Canadian Water Related Information Sources

Visit these sites for information on injury prevention, drowning prevention, water search and rescue and water safety. Some of these sites provide statistics, data and databases on water-related incidents and injuries.

• Canadian Coast Guard
• Canadian Health Network: (includes links to 675 injury-prevention resources)
• Canadian Institute for Health Information: health databases and registries covering health human resources, health services and health expenditures in Canada, including the National Trauma Registry and the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System

• Canadian Red Cross: Canadian drowning research data and reports
• Canadian Safe Boating Council: alliance of members committed to preventing boating injuries and drownings, and is dedicated to promoting safe and responsible boating throughout Canada
• Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search & Safety
• Health Canada: the federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health.
• Inventory of Injury Surveillance Data Sources and Surveillance Activities: includes provincial, territorial and national injury data sources in Canada described within a common framework
• Lifesaving Society: Canadian drowning research data and reports. Link to

          specific branch for provincial/territorial drowning research data

• Alberta and Northwest Territories
• British Columbia and Yukon
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario and Nunavut
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• MARIN (Maritime Activity and Risk Investigation Network): a comprehensive database of many types of maritime traffic including fishing, shipping, ferries, recreational boating, and others
• National Search and Rescue Secretariat: acts as a liaison for Search and Rescue (SAR) agencies and all partners involved in Canadian search and rescue
• Ontario Provincial Police
• Parks and Recreation Ontario
• Safe Kids Canada: brief overview of child water-incident statistics for Canada
• SmartRisk Foundation: a national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives