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Welcome to the Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) of the Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component for 2009-2010 and 2010

This product contains the PUMF 2009-2010 and 2010 versions of the CCHS - Annual Component. Two PUMFs are available:

  • 2009-2010: common content and optional content
  • 2010: common content and optional content + additional optional content but a smaller sample size

The questionnaire consists of two different types of content modules:

  1. Common content
  2. Optional content

Using the menu bars

The above menu bar appears throughout this product. If you are connected to the Internet, all of the links in the bar will be active allowing you to navigate on Statistics Canada’s web site. The "Français" button will allow you to switch from English to French even if you are not connected to the Internet. The menu bar on the left can be used to navigate through this product. Click on the various topics to jump to that area.

About the survey

To learn about the survey, consult the Documentation, where you'll find the User Guide, the Questionnaire, the Data Dictionary for each file, the specifications for the Derived and Grouped Variables, and other valuable documents.