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The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) aims to collect important health information through a household interview and direct physical measures at a mobile examination centre (MEC), sometimes referred to as a mobile clinic.

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  • 1. Vitamin D status of Canadians, combined cycles, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0872-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Vitamin D status of Canadians aged 3 to 79, by age group and sex. Data was collected between 2007 and 2019 and represents Canadians living in the 10 provinces (territories were excluded).
    Release date: 2023-11-28
  • 2. Diabetes prevalence, awareness, treatment and control, combined cycles, by age group and sex, Canada (excluding territories)
    Table: 13-10-0873-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number and percentage of Canadians aged 20 to 79 with diabetes, prediabetes, as well as diabetes awareness, pharmaceutical treatment and glycemic control among those with diabetes by age group and sex.
    Release date: 2023-11-20
  • 3. Intersecting risk factors for physical inactivity among Canadian adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202301100002
    Description: On average, 45% of Canadian adults meet the recommended 150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Using six combined cycles of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007 to 2019), this study examines how the percentage of Canadian males and females aged 18 to 79 years meeting the physical activity recommendation differs across socio-demographic, family arrangement and health factors. The purpose of this paper is to determine how sex, age and family arrangement intersect with known risk factors for physical inactivity to identify groups within the Canadian population most at risk of not meeting the physical activity recommendation.
    Release date: 2023-11-15
  • 4. Cybervictimization and mental health among Canadian youth
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300900001
    Description: Cybervictimization has emerged as a potentially serious form of victimization and has been associated with negative mental health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, disordered eating, and suicidality. However, very little research has examined the prevalence and correlates of cybervictimization among diverse subpopulations of youth. Using data from the 2019 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, this study describes the proportion of Canadian adolescents who have experienced cybervictimization and how this proportion may differ among subpopulations of Canadian adolescents (based on gender identity, ethnicity, and sexual orientation). This study also examines how these sociodemographic predictors are associated with the experience of cybervictimization and associations between cybervictimization and adolescent mental health and whether these associations differ among subpopulations.
    Release date: 2023-09-20
  • 5. Top five highlights from a new report on the health of Canadians 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202325637430
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-09-13
  • 6. Health of Canadians
    Table: 82-570-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description: The Health of Canadians report brings together important health data, both for the population overall and for specific groups, to provide a comprehensive portrait of population health and to shed light on health disparities. It includes key statistics on population health such as health outcomes (e.g., chronic conditions), health behaviours (e.g., exercise, nutrition), access to health care (e.g., unmet health care needs) and determinants of health (e.g., age, income).

