Getting started
Why are we conducting this survey?
Statistics Canada is conducting a survey about the health and well-being of Canadians. The Canadian Community Health Survey asks people from all provinces and territories about their health status, factors that affect their health and their use of health care services.
One of the main goals of the survey is to gather information to help improve health programs and services provided in your region.
Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.
Although voluntary, your participation is important so that the information collected is as accurate and complete as possible.
Other important information
Authorization and confidentiality
Data are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.
Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey and to reduce the response burden, Statistics Canada will combine the information you provide with information from the tax data of all members of your household. Statistics Canada and your provincial or territorial ministry of health, or the Institut de la statistique du Québec for Quebec respondents, may also combine the information you provide with other surveys or administrative sources.
Statistics Canada may also combine the information you provide with other survey or administrative data sources.
Contact us if you have any questions or concerns about record linkage:
Email: Infostats
Telephone: 1-877-949-9492
Mail:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Attention of Director, Centre for Population Health Data
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Relationship status
Do you have a spouse or long-term partner?
- Yes
- No
What was your partner's sex at birth?
Sex refers to sex assigned at birth.
- Male
- Female
Fertility
The next few questions are about fertility, infertility, the chances of becoming pregnant, and the use of medical services to help people to conceive children.
In the time that you and your partner have been together, how many children have you or your partner given birth to?
Exclude stillbirths and current pregnancy.
- Number of children
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- More than 12
What was the longest amount of time you and your partner actively tried to become pregnant before successfully conceiving?
Please enter the duration in months or years. If you have tried to conceive more than once, please refer to the longest attempt.
If you never actively tried to become pregnant, please enter "0".
- Duration
- Months or years
- Months
- Years
Is your partner currently pregnant?
- Yes
- No
In the past 12 months, did you or your partner become pregnant?
- Yes
- No
In the past 12 months, have you or your partner used any birth control methods?
e.g., condoms, birth control pills, intra-uterine device (IUD), the withdrawal method, and other birth control methods
- Yes
- No
Given that you or your partner have not used a birth control method in the past 12 months, which of the following best describes your situation?
Would you say:
- You are trying to conceive a child
- You have been told by a medical professional that you or your partner has a medical condition that makes it unlikely for you as a couple to have children
- You or your partner reached menopause
- You or your partner has had a vasectomy, a hysterectomy or a tubal ligation, also known as "having your tubes tied"
- Other
Which one of you has a medical condition that makes it unlikely for you as a couple to have children?
Select all that apply.
- You
- Your partner
Sometimes people have difficulty in conceiving a child and need help such as getting medical advice, fertility counselling and testing, fertility drugs or medical procedures to become pregnant.
In the time that you and your partner have been together, have you or your partner encountered problems in conceiving a child?
- Yes
- No
- Never tried to conceive a child
Have you or your partner seen a doctor or other health care provider about this?
Include professionals you visited for the purpose of assistance or advice to help conceive a child.
- Yes
- No
What are the reasons you or your partner have not seen a doctor or other health care provider about this?
Select all that apply.
Would you say:
- Lack of time
- Cost
- Feelings of fear or discomfort
- There are no health care providers in the area
- Other
While you and your partner were trying to conceive a child, did you use any of the following methods?
Select all that apply.
- Techniques to track menstrual cycle and ovulation
e.g., period-tracking mobile applications, ovulation predictor tests - Fertility enhancing drugs prescribed by a doctor
e.g., clomiphene citrate, also known as clomidTM, letrozole - Assisted reproductive technology
e.g., in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intra-uterine insemination (IUI), artificial insemination - Other medical treatment
OR - None of the above
In the time that you and your partner have been together, have you and your partner ever tried to conceive a child over a period of at least 12 consecutive months without becoming pregnant?
Include any pregnancies that occurred, even if they did not result in a live birth, such as a miscarriage or stillbirth.
- Yes
- No