Organ donation, transplantation and dialysis: Data holdings

The Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR) is a longitudinal national database that provides statistics to track long-term trends for dialysis activity, organ transplantation, organ donation and wait-list statistics. CORR collects data from hospital dialysis programs, transplant programs, organ donation organizations (ODOs) and independent health facilities to track patients from their first treatment for end-stage organ failure (dialysis or transplantation) to their death.

In fall 2023, we launched the Canadian Organ Donation and Transplantation Data System (CanODT) as part of a multi-year initiative co-led by CIHI and Canada Health Infoway.

Selected ODT indicators may also use data from additional sources, such as the Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB), which captures administrative, clinical and demographic information on hospital discharges.