Canadian Community Health Survey

The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) initiative began in 2000 with its main goals being the provision of population-level information on health determinants, health status and health system utilization. This series of surveys is a joint effort of Health Canada, Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The CCHS operates on a two-year data collection cycle that comprises two types of surveys:

• A general health survey takes place in the first year of the cycle (cycles 1.1, 2.1, and so on). It samples approximately 130,000 Canadians and provides information at the level of provincial health regions.
• A focused topic survey takes place in the second year of the cycle (cycles 1.2, 2.2, and so on) and samples approximately 35,000 Canadians, providing information at the level of the provinces.

Nutrition-related modules that have been included in the common content of the general surveys and some of the focused surveys include food security, fruit and vegetable consumption, and self-reported height and weight.

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