Database name:
Registered Nurses Database

Thematic Coverage:
This database contains supply and distribution information for registered nurses in Canada.

Maintained by:
CIHI

Availability:
Data disclosure is determined by CIHI's Privacy and Confidentiality Policy (see www.cihi.ca). If privacy and confidentiality criteria are met, data can be released at the sub-provincial level. Costs are dependent upon the level data required, plus programming and processing fees.



Start Date:
1980; Data from 1994 to the most recent year is available for release.
Release Date:
Approximately 18 months after reference period
Frequency of collection:
Annual



Data Collection:
Each year Registered Nurses complete a mandatory registration form to practice. An approved subset of all data collected by the provincial/territorial regulating authorities is submitted electronically to CIHI for processing and verification.

Sample size:
All Registered Nurses in Canada



Geographic coverage:
All provinces and territories

Lowest geographic
level collected:
Postal Code
Lowest geographic
level of release:
Census Subdivision
Existing rural variable:
No

Rural definitions that can be constructed from this database include (building block):
Census "rural areas"
(Enumeration Area)
Rural and Small Town definition
(Census Subdivision)
Metropolitan area and census agglomeration Influenced Zones
(Census Subdivision)
OECD "rural communities" definition
(Census Consolidated Subdivision)
OECD "predominantly rural regions" definition
(Census Division)
Ehrensaft's "Beale codes"
(Census Division)



Data Elements:
  • Demographics
  • Employment
  • Education

Notes:
For more information, contact nursing@cihi.ca

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