Health agency reveals race-based data guideline as calls grow for nation-wide collection

‘Until we know where the discrepancies and inequities in health are, we can never tackle them,’ says the Alliance for Healthier Communities.

Advocates say the decision to collect better demographic data on populations vulnerable to COVID-19 is a matter of political will, under the direction of Health Minister Patty Hajdu, left, and Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 27, 2020

In response to calls for better demographic data to understand health inequities and COVID-19, this week the Canadian Institute for Health Information is releasing an interim race data standard that public health agencies can use.

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