Table 2.
Timeline of key events in the history of administrative health data in Canada
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1847 | Census and Statistic Act of 1847 |
| 1879 | Year Book and Almanac of Canada statistics transferred to Department of Agriculture |
| 1884 | Bureau of Labour Statistics established |
| 1885 | Ontario and Québec hospitals begin collecting hospital data |
| 1918 | Dominion Bureau of Statistics established |
| 1921 | Bureau establishes system of vital statistics for 8 provinces |
| 1926 | Québec, the Yukon and Northwest Territories join the national system of vital statistics program |
| 1948 | Statistics Act amended to give Bureau authority to collect hospital data |
| 1949 | Newfoundland joins Canada, and its vital statistics program |
| 1960 | Bureau establishes Hospital Morbidity Database |
| 1961 | Royal Commission on Health Services commences |
| 1963 | Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI) established |
| 1964 | Royal Commission on Health Services ends |
| 1970 | HMRI expands to 5 provinces |
| 1977 | HMRI become not-for-profit, includes standardized classification |
| Rooses publish the first paper in Manitoba using administrative health data | |
| 1983 | HMRI develops Case Mix Groups |
| 1988 | British Columbia Linked Health Data Project (BCLHDP) begins |
| 1990 | Canadian Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) established |
| 1991 | HMRI collects information for 75 % of discharges from Canadian hospitals |
| Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences established | |
| Manitoba Centre for Health Policy established | |
| National Task Force on Health Information recommends a coordinating council for health information | |
| 1994 | Canadian Institute for Health Information established |
| HMRI holdings transferred to CIHI | |
| 1996 | CHSPR permitted access to BCLHDP data |
| 2002 | Discharge Abstract Database covers 75 % of all inpatient discharges, for all provinces and territories (except QUE) |
| 2005 | ICD-10-CA and Canadian Classification of Health Interventions implemented by CIHI |
| 2008 | Population Data BC established |
| 2009 | CHSPR transfers data holdings to Population Data BC |
| 2012 | 20th Anniversary of ICES and MCHP |
Legend: HMRI is Hospital Medical Records Institute; BCLHDP is British Columbia Linked Health data Project; CHSPR is Canadian Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; MCHP is Manitoba Centre for Health Policy; CIHI is Canadian Institute for Health Information; DAD is Discharge Abstract Database; QUE is Québec; ICD-10-CA is International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Canadian modification; ICES is Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences; BC is British Columbia