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2006 Community Profiles

Statistics Canada

These profiles contain free information for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves and Indian settlements, etc.), for counties or their equivalents and for metropolitan areas, and health regions.

AFB directory of services for blind and visually impaired persons in the United States and Canada.

[available off-campus]

American Foundation for the Blind.

Blueprint of the Canadian Standard Assessment in Optometry

Canadian Examiners in Optometry

Canada Health Act

Delineates the relationship between federal and provinicial authorites in providing health care to Canadians. Links to supporting materials, including annual reports. Insurance statistics at the provincial level are found in Annex A.

Canada Post - postal code lookup

Includes look-ups by city and province.

Canada's health care providers

Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Issued also in French under title: Les dispensateurs de soins au Canada.

Canadian Association of Optometrists

Also has links to Provincial associations.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Statistics on health professionals, health expenditures, and health indicators which includes # of optometrists per population retrievable by province.

Canadian Statistics

Statistics Canada

Tabular data on many aspects of Canada's economy, people and government.

CCOHS: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.

[individual password required - ask at circulation desk]

Links to all of the extensive resources of the CCOHS, including CHEMpendium, RTECS and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). Password required - ask at the circulation desk.

Comparable health and health system performance indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories, September 2002

Individual reports on Canada and each of the provinces and territories on 14 indicators in the topics of health status, health outcomes, and quality of services.

Health Canada: Health Care Reports and Publications

Detailed information about all facets of the Canadian health care system.

Health care in Canadaa ... annual report

Health care in Canada (Canadian Institute for Health Information : Online)

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.

health-evidence.ca

"Promoting evidence based decision making."Provides research evidence and review literature for public health decision-makers, which is compiled in a searchable registry.

Health indicators.

Statistics Canada.

Health Personnel Trends in Canada, 1993 to 2002

Contains data on 21 health personnel groups including optometrists.

Job Futures Canada

Job Futures - Provincial perspectives

Links to Provincial resources.

Labour Market Information

Toward a healthy future :second report on the health of Canadians

Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health (Canada).

Issued also in French under title: Pour un avenir en santâe.

Yellow.ca

YellowPages.ca