Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics - Death database (CVSD)

Summary of changes

Activity on this program started: 1921

Reference period of change - 2010

Target population - Starting with the reference year 2010, Canadian residents who die in American states are no longer collected.

Reference period of change - 2000

An online version of ICD-10, second edition, (in English) became accessible as of October 2004 on the World Health Organization (WHO) website (www.who.int/classifications/en). The second edition incorporates the updates to ICD-10 that came into effect up to January 1, 2003.