Race-Based Data

• Race-based data can help address health inequities in Canada: experts

  Many racialized communities, which have higher rates of some chronic diseases, have called for race-based data to gain insights into contributing factors such as poverty.

  Health

  Jun 26
  
• Manitoba to collect self-declared, race-based hospital patient data

  Patients at Manitoba hospitals will be asked about their race, ethnicity and Indigenous identity during the registration process at hospitals.

  Health

  May 4
  
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• Edmonton police commission supports adding race to ID

  The Edmonton Police Commission has decided to lobby the Alberta government to add a person’s race to their government-issued identification.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2022
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• Nova Scotia to require the collection of race-based data from police stops

  Nova Scotia says race-based data can help police improve their interactions with African Nova Scotians and Indigenous Peoples in particular.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2022
• Toronto police to look into whether race-based data could be used differently

  The Toronto Police Services Board passed a set of motions Wednesday aimed at examining — and potentially expanding — what can be done with the data.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2022
• Toronto police chief apologizes to Black community as race-based data released

  Toronto's interim police chief has apologized to the city's Black residents as the force releases previously unseen race-based data on use of force and strip searches.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2022
• Toronto police statistics show disproportionate use of force on Black people

  New statistics released by Toronto police show Black people faced a disproportionate amount of police enforcement and use of force in 2020.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2022
• Hamilton Health Sciences’ new patient data system won’t track demographic data upon launch

  There are concerns from local advocates and health-care professionals that Hamilton Health Sciences' new patient data system won't be collecting race-based data when it launches.

  Health

  Jun 3, 2022
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• Alberta NDP proposes anti-racism bill to identify gaps in provincial services

  The bill will require public bodies to collect race-based data and use that data to conduct impact assessments, report findings and report on the progress of recommendations.

  Politics

  Mar 24, 2022
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• Coronavirus: Advocacy groups calling for data on individuals receiving the COVID-19 shot

  Community organizations and Montreal city councillors insist public health officials need to collect race based data and financial information on people being inoculated.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2021