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Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health
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Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health

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The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath) is Canada’s largest population health cohort and a national platform for health research. Comprised of more than 330,000 volunteer participants, CanPath is a unique Canadian platform that allows scientists to explore how genetics, environment, lifestyle, and behaviour interact and contribute to the development of chronic disease and cancer. CanPath is hosted by the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health with national funding from the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.
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Members

Affiliated Members
Investigators Contacts
  • Dr. John McLaughlin
    University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  • Dr. Philip Awadalla
    Ontario Institute for Cancer Research // University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health

General Information

Year created
2008
Types of cohorts
  • Population cohort
Countries
  • Canada
Setting
National
Funding
This project has received funding from the Canadian Partnership against Cancer.
Criteria of cohort's to be included
Canadian regional cohorts that investigate environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors related to the development and progression of cancer and chronic diseases.
Health topic
  • Ageing
  • Mental health
  • Environmental health
  • Occupational health
  • Public health
  • Social environment
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Neurological diseases
  • Musculoskeletal diseases
  • Chronic diseases
  • Non-communicable diseases
  • Communicable diseases
  • General epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Other -omics
  • Medical imaging
Socio-environmental context
  • Air pollution
  • Environmental hazards
  • Urbanization
  • Work-related stress
  • Other : Endocrine disruptors

Participants

Number of participants

Total
386,641
With harmonized data
328,700

Age range of the samples

Minimum age
30
Maximum age
74

Methodology for harmonization and integration

Strategy of harmonization
Prospective
Data processing methods
  • Algorithmic
    • Type of infrastructure
    Some centrally, other locally
    Integrative data analysis
    • Pooled analyses
    Software
  • OBiBa (Opal/Mica)
    • Supplementary information
    More information: https://portal.canpath.ca/

    Number of cohorts

    Total
    7
    With harmonized data
    6
    Will more cohorts be harmonized?
    Number of harmonized variables (max.)
    2,840

    Access

    Availability of metadata
    Under request
    Availability of individual data
    Under request

    Individual Studies

    Acronym Name Study design Participants Countries
    Atlantic PATH Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health Population cohort 34,000
    ATP Alberta's Tomorrow Project Population cohort 55,000
    BCGP BC Generations Project (British Columbia) Population cohort 30,000
    CaG CARTaGENE Population cohort 43,000
    OHS Ontario Health Study Population cohort 228,611