Guides: Kinesiology: Statistics & Data

Statistics & Data - Kinesiology

Public Health Ontario: Injury Data
Provides access to statistics and information related to injuries such as: unintentional injuries, collisions, falls, poisoning, and brain and spinal cord injuries in Ontario.
Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition (CCHS)
The Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition is a national health survey that collected information from Canadians about their eating habits and use of nutritional supplements, as well as other health factors.
Statistics Canada: Physical Activity by Age Group
Self-reported physical activity by age group in Canada.
CIHI: Canadian Joint Replacement Registry
The Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR), managed by CIHI, is Canada’s only national medical device registry. The registry includes patient-specific information (clinical, surgical and prosthesis) on hip and knee replacement surgeries performed in Canada.
Canadian Fitness & Lifestyle Institute: Physical Activity Levels
The Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute’s 2016-2018 Physical Activity Monitor asked Canadian adults (18 years and older) specifically about a range of facilities in their community where they may participate in physical activity and sport.

Statistics Canada: Data
Tables, community and regional profiles, maps, microdata, and data visualizations.
CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information
CIHI is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that provides statistics and analysis about health and the health care system.
OPHID: Ontario Population Health Index of Databases
Indexes a wide variety of quantitative resources (surveys) that look at the present and future state of health in Ontario. Note: contact the individual data provider for access to the survey content.

Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) This link opens in a new window
The DLI website lists survey data that is available to Ontario Tech students from Statistics Canada. Survey descriptions, questionnaires and user guides are available to all users. Actual data must be downloaded by the institutions DLI contact (currently Kaelan Caspary). Use of data is restricted to Ontario Tech students, faculty and staff for academic purposes only. Contact Kaelan.Caspary@ontariotechu.ca for further information.
Licence Summary:
odesi This link opens in a new window
odesi is a data repository, that includes Statistics Canada datasets and polling data. It is a web-based data exploration, extraction and analysis tool. odesi provides researchers the ability to search for survey questions (variables) across thousands of datasets. Microdata and aggregate data are available, in a range of formats.