    The Health of Canadians report is meant to be used by our federal, provincial and territorial partners, as well as health professionals, researchers, and policymakers across the country to inform policies and plans, leading to better, more equitable health outcomes for all Canadians.
    Release date: 2023-09-13
  • 7. The local restaurant environment in relation to eating out and sugary drink intake among Canadian children and youth
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300800001
    Description: Accessibility of food retail in communities may play a role in shaping the food choices of local residents. Canadian youth are frequent patrons of fast-food and other restaurant types, such as full-service restaurants and cafés. Studies linking local exposure to various restaurant types with diet-related behaviours and health outcomes have, to date, revealed mixed results. The current study uses a recently developed high-quality pan-Canadian dataset of food retail measures and a large population-based sample of Canadian children and youth to examine links between the local restaurant environment and the frequency of eating food from restaurants and intake of sugary drinks.
    Release date: 2023-08-16
  • 8. The impact of updated clinical blood pressure guidelines on hypertension prevalence among children and adolescents
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300400001
    Description: To date, population estimates of hypertension prevalence among children and adolescents in Canada have been based on clinical guidelines in the National High Blood Pressure Education Program’s 2004 Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents (NHBPEP 2004). In 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics published updated guidelines in Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents (AAP 2017), followed by Hypertension Canada in 2020 with its publication of Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children (HC 2020). This is the first study in Canada to compare the national estimates of the prevalence of child and adolescent hypertension based on AAP 2017 with estimates of prevalence based on NHBPEP 2004 and HC 2020. The main objectives of this analysis were to apply AAP 2017 and HC 2020 to all six cycles of Canadian Health Measures Survey data available to date and examine the effect on population estimates of hypertension prevalence by sex and age group among children and adolescents aged 6 to 17. This study also examines the impact of applying AAP 2017 across time and selected characteristics, describes those who are reclassified into a higher BP category under AAP 2017, and examines differences in hypertension prevalence resulting from applying HC 2020 versus AAP 2017.
    Release date: 2023-04-19
  • 9. Daily accelerometer-measured physical activity patterns and associations with cardiometabolic health among Canadian working adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202300300002
    Description: Previous studies examining the cardiometabolic risks associated with physical activity (PA) in workers have predominantly used self-reported measures. Little is known about workers’ distinct daily PA patterns and whether these are linked with cardiometabolic risks. This study examined associations between patterns of workers’ accelerometer-measured daily PA and four markers of cardiometabolic health. Furthermore, the study examined similarities and differences between younger compared to middle-aged and older workers, and between men and women, to understand whether these groups are associated with different cardiometabolic risks.
    Release date: 2023-03-15
  • 10. Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 1 Oral Health: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 13-25-0008
    Description: The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Cycle 1 oral health public use microdata file (PUMF) is now available. The PUMF consists of 307 variables from the oral health examination completed as part the CHMS, a subset of variables present or recoded from the master file. Data was collected from 2007 to 2009 from approximately 6,000 people in 15 communities randomly selected across Canada and represents 97% of the Canadian population aged 6 to 79 years old. The Oral Health module of the CHMS is a result of a collaborative partnership between three federal departments: Statistics Canada, Health Canada and the Department of National Defence.
    Release date: 2023-03-01
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  • 1. Vitamin D status of Canadians, combined cycles, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0872-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Vitamin D status of Canadians aged 3 to 79, by age group and sex. Data was collected between 2007 and 2019 and represents Canadians living in the 10 provinces (territories were excluded).
    Release date: 2023-11-28
  • 2. Diabetes prevalence, awareness, treatment and control, combined cycles, by age group and sex, Canada (excluding territories)
    Table: 13-10-0873-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number and percentage of Canadians aged 20 to 79 with diabetes, prediabetes, as well as diabetes awareness, pharmaceutical treatment and glycemic control among those with diabetes by age group and sex.
    Release date: 2023-11-20
  • 3. Health of Canadians
    Table: 82-570-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description: The Health of Canadians report brings together important health data, both for the population overall and for specific groups, to provide a comprehensive portrait of population health and to shed light on health disparities. It includes key statistics on population health such as health outcomes (e.g., chronic conditions), health behaviours (e.g., exercise, nutrition), access to health care (e.g., unmet health care needs) and determinants of health (e.g., age, income).

    The Health of Canadians report is meant to be used by our federal, provincial and territorial partners, as well as health professionals, researchers, and policymakers across the country to inform policies and plans, leading to better, more equitable health outcomes for all Canadians.
    Release date: 2023-09-13
  • 4. Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 1 Oral Health: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 13-25-0008
    Description: The Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Cycle 1 oral health public use microdata file (PUMF) is now available. The PUMF consists of 307 variables from the oral health examination completed as part the CHMS, a subset of variables present or recoded from the master file. Data was collected from 2007 to 2009 from approximately 6,000 people in 15 communities randomly selected across Canada and represents 97% of the Canadian population aged 6 to 79 years old. The Oral Health module of the CHMS is a result of a collaborative partnership between three federal departments: Statistics Canada, Health Canada and the Department of National Defence.
    Release date: 2023-03-01
  • 5. Bone health measures of the household population
    Table: 13-10-0827-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Bone health measures of the household population, by sex and age group.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
  • 6. Physical fitness measures of the household population
    Table: 13-10-0324-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Physical fitness measures of the household population, by sex and age group.
    Release date: 2021-09-01
  • 7. Average time spent sedentary
    Table: 13-10-0338-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average time spent sedentary, household population by sex and age group.
    Release date: 2021-09-01
  • 8. Average time spent being physically active
    Table: 13-10-0339-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Average time spent being physically active, household population by sex and age group.
    Release date: 2021-09-01
  • 9. Household population meeting/not meeting the 2011 Canadian physical activity guidelines, inactive Archived
    Table: 13-10-0388-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Percentage of Canadians aged 5-79 who are meeting the Canadian physical activity guidelines, by age group and sex.

    Release date: 2021-09-01
  • 10. Distribution of the household population by physical fitness classification
    Table: 13-10-0755-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Distribution of the household population by physical fitness classification, by sex and age group.

