Injury Data Sources
Where to find the data?
Injury reports
The injury reports listed below provide summaries of national or regional data available on key child injury topics, an outline of what works to prevent injuries, and calls to action for further changes needed to keep children safe.
Safe Kids Canada reports
- Child and youth unintentional injury,1994-2003, 10 years in review
- Child and youth unintentional injury, Atlantic Canada, 10 years in review
Other reports
- World Report on Child Injury Prevention
- The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada
- Child and youth injury in review, 2009 edition - Spotlight on consumer product safety
- Stats Canada released the Canadian Community Health Survey (including injury statistics) on June 15.
- The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released a 13-page report indicating that injury hospitalizations are more likely among lower income groups.
- The Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD 1998-2010) was released on June 14 (pdf)
National injury databases
The Public Health Agency of Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada researches and analyzes injury data in Canada including emergency room visits, deaths and hospitalizations. The Injury Section of the Public Health Agency of Canada website is a source of national on-line injury data. It also contains links to reports on injury in Canada.
Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting Prevention Program (CHIRPP)
CHIRPP is an injury surveillance program operated by Public Health Agency of Canada that collects data on injuries seen in the emergency rooms of ten children's hospitals and four general hospitals. Injuries in this database do not represent all injuries in Canada.
National Trauma Registry—the Canadian Institute for Health Information
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) produces the National Trauma Registry (NTR) report that provides national statistics on injury hospitalizations in Canada. Data comes from the Hospital Morbidity Database, plus data from provincial trauma registries or trauma centres in Canada.
Statistics Canada
This is an administrative database that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information annually from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths including injuries in Canada.
Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross produces annual drowning reports that provide an overview of data and trends on drowning and all other water-related injury fatalities and hospitalizations for near-drownings.
The Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program (CAISP)
CAISP is a national program of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA). CAISP collects and analyses data on agricultural fatalities and hospitalizations. CAISP has partners in each of the ten Canadian provinces.
Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics from Transport Canada
Transport Canada produces annual reports that provide National statistics on motor vehicle traffic collisions that are compiled from police reports or self-reports. These reports provide details on the circumstances around the crash such as road and weather conditions, number of vehicles involved, type of vehicle and severity of injury.
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