Data-driven insights for better health

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides standardized and actionable data and information to drive improvements in health care, health system performance and population health across Canada.

Vision and mandate

NHEX 2025: Exploring health spending trends in Canada

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Reports and releases

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Indicator Library

Education

Featured publications

CIHI leads a new era of health data stewardship with release of framework and governance model

Project

A contextual view of Canada’s health systems

CIHI is proud to introduce the Health System Context Series, a new resource that brings together key health metrics to provide a more complete view of each province and territory.

Tool

Desperate for health care: Access challenges have physical, emotional impact on Canadian families

Desperate to receive timely and appropriate health care for both herself and her family, Tracy Slaney describes her experience navigating a health system that feels disjointed — including mental health care — like being perpetually stuck in a hamster wheel.

Story

Explore Canada’s health system data and information

Health System Context Series

View and download profiles that help you understand each province’s and territory’s unique health system story.

Dashboards

A collection of indicators and measures to assess health systems overall as well as specific sectors and populations.

Insight Secure link

Health care providers and analysts can use this analytical tool to dig deeper into indicator results. Login required.

Other tools

Explore CIHI’s performance reporting tools.

News, events and education

Featured episode

The Need for Speed: How a 911 Project Is Filling a Data Gap to Improve Emergency Care

Host Avis Favaro talks with MedicAlert’s Leslie McGill about a new project to bridge the data gap by getting vital patient medical info to first responders.

Podcast episode

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Data Analytics for Healthcare Summit

This annual summit brings together data analytics experts from leading health care organizations across Canada. CIHI is happy to be sponsoring and exhibiting at the event hosted by Strategy Institute.

Events

Events

1391E-AI Transforming Health Care: Data - The Fuel for AI

Learn about the data that drives AI tools in health systems — its types, sources and quality — and how to assess availability, integrity and suitability for AI application.