Surveillance

Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance Network

The CCASN was established in 2002, under the umbrella of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS). It is a national framework to support interdisciplinary collaboration and networking, bringing together research, surveillance and clinical and public health practices, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the quality of surveillance data and expanding our understanding of congenital anomalies.

Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)

CIPARS has been under development for several years beginning with the launch of program components in both the human and agri-food sectors. Information is being collected on antimicrobial resistance in enteric pathogens and commensal organisms from the agri-food sector (farm level, abattoir level and retail level), on antimicrobial resistance in enteric pathogens isolated from humans, and on antimicrobial use in humans and animals. The components are part of a representative, methodologically unified approach, modeled after international initiatives such as the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS-USA) and the Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Programme (DANMAP-Denmark).

Canadian Integrated Public Health Surveillance (CIPHS)

CIPHS brings together a strategic alliance of public health and information technology professionals working collaboratively to build an integrated suite of computer and database tools specifically for use by Canadian public health professionals.

Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS)

The Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS) is part of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) initiative to strengthen national health surveillance capacity. The CPSS is an ongoing national health surveillance program delivered through the Maternal and Infant Health Section. Its mission is to contribute to improved health for pregnant women, mothers and infants in Canada.

C-EnterNet

C-EnterNet is a multi-partner initiative facilitated by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) are major funding partners for the pilot phase of C-EnterNet. It is meant to support activities that will reduce the burden of enteric disease, by comprehensive sentinel site surveillance implemented through local public health units. This initiative will result in effective evaluation and development of policies related to the safety of food and water. Its approach is in line with leading-edge work in public health, as called for in Canada by the recent Haines (meat safety), Naylor (SARS outbreak) and O'Connor (water safety) reports, the Auditor General and the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network; in the United States, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); in Australia, by the Department of Health and Ageing; and in the European Union, by the Integrated Approach to Food Safety. Such work focuses on the necessity of collaboration among jurisdictions and of integration of efforts, new communication networks, rigorous systematization, and involvement of local public health units to inform policy at the local, regional and national levels.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJD-SS): Statistics

• Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported to CJD-SS
• CJD Cases Reported to CJD-SS
• CJD Cases Reported by Province
• Incidence of CJD Cases Reported to CJD-SS in Canada

Disease Surveillance On-Line

Disease Surveillance On-Line is a tool providing four applications to visitors to PHAC's Web site which allow them to access data on cancer, cardiovascular disease and notifiable diseases over a range of years, and to customize the data for their specific needs.

• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Major Chronic Diseases
• Notifiable Diseases

FluWatch

The Viral Respiratory Diseases Section, Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (CIDPC), produces weekly or biweekly FluWatch reports, summarizing influenza surveillance activities in Canada. Weekly reports are produced during the influenza season (October - May) and biweekly reports are produced during the off season (June - September). Influenza surveillance is a collaborative effort between provincial and territorial ministries of health, participating laboratories, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, sentinel physicians, and CIDPC.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Health Practice

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) are used in many fields to create, store, analyze, and display data with a spatial component (i.e. location information). In recent years, the use of GIS by public health professionals has expanded rapidly.

HIV/AIDS Surveillance

• HIV and AIDS in Canada - Surveillance Reports
• HIV-1 Strain and Primary Drug Resistance in Canada
• HIV/AIDS Update Series
  • HIV/AIDS Epi Updates
  • HIV/AIDS Epi Notes - Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: The Community at a Glance
• HIV Epidemiology - Publications
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance - Publications

Infectious Diseases News Brief

The Infectious Diseases News Brief is a weekly digest of national and international information about communicable disease incidents and issues.

Injury Surveillance On-Line

Injury Surveillance On-Line provides a centralized source of current data on injury deaths and hospitalizations in Canada. Interactive queries offer a choice of geography, age groups, sex, injuries and morbidity or mortality data. A variety of presentation methods such as maps, charts, graphs and tables can be produced. This timely and unique on-line data source provides easy access to, and promotes the use of, Canadian injury information and statistics.

Non-Communicable Diseases Surveillance Infobase

Providing you with the most current cardiovascular disease statistics and risk factor prevalence in Canada as well as for other major non-communicable diseases. You will be able to look at trends in rates of mortality, hospital separations and days stay by province and territory, by age group, and over time. Both graphs and tables will be displayed and instructions will be available for downloading the information to your personal computer.

Notifiable Diseases Monthly Report

Notifiable Diseases Monthly Report presents the notifiable diseases data for Canada which is tabulated on a monthly basis.

Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations in Canada

The Respiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System reports on respiratory viruses in Canada.

STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) Surveillance and Epidemiology

• 2004 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Report: Pre-Release (May 2006)
• Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in Canada
• Reported Cases and Rates of Notifiable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI): Canada
• STI Data Tables (May 2006)

West Nile Virus Surveillance Information

Hosted by the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and the National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

• West Nile Virus Surveillance Data: 2004 Program
• Dead Birds Submitted for West Nile Virus Diagnosis by Health Region, Canada, 2004