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Survey design information, by survey, 1985 through 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Survey design information. The information is grouped by Survey name (appearing as row headers), Year, Survey context, Target population, Exclusions, Managed or sponsored by, Collected by, Sample design, Collection mode, Collection period, Sample size and Response rate % (appearing as column headers).
Survey name |
Year |
Survey context |
Target population |
Exclusions |
Managed or sponsored by |
Collected by |
Sample design |
Collection mode |
Collection period |
Sample size |
Response rate % |
Health Promotion Survey (HPS) |
1985 |
Health |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces and Yukon (1985) |
Territories (1990), Northwest Territories (1985), people without telephones, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health and Welfare Canada |
Statistics Canada |
Random Digit Dialling (RDD), Waksberg, and/or Elimination of Non-Working Banks (ENWB) |
Telephone and paper |
June 3 through 21, 1985 |
11,181 |
81.0 |
1990 |
June 1 through 30, 1990 |
13,792 |
78.0 |
National Alcohol and Drug Survey (NADS) |
1989 |
Addiction |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health and Welfare Canada |
Statistics Canada |
RDD/Waksberg/ENWB |
Telephone and paper |
March 1 through 25, 1989 |
11,364 |
78.7 |
General Social Survey (GSS) |
1993 |
Social |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health and Welfare Canada |
Statistics Canada |
ENWB/RDD |
Computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) |
February through December, 1993 |
10,385 |
81.6 |
Canada's Alcohol and Other Drugs Survey (CADS) |
1994 |
Addiction |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health Canada |
Statistics Canada |
ENWB/RDD |
CATI |
September 7 through November 5, 1994 |
12,155 |
75.6 |
Canadian Community Health Survey–Mental Health and Well-being (CCHS-MH) |
2002 |
Health |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, residents of institutions, homeless, residents of Indian Reserves or Crown lands, full-time members of Canadian Forces |
Statistics Canada, Health Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada |
Statistics Canada |
Labour Force Survey area frame with multi-stage design |
CATI and computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) |
May 1 through December 31, 2002 |
36,984 |
77.0 |
2012 |
CATI and CAPI |
January 2 through December 31, 2012 |
25,113 |
68.9 |
Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS) |
2004 |
Addiction |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
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Jolicoeur and Associates |
Stratified 2-stage sample with RDD |
CATI |
December 16 through 23, 2003 and January 9 through April 19, 2004 |
13,909 |
47.0 |
Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) |
2004 |
Tobacco and/or drug use monitoring |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health Canada |
Statistics Canada |
2-stage with ENWB/RDD |
CATI |
February through December of each survey year |
20,275 |
83.0 |
2005 |
20,840 |
79.2 |
2006 |
21,976 |
80.8 |
2007 |
20,921 |
74.9 |
2008 |
20,541 |
78.8 |
2009 |
20,121 |
75.2 |
2010 |
19,822 |
73.8 |
2011 |
20,703 |
78.9 |
2012 |
19,286 |
83.5 |
Canadian Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) |
2008 |
Tobacco and/or drug use monitoring |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones or in cellphone-only households, residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health Canada |
Jolicoeur and Associates |
2-stage RDD |
CATI |
April 23, 2008 through December, 2009 |
16,674 |
43.5 |
2009 |
January 27 through November, 2009 |
13,082 |
44.7 |
2010 |
February 15 through December, 2010 |
13,615 |
50.5 |
2011 |
February through December, 2011 |
10,076 |
45.4 |
2012 |
February through December, 2012 |
11,090 |
39.8 |
Canadian Tobacco Alcohol and Drug Survey (CTADS) |
2013 |
Tobacco and/or drug use monitoring |
Household population aged 15 or older in provinces |
Territories, people without telephones or in cellphone-only households (CTADS 2013; CTADS 2015 adopted survey frame that includes cellphone numbers), residents of institutions, homeless, unable to converse in English or French |
Health Canada |
Statistics Canada |
2-stage with ENWB/RDD |
CATI |
February 1 through December 31 of each survey year |
14,565 |
63.1 |
2015 |
15,154 |
48.3 |