Health Canada (HC) Office of Drug Research and Surveillance (ODRS) is launching a national online survey that will measure the prevalence of alcohol and drug use among students 17 to 25 years of age, who are attending university or college in Canada. This survey was pilot tested by Health Canada from April to May, 2018 in four postsecondary institutions. The goal of the pilot test was to ensure survey comprehension and test the feasibility of the approach developed for recruiting and contacting students. The lessons learned from pilot testing have been incorporated into the current CPADS protocol and questionnaire that will be used for national implementation.
The overall objective of this project is to implement the CPADS among a nationally representative sampling frame of schools, to obtain both nationally and regionally representative prevalence estimates of substance use among Canadian postsecondary students.
