Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) – Mental Health

Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) includes a survey conducted occasionally to collect data on mental health status. It has been conducted twice until now, in 2002 and 2012. Its content and sampling differ considerably from the CCHS – Annual Component (section 3.6). It covers the 10 Canadian provinces (excluding the territories) and provides statistics at the provincial level. In 2012, data were collected on a sample of roughly 25 000 Canadians, including roughly 4 300 Quebecers (Statistics Canada, 2013).

The survey seeks primarily to evaluate aspects of mental health and is especially noteworthy. Questions related to mental illness continuums, positive mental health, mental illness, drug-related disorders, mental health problems, well-being, functioning and disability, and access to mental health services and support are included.

Table 1 provides details of the target population, geographic coverage and the number of respondents while Table 5 indicates certain standardized instruments used in the survey. The information sheet on this survey (Study 10) also presents certain information. Statistics from the survey are not available from the Infocentre de santé publique. However, Statistics Canada produces a public use microdata file that can be ordered from its website (Statistics Canada, 2018) and that may also be available in certain research centres (Centre interuniversitaire québécois de statistiques sociales, 2018).

*   Infocentre de santé publique.
ND : non disponible.