New COVID-19 Antibody data now linked to hospitalization, cancer, death, and income information now available in Research Data Centres across Canada 

As part of its record linkage activities, Statistics Canada has added the linkage of the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey – Cycle 2 (CCAHS-2), conducted between April 1 and August 31, 2022, to several key administrative databases:

• Discharge Abstract Database (DAD): fiscal years 2010/11 to 2022/23

• National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS): fiscal years 2010/11 to 2021/22

• Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR): 1992 to 2022

• Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database (CVSD): 2022 and 2023

• Administrative Personal Income Masterfile (APIM): 2016 to 2023

• T1 Family File (T1FF): 2010 to 2022.

   

These linked data can be used to identify populations at risk during and following a pandemic.