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Immigrant Health Data Development at Statistics Canada: an Update

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The continuous rise in the immigrant population in Canada makes it increasingly important to monitor immigrant settlement outcome, including that of health. This paper reviews the immigrant health data development based on the wealth of information captured by different waves of population-based datasets, many of which housed at Statistics Canada, to conduct increasingly innovative studies of immigrant health in Canada. Particular attention was devoted to data linkages of administrative and survey databases made possible by recent technological and methodological advancements, especially those that involve the immigrant landing files with information on immigrant categories.

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L'augmentation constante de la population immigrante au Canada fait qu’il est de plus en plus important de surveiller les mesures d’intégration des immigrants, y compris celles concernant leur état de santé. Cet article examine le développement des données sur l’état de santé des immigrants en considérant différents ensembles de données populationnelles, parmi lesquels plusieurs sont hébergés à Statistique Canada, permettant de mener des études de plus en plus novatrices sur la santé des immigrants au Canada. Une attention particulière a été accordée à l’appariement de bases de données administratives et d’enquêtes rendues possibles par les récents progrès technologiques et méthodologiques, et notamment aux bases de données appariées qui concernent les fichiers d’immigration contenant des informations sur les catégories d’immigrants.

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Ng, E. Immigrant Health Data Development at Statistics Canada: an Update. Can. Stud. Popul. 46, 189–199 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-019-00015-6

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