Data Sources

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List of Individual Data Sources

• Aboriginal Peoples Survey
  

• Absence from Work Survey
  

• Annual Demographic Statistics (Postcensal and Intercensal Estimates)
  

• Canada Health Survey
  

• Canada's Alcohol and Other Drugs Survey
  

• Canadian Cancer Registry
  

• Canadian Community Health Survey
  

• Canadian Joint Replacement Registry
  

• Canadian MIS Database
  

• Canadian Organ Replacement Register
  

• Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey
  

• Census of Agriculture Custom Retrievals
  

• Census of Population
  

• Discharge Abstract Database
  

• Disease Surveillance Online
  

• Employment Insurance Statistics
  

• First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey
  

• Food Expenditure Survey
  

• Full-Time and Part-Time Enrolment and Graduates of Postsecondary Programs of Colleges
  

• General Social Survey
  

• Health and Activity Limitation Survey
  

• Health Personnel Database
  

• Health Promotion Survey
  

• Health Services Access Survey
  

• Hospital Mental Health Database
  

• Hospital Morbidity Database
  

• Labour Force Survey
  

• Licensed Practical Nurses Database
  

• Maternity Experiences Survey
  

• NAtChem/Particulate Matter Database
  

• NAtChem/Precipitation Database
  

• National Alcohol and Drug Survey
  

• National Child Care Survey
  

• National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
  

• National Physician Database
  

• National Pollutant Release Inventory
  

• National Population Health Survey
  

• National Rehabilitation Reporting System
  

• National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating
  

• National Trauma Registry
  

• Participation and Activity Limiation Survey
  

• Registered Nurses Database
  

• Residential Care Facilities Survey
  

• Southam Medical Database
  

• Survey on Aging and Independence
  

• Survey of Smoking Habits
  

• Survey on Smoking in Canada
  

• Traffic Accident Information Database
  

• University Student Information System – Enrolment and Degrees
  

• Vital Statistics
  

• Youth Smoking Survey
  

• Appendix A: Alternative Definitions of Rural (duPlessis et al., 2002)
  

• Appendix B: Other data sources not conducive to being classified by any of the definitions of rural presented by du Plessis et al..