Table 2.

Indigenous Identity Information in Primary Populations Health Data Sources, Canada

Data Source	Indigenous Identifier
Census	No – removed in 2006
Vital Registration	On birth registration in the majority of provinces and territories; on death registration in fewer provinces and territories; inconsistent terms and poor data quality
Primary Care/Hospitalization Records	No – a few provinces/territories have Indigenous identifiers on their health cards which are generally not used due to poor quality of these flags
Disease Surveillance/Registries	Limited; Inconsistent terms
National Health and Social Surveys	Yes on some – loss of population based sampling frame with Indigenous identity flag post 2006; large majority are significantly underpowered in their Indigenous sample and exclude First Nations on-reserve communities