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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: 2024-04-26
  • 2. Assessing the role of dental insurance in oral health care disparities in Canadian adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400400001
    Description: Oral health is a crucial component of overall health, influencing both physical and mental well-being. Yet, despite the important role that access to and use of oral health care services play in maintaining optimal oral health, substantial disparities remain in access to oral health care services across population groups in Canada. Using data from the 2022 Canadian Community Health Survey, this study examines the association of dental insurance with oral health care access and use in Canada while accounting for income and sociodemographic factors. It contributes to a baseline of oral health care disparities before the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 3. Factors associated with the use of oral health care services among Canadian children and youth
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400400002
    Description: Children’s oral health can affect functional capacities, psychological well-being, and social integration. Additionally, health behaviours established in childhood extend into adulthood and can influence oral health outcomes later in life. Using data from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, this study investigates the association between dental insurance, income, and dental care access for Canadian children and youth aged 1 to 17 years. It contributes to a baseline understanding of oral health care use before the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 4. Consumer Price Index, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife — Health and personal care
    Table: 18-10-0004-08
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Monthly indexes and percentage changes for selected sub-groups of the health and personal care component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.
    Release date: 2024-04-16
  • 5. Health care workers’ stress, alcohol consumption and positive health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024017
    Description: This infographic provides estimates on health care workers' stress, alcohol consumption and positive health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimates are provided across three primary health care worker groups: nurses, physicians, and Personal Support Workers/Care Aides (PSWs/CAs).
    Release date: 2024-04-15
  • 6. Who are the sandwich caregivers in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024003
    Description: This infographic investigates sandwich caregiving in Canada in 2022, defined as providing care in the past 12 months to both children under 15 years old and care-dependent adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability. The infographic explores the prevalence of sandwich caregiving, the types of relationships involved, and the impacts of this type of caregiving.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 7. Spotlight on Canadians: Results from the General Social Survey
    Journals and periodicals: 89-652-X
    Geography: Canada
    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.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 8. Study: “Sandwiched” between multiple unpaid caregiving responsibilities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202409337749
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 9. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 10. Health Regions: Boundaries and Correspondence with Census Geography
    Geographic files and documentation: 82-402-X
    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.

    Release date: 2024-03-27
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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: 2024-04-26
  • 2. Consumer Price Index, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife — Health and personal care
    Table: 18-10-0004-08
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Monthly
    Description: Monthly indexes and percentage changes for selected sub-groups of the health and personal care component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.
    Release date: 2024-04-16
  • 3. Public nursing and residential care facilities, summary statistics
    Table: 13-10-0101-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Public nursing and residential care facilities, summary statistics, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 623, which includes all members under Summary statistics, annual, (dollars x 1,000,000), Canada and provinces, five years of data.

    Release date: 2024-03-19
  • 4. Private nursing and residential care facilities, summary statistics
    Table: 13-10-0102-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    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.

    Release date: 2024-03-19
  • 5. Dental insurance coverage and dental visits, by age group and gender
    Table: 13-10-0877-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number and percentage of Canadians aged 12 and older, by age group and gender, who had a visit to a dental professional in the past year, as well as their coverage by dental insurance.
    Release date: 2024-02-07
  • 6. Dental insurance coverage and dental visits, by adjusted family net income quintile
    Table: 13-10-0878-01
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number and percentage of Canadians aged 12 and older, by adjusted family net income quintile, who had a visit to a dental professional in the past year, as well as their coverage by dental insurance.
    Release date: 2024-02-07
  • 7. Has a regular healthcare provider, by age group
    Table: 13-10-0096-16
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of persons having a regular medical doctor, by age group and sex.

    Release date: 2023-11-06
  • 8. Contact with a medical doctor in the last 12 months, by age group
    Table: 13-10-0096-17
    Geography: Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Number and percentage of persons having consulted with a medical doctor, by age group and sex.

    Release date: 2023-11-06
  • 9. Nursing and residential care facilities, establishment designation characteristics by industry, annual
    Table: 13-10-0822-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Total number of nursing and residential care facilities by for-profit, government sector not-for-profit, non-government not-for-profit status, by 2017 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System), for Canada, provinces and territories, annual.

    Release date: 2022-11-02
  • 10. Nursing and residential care facilities, type of employee by industry and employee status, 2019
    Table: 13-10-0823-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Totals and percentages of nursing and residential care facility employees for nurses, physicians and therapists, direct care support workers, and indirect care employees, in 2019, by 2017 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System), for Canada, provinces and territories, annual.

