The recency of the data varies by source and will be updated regularly as the more recent data becomes available. For example, as of September 2024, the dashboards currently contain data for these time periods:
- CIHI Health Workforce Database (HWDB) – Record-level: 2013 – 2023 (Provider Profiles, Employment, Recruitment & Retention modules)
- CIHI Health Workforce Database (HWDB) – Aggregate: 2017 – 2021 (Provider Profiles module)
- CIHI Scott’s Medical Database (SMDB): 2013 – 2022 (Provider Profiles and Recruitment & Retention modules)
- CIHI Canadian MIS Database (CMDB): fiscal years 2017–2018 – 2021–2023 (Employment module)
- Statistics Canada Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS): fiscal years 2015–2016 – 2022–2023 (Employment module)
- Statistics Canada Census of Population: 2013 – 2022 (Recruitment & Retention module)
Users are encouraged to refer to the related methodology notes for more details around data availability and collection periods. There may be instances of data variances or gaps; for example, the COVID-19 pandemic affected the timeliness of reporting in some jurisdictions, impacting data comparability. Collecting, processing, validating, and publishing accurate data is a complex and labour-intensive task. We are committed to supporting our data partners in streamlining and improving this process and aim to bring updated data into these dashboards as soon as it is available.