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As part of Statistics Canada's commitment to providing timely and relevant information on COVID-19 and its impact on Canadians, a new updated provisional dataset from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database, covering the period from January 2020 to December 2021, was released today. The Omicron variant was detected in Canada at the end of November 2021. Subsequently, many provinces and territories observed an increase in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care units, with those figures generally peaking in January. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 30, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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About 6 in 10 Canadians aged 15 years and older reported having a strong sense of meaning and purpose, according to new data from the Canadian Social Survey (October to December 2021 wave). (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 30, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Today, a new study looks at the Health and well-being profile of women and girls by the relative remoteness of their communities. The results show that women and girls living in more remote areas fell behind their counterparts living in more accessible areas in several health outcomes, including perceived health and mental health, access to health services, and all-cause mortality and suicide mortality rates. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 21, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reported by provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. Along with this dataset are two aggregated tables that summarize the information available in the dataset. The updated information covers the period from January 15, 2020 to March 13, 2022. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 18, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The March 2022 issue of Health Reports contains two articles. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 16, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, and with the Omicron variant circulating through the population, according to health professionals, widespread vaccination remains one of the most important tools to protect Canadians and ensure the healthcare system is not overburdened. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 15, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Although a minority of Canadians experience homelessness at a certain point in their life, some groups are at an elevated risk, including sexual minorities, Indigenous people and Black women. These results are from a new Insights on Canadian Society article released today, "A portrait of Canadians who have been homeless." (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 14, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Following our July 2021 release that focused on fentanyl, cannabis, and methamphetamine, new results from Statistics Canada's Canadian Wastewater Survey (CWS) indicate that the load of morphine or methadone did not differ significantly in wastewater from 2019 to 2020. In contrast, codeine load appears to have decreased over the same period. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 9, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Statistics Canada has been releasing provisional death data on a regular basis (Provisional deaths and excess mortality in Canada dashboard). However, on their own, these data have limited ability to explore the social and economic impacts of the pandemic on the Canadian population. Therefore, to expand the value of the provisional death data and create opportunities to explore the social and economic impacts of the pandemic on the Canadian population, Statistics Canada has created a dataset that links the provisional COVID-19 death data from the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Dat...
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 8, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Among the employed, the proportion with a mental health-related disability increased 2.3 percentage points from 2019 (6.4%) to 2021 (8.7%). (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 4, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many industries, but may have presented its greatest challenge to Canada's nursing and residential care facilities. It was devastating to the lives of Canadian seniors and the front-line workers who protect them. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - March 3, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the work environment, which has, in turn, altered daily experiences of family life. Though working from home was not an option for many, new data from the Canadian Social Survey show that some changes were associated with favourable views about family life. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - February 21, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in fall 2020, about 1 in 10 Canadians (9.6%) said they experienced food insecurity in their household because of financial constraints. This proportion was lower than the approximately one in eight Canadians (12.6%) who reported food insecurity in the pre-pandemic period of 2017/2018. Household food insecurity is a well-established determinant of health and is tightly linked with financial hardship. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - February 16, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reported by provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. Along with this dataset are two aggregated tables that summarize the information available in the dataset. The updated information covers the period from January 15, 2020, to February 6, 2022. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - February 11, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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When the Delta variant was more prevalent, and prior to the emergence of the Omicron variant, Canada experienced a period of significant excess deaths from mid-August 2021 to the end of September 2021, which coincided with a period of increased COVID-19 deaths. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - February 10, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research