    Release date: 2022-11-02
Analysis (248)

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  • 1. Assessing the role of dental insurance in oral health care disparities in Canadian adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400400001
    Description: Oral health is a crucial component of overall health, influencing both physical and mental well-being. Yet, despite the important role that access to and use of oral health care services play in maintaining optimal oral health, substantial disparities remain in access to oral health care services across population groups in Canada. Using data from the 2022 Canadian Community Health Survey, this study examines the association of dental insurance with oral health care access and use in Canada while accounting for income and sociodemographic factors. It contributes to a baseline of oral health care disparities before the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 2. Factors associated with the use of oral health care services among Canadian children and youth
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400400002
    Description: Children’s oral health can affect functional capacities, psychological well-being, and social integration. Additionally, health behaviours established in childhood extend into adulthood and can influence oral health outcomes later in life. Using data from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, this study investigates the association between dental insurance, income, and dental care access for Canadian children and youth aged 1 to 17 years. It contributes to a baseline understanding of oral health care use before the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan.
    Release date: 2024-04-17
  • 3. Health care workers’ stress, alcohol consumption and positive health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024017
    Description: This infographic provides estimates on health care workers' stress, alcohol consumption and positive health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimates are provided across three primary health care worker groups: nurses, physicians, and Personal Support Workers/Care Aides (PSWs/CAs).
    Release date: 2024-04-15
  • 4. Who are the sandwich caregivers in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024003
    Description: This infographic investigates sandwich caregiving in Canada in 2022, defined as providing care in the past 12 months to both children under 15 years old and care-dependent adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability. The infographic explores the prevalence of sandwich caregiving, the types of relationships involved, and the impacts of this type of caregiving.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 5. Spotlight on Canadians: Results from the General Social Survey
    Journals and periodicals: 89-652-X
    Geography: Canada
    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.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 6. Study: “Sandwiched” between multiple unpaid caregiving responsibilities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202409337749
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 7. “Sandwiched” between unpaid care for children and care-dependent adults: A gender-based study
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2024002
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Canadian Social Survey Wave 6 (Well-being and caregiving), this study explores unpaid caregiving in the past 12 months for care-dependent groups (children under 15 years old or adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability). This paper explores: Who are the unpaid caregivers, including "sandwich" caregivers? How much unpaid care is provided and to whom? What are the impacts of this unpaid caregiving on well-being, especially the gendered differences?
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 8. Access to specialized health care services among older Canadians
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400300002
    Description: Canada is experiencing rapid population aging, which has a wide range of implications, including an increased need for health care services. However, very few studies have examined use of specialized health care services (e.g., visits to medical specialists, non-emergency tests, and surgeries) among older Canadians. Using data from the 2019/2020 Canadian Health Survey on Seniors, this study examines the prevalence of specialized health care service use and evaluates the association of predisposing factors, enabling resources, and need-related factors with specialized health care service use in the past 12 months among Canadians aged 65 or older.
    Release date: 2024-03-20
  • 9. Work precarity, employment characteristics and health among Canada’s long-term care and seniors’ home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400200001
    Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several issues among health care workers in Canada’s long-term care and seniors’ (LTCS) homes, including labour shortages, staff retention difficulties, overcrowding, and precarious working conditions. There is currently a lack of information on the health, well-being, and working conditions of health care workers in LTCS homes—many of them immigrants—and a limited understanding of the relationship between them. Using data from the 2021 Survey on Health Care Workers’ Experiences During the Pandemic, this paper examines differences between immigrant and non-immigrant workers’ health outcomes and precarious working conditions during the pandemic.
    Release date: 2024-02-21
  • 10. Reported need for and access to oral health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202400200002
    Description: The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted routine and preventive dental services until precautions could be implemented to limit virus transmission. Access to services for dental emergencies was maintained. This study describes self-reported access to oral health care services in Canada during the first 12-month period of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the reported need for routine or emergency oral health care. It also compares the access to, and the unmet need for, dental services by various sociodemographic characteristics, including by province.
    Release date: 2024-02-21
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Reference (18) (10 to 20 of 18 results)

  • 11. National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5080
    Description: The National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (NSWHN) focuses on the work and health of nurses in Canada.
  • 12. Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5138
    Description: The general purpose of the survey is to measure Canadians' experiences with health care, specifically, experiences with various types of doctors and clinics, access to different types of health care including emergency room and prescription medication use. Special attention was given to respondents diagnosed with certain chronic conditions in terms of their general experiences and their participation in managing their own health care.
  • 13. 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.
  • 14. Long-term Care Facilities Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5203
    Description: This survey collects data on non-acute health care facilities that provide medical or professional nursing supervision or some higher level of care to residents.
  • 15. Nursing and Residential Care Facilities - Public
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5255
    Description: The program collects and disseminates financial operating data concerning government controlled and not-for-profit residential care facilities. Data may be used to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
  • 16. Survey on Home Health Care and Related Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5271
    Description: This survey collects the financial and operating data needed to develop national and regional economic policies and programs.
  • 17. Impacts of COVID-19 on Health Care Workers: Infection Prevention and Control (ICHCWIPC)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5340
    Description: The purpose of this crowdsource questionnaire is to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian health care workers, with particular focus on access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in the workplace.
  • 18. Survey on Health Care Workers' Experiences During the Pandemic
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5362
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in Canada.
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