Description: Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) – Content Information Sheet 2007-2027
The Canadian Health Measure Survey (CHMS) is divided in biennial collection cycles. Eight cycles are currently planned.
Years covered by each cycle
| Cycle |
Years |
| 1 |
March 2007 to February 2009 |
| 2 |
August 2009 to December 2011 |
| 3 |
January 2012 to December 2013 |
| 4 |
January 2014 to December 2015 |
| 5 |
January 2016 to December 2017 |
| 6 |
January 2018 to December 2019 |
| 7 |
November 2022 to December 2024 |
| 8 |
April 2025 to March 2027 |
Sample collection is divided in three components: Household, Mobile Examination Centre (MEC) and the Laboratory & Biobank. The components contain content that reoccurs every cycle and content specific to selected cycles.
Household
| Content |
Cycles |
| Questionnaire |
| Infection markers |
1-8 |
| Nutrition & alcohol |
1-8 |
| Physical activity & sleep |
1-8 |
| Pregnancy/birth/breastfeeding |
1-8 |
| Sexual health |
1-7 |
| Smoking |
1-8 |
| Socio-demographic characteristics |
1-8 |
| Chronic health conditions |
1-8 |
| Drug/medication use |
1-8 |
| Family medical history |
1-4 and 7-8 |
| Bone health |
5-7 |
| General health |
1-8 |
| Oral health |
1 and 7 |
| Visual health |
5-6 |
| Environmental chemical exposure |
1-8 |
| Sample |
| Indoor air sampler |
2-4 |
| Tap water sampler |
3-4 and 7-8 |
Mobile examination centre (MEC)
| Content |
Cycles |
| Physical measures |
| Anthropometry |
1-8 |
| Cardiovascular health |
1-8 |
| Musculoskeletal fitness |
1-6 |
| Accelerometry (activity monitor) |
1-8 |
| Mechanography |
5-6 |
| Hearing health |
3-4 |
| Densitometry (pQCT) |
5-6 |
| Densitometry (DXA) |
7 |
| Oral health |
1 and 7 |
| Lung health |
1-4 |
| Visual health |
5-6 |
| Skin pigmentation |
3-4 |
| Questionnaire |
| Drug/medication use |
1-8 |
| Fish and shellfish consumption |
2-8 |
| Sun exposure |
3-4 |
| Hearing health |
3-4 |
| Visual health |
5-6 |
| Environmental chemical exposure |
2-4 and 7-8 |
| COVID-19 |
7 |
| Specimen collection |
| Blood |
1-8 |
| Urine |
1-8 |
| Home urine |
5-8 |
| Saliva |
5 and 7 |
| Hair |
5 |
The laboratory and biobank component contains six sections which are blood, urine, hair, indoor air, tap water and the biobank.
Laboratory & Biobank
| Content |
Cycles |
| Blood |
| Cardiovascular health |
1-8 |
| Chemistry panel |
1-8 |
| Hematology |
1-8 |
| Diabetes |
1-8 |
| Nutritional status |
1-8 |
| Environmental chemical exposure |
1-8 |
| Infection markers |
1-6 |
| Bone health |
2 and 5-7 |
| Reproductive hormones |
3-4 |
| Thyroid status |
3-8 |
| Immunoglobulin E |
3-4 |
| Urine |
| Nutritional status |
1-8 |
| Environmental chemical exposure |
1-8 |
| Specific gravity, creatinine |
1-8 |
| Infection markers |
1-6 |
| Microalbumin |
1-2 |
| Hair |
| Environmental chemical exposure |
5 |
| Indoor air |
| Volatile organic compounds (VOC) |
2-4 |
| Tap Water |
| Fluoride |
3-4 and 7 |
| Volatile organic compounds (VOC) |
3-4 |
| Environmental chemical exposure |
7-8 |
| Biobank |
| Serum, plasma, whole blood, urine |
1-8 |
| DNA |
1-6 |
| Buffy coat |
7-8 |
| Saliva |
5 and 7 |
