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Exploring CIHI's Information Resources

Provides guidance in finding or otherwise accessing published and unpublished information from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

COVID-19 Resources

CIHI has compiled key reports and resources containing information related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic.

Data collection and coding direction

  •  Explore ICD-10-CA coding directions and various data collection guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data and information

  • CIHI public data available on the following topics: COVID-19’s impact on Canadians, Long-term care, Health workforce, Canada’s health care systems, COVID-19 hospitalizations and ED visits, Health care spending, and Your Health System.

Impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s health care systems

  • Data to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s health care systems including new analyses on emergency departments, hospital services, physician services, long-term care, and unintended consequences on harms caused by substance use, self-harm and accidental falls.

COVID-19 Intervention Timeline in Canada

  • An interactive tool that displays a high-level timeline of federal, provincial and territorial government interventions to reduce the spread of and improve health outcomes related to COVID-19. 

  • The data in this tool covers interventions and case counts from January 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021.

External data resources

  • Links to external COVID resources that have been reviewed by CIHI data experts.