Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Index of Related Surveillance and Monitoring Initiatives and Activities

Air Quality

• Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN) (EC)
• Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Measurement Network (CAMNet) (EC)
• Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) (EC, U.S. EPA)
• National Air Pollutant Surveillance (NAPS) Network (EC)
• National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) (EC)
• Chronic Respiratory Surveillance System (HC)
• Air Quality Index (EC)
• Proposed Air Health Indicator (HC/EC)
• NRTEE Air Quality Indicators
• National Environmental Indicator Series (EC)
• Canada-Chile Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (CCAEC) (Canada-Chile Commission for Environmental Cooperation)
• Ozone Annex to the Canada-US Clean Air Agreement (HC, EC)

Water Quality

• Drinking Water Monitoring ("Intake to Tap") (municipal)
• Ambient Water Monitoring (CCME Water Quality Task Group)
• Federal Water Quality Monitoring (EC)
• Community Water Quality Monitoring (EC)
• Canada-Wide Water Quality Data Referencing System (EC)
• Surveillance of Waterborne Infectious Diseases (HC)
• (Proposed) Safe Water Information System (SWIS) (EC, HC)
• NRTEE Water Quality Indicators
• National Environmental Indicator Series (EC)

Radiation

• National Dose Registry (NDR) (HC):
• NDR Linkage to Statistics Canada's Canadian Mortality Database & the Canadian Cancer Database (HC)
• Ozone and UV Monitoring Program (EC)
• UV Index (EC in cooperation with HC and others)

Tobacco Use

• Canadian Tobacco Use & Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) (1999-present) (HC)
• Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) (2002) (HC)
• Canadian Tobacco Sales Database (1988 to present) (HC)

Children's Health and the Environment

• Environmental Health Indicators (EHIs) article in Health Policy Research Bulletin (HC, EC)
• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Children's Environmental Health Indicators (CEC Cooperative Agenda for Children's Health and the Environment in North America)
• G8 Children's Environmental Health Indicators Initiative (G8 Environment Ministers)

Northern Contaminants

• Canadian Arctic Contaminants Database (HC, with support from DIAND)
• Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
• Northern Contaminants Program

Integrated Monitoring or Surveillance Activities (General / Multiple Sources)

• Canadian Information System for the Environment (CISE) (EC)
• Waterborne Disease and Climate Change (HC, EC, Guelph University)
• North American Regional Action Plan on Monitoring and Assessment (HC):
• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (Arctic Council)
• Northern Contaminants Program (DIAND)
• Quebec City Consensus Conference on Environmental Health Surveillance
• Environmental Indicators (EC)
• Environmental Public Health Indicators (EPHI) (HC, EC, CIHI)
• Sustainable Development Indicators (NRTEE)