Data Asset Details
Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR)
- PHIPA Role
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Prescribed Entity (PE)
- Statement of Purpose
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This database is the provincial database of information for all Ontario residents diagnosed with cancer or who have died of cancer. PHI is used for Ontario Health’s screening programs, and for cancer research. Need for Personal Health Information (PHI): PHI is required to support management decision-making, planning, disease surveillance, and research.
- Need for Personal Health Information
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PHI is required to support management decision-making, planning, disease surveillance, and research.
- Data Types
- Care Provider , Demographic , Facilities , Geographic , Ontario Health Derived Cohort , ORG information (death data) , Pathology (all cancer and non-cancer related reports) , Person
- Data Provider
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) , Hospitals and Laboratories , Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) , Ministry of Health and Long Term Care , Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) , Statistics Canada Out of Province, notifications from other provinces territories of Ontario residents diagnosed or treated in the notifying provinces territories
Last Updated: June 23, 2025