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Canadian Community Health Survey – Annual Component

The central objective of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is to gather health-related data at the sub-provincial levels of geography (health region or combined health regions).


Major topics and subtopics

None

Secondary topics

Activity limitations
Education
Ethnic diversity and immigration
Families and households
Income and earnings
Language

Limited topics

Aboriginal Peoples
Housing and shelter cost
Labour
Population and demography
Religion

Type

Cross-sectional

Sample size

65,000 respondents annually

Frequency

Annual since 2007; previous cycles were biennial (2000/2001, 2003, 2005)

Lowest levels of geography

Health regions

Products and services

  • Basic standard products
  • CANSIM
  • Public use microdata file
  • Customized tabulations
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