"Average concentration of lead in blood in people living in Canada, by sex at birth, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 7 (2023 to 2024)",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, Survey period,Female (micrograms per litre),Male (micrograms per litre),,,,,,, "Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009)",12.0,15.0,,,,,,, "Cycle 2 (2009 to 2011)",11.0,13.0,,,,,,, "Cycle 3 (2012 to 2013)",9.6,12.0,,,,,,, "Cycle 4 (2014 to 2015)",8.7,10.0,,,,,,, "Cycle 5 (2016 to 2017)",7.9,10.0,,,,,,, "Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019)",7.5,8.7,,,,,,, "Cycle 7 (2023 to 2024)",6.6,7.8,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, Note: Average refers to geometric mean.,,,,,,,,, Source: Health Canada (2026b) Canadian Biomonitoring Dashboard (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/biomonitoring/).,,,,,,,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,