    Release date: 2021-09-01
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  • 11. Health associations with meeting the new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines recommendations according to body mass index classes in Canadian adults
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201100001
    Description:

    Data on meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for adults (24-H Guidelines) and associations with health indicators by body mass index (BMI) class are needed to support public health surveillance. Using data from the cross-sectional Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study aims to describe the proportion of Canadian adults meeting individual and various combinations of the 24-H Guidelines by BMI class and their association with health indicators.

    Release date: 2022-11-16
  • 12. Data profile: The Statistics Canada Biobank
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201100003
    Description:

    The Statistics Canada Biobank is a valuable source of nationally representative health information. It contains biospecimens collected from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey (CCAHS). This data resource profile aims to provide an overview of the Statistics Canada Biobank to inform researchers and data users about the program and how it can be used as a resource for the advancement of health-related research.

    Release date: 2022-11-16
  • 13. How sedentary are Canadian adults? It depends on the measure
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201000002
    Description:

    Canadian adults spend a large proportion of their day engaged in sedentary behaviour, which in excess, is a risk factor for hypertension, obesity, depression, chronic conditions and premature mortality. Using data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and the new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and 65 years and older, the purpose of this study is to compare the percentages of Canadians meeting three different sedentary thresholds (less than and equal to 3 hours per day of screen time, less than and equal to 7 per day of self-reported sitting time and less than and equal to 9 hours per day of accelerometer-measured sedentary time).

    Release date: 2022-10-19
  • 14. The influence of removing the 10-minute bout requirement on the demographic, behaviour and health profiles of Canadian adults who meet the physical activity recommendations
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202200800001
    Description:

    The physical activity (PA) recommendation was recently revised in the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults. The 150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA (MVPA) went from requiring that MVPA be accrued in bouts of 10 minutes or more (bouted) to having no bout requirement (non-bouted). Using adult accelerometer data from three combined cycles of the nationally representative Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study compared adherence to the bouted and non-bouted recommendations, and assessed differences in sociodemographic, health and fitness measures.

    Release date: 2022-08-18
  • 15. Health associations with meeting the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for adults: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202200100002
    Description:

    The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults (18-64 years and 65 years or older) were launched in October 2020 and provide evidence-based recommendations for physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep. The purpose of this study was to examine whether meeting the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines overall, and different combinations of recommendations within the guidelines, was associated with health indicators in a representative sample of Canadian adults.

    Release date: 2022-01-19
  • 16. Trends in physical fitness among Canadian adults, 2007 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202101100001
    Description:

    The fitness levels of Canadian adults declined substantially between 1981 and the years 2007 to 2009, suggesting a reduction in population health. This paper updates the fitness trends of Canadians aged 20 to 69 years by extending the time period to 2017.

    Release date: 2021-11-17
  • 17. Lower body bone structure and muscle function in Canadian older adults and seniors, 2016 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X202100100004
    Description:

    This document provides descriptive results of the muscle and bone density of the tibia. Descriptive results for lower limb muscle power and force are also presented.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
  • 18. Health Fact Sheets
    Journals and periodicals: 82-625-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors.

    Release date: 2021-10-27
  • 19. Hypertension associated with hearing health problems among Canadian adults aged 19 to 79 years
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202101000002
    Description:

    Hypertension is a common condition experienced by close to one-quarter of the adult population in Canada. There is evidence that this condition or the medications used to treat it may lead to hearing health problems. The purpose of this study is to quantify associations between hypertension and hearing health problems—defined as having hearing loss, tinnitus or both conditions for adults aged 19 to 79 years. Data from cycles 3 (2012 to 2013) and 4 (2014 to 2015) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey are used.

    Release date: 2021-10-20
  • 20. Hearing health of Canadian adults Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021077
    Description:

    This infographic provides information on the prevalence of hearing loss, tinnitus, or both conditions among Canadian adults. The prevalence of each condition is presented by sex and age group. Also included is the proportion who are unaware of their hearing loss.

    Release date: 2021-10-20
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  • 1. Canadian Health Measures Survey: Information for Participants Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-629-X2016001
    Description:

    Introductory video for the survey provided to respondents at the household and posted on the Canadian Health Measures Survey Respondent relations (Statcan) website.

    Release date: 2016-01-05
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