Mental health data
This includes data relating to mental health outcomes, well-being, disorders, health care, and self-directed violence.
Some of the data in this section is sourced from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Canadian Community Health Survey data from 2015 onwards should not be compared to data from previous years.
Provides data about:
- Self-rated mental health
- Psychological well-being
- Happiness
- Life satisfaction
- Sense of community belonging
- Psychological distress among students
- Mental health and grades among students
- Ability to cope among population 12 years and older
- Traumatic life events among students in grades 9 to 12
- Quite a bit extreme personal stress among population 12 years and older (2015/2016)
- Quite a bit extreme personal stress among population 12 years and older (up to 2013/2014)
- Low self-esteem among students in grades 7 to 12
- Body image among students in grades 7 to 12
- Work stress among population 15 to 75 years (2015/2016)
- Work stress among population 15 to 75 years (up to 2013/2014)
Community determinants of mental health report
Provides data about:
- Social support
- School climate including perceptions of connectedness and sense of belonging at school
Depression among population 12 years and older
Mental health-related disorders report
Provides data about:
- All mental health-related disorders
- Substance-related mental health disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
- Consultation with a medical professional about mental health among population 12 years and older (2015/2016)
- Consultation with a medical professional about mental health among population 12 years and older (up to 2013/2014)
- Visit to a mental health professional among students in grades 7 to 12
- Use of a telephone crisis helpline or online help website among students in grades 7 to 12
- Use of prescription medication to treat ADHD among students in grades 7 to 12
- Prescribed medication to treat anxiety or depression among students in grades 9 to 12