General

What is PopData and what does it do?

Population Data BC (PopData) is a multi-university, data and education resource facilitating interdisciplinary research on the determinants of human health, well-being and development.

Providing a range of services to Researchers and data providers, PopData strives to ensure that Researchers have timely access to the data and training they need to address research questions on population health. Research using these data informs policy-making and leads to healthier communities.

There are currently three streams available for academic researchers to access data on the population of British Columbia: 

• Health Data Platform BC (HDPBC)
• Population Data BC
• The Data Innovation Program (DI Program)

Researchers will be routed to a data access stream based on the data sets required to answer the research question.