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202132732523
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-11-23
  • 9. Access to mental health consultations by immigrants and refugees in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202100600001
    Description:

    This study examines MHCs by immigrants and refugees-compared with those of Canadian-born respondents-while controlling for self-reported mental health and immigrant characteristics, using a population-based survey linked to immigrant landing information. This study, which is based on a linked database, allows for much richer insight into immigrant populations than most previous studies.

    Release date: 2021-06-16
  • 10. Study: Access to mental health consultations by immigrants and refugees in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202116731283
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-06-16
Reference (2)

Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. Health Services Access Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5002
    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.
  • 2. Barriers to Care for People with Chronic Health Conditions
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5189
    Description: The objectives of the BCPCHC Survey are: - To provide more information on how people manage their chronic conditions; - To identify barriers to care for those living with chronic conditions including economic and travel related barriers; - To identify barriers to self-management of chronic conditions.
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