Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)
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The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) is a sentinel hospital network that includes 109 acute care hospitals in 10 provinces and 1 territory. Established in 1995, the program is a collaboration between:
- the Public Health Agency of Canada
- the National Microbiology Laboratory
- the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
- sentinel hospitals across Canada
This network conducts surveillance of healthcare-associated infections on:
- antibiograms
- antimicrobial use
- surgical site and device related infections associated with:
- central lines
- hip and knee arthroplasty
- cerebrospinal fluid shunts
- adult and pediatric cardiac surgery
- antibiotic resistant organisms, such as:
- Candida auris
- Clostridioides difficile infections
- Carbapenemase-producing organisms
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections
- Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus blood stream infections
- viral respiratory infections, such as COVID-19, influenza
In addition, periodic point prevalence surveys are conducted on healthcare-associated infections including antimicrobial resistant organisms and antimicrobial usage. These surveys measure how common a particular characteristic, such as infection, illness or risk factors, during a particular point in time.
These data are used to help inform programs and policies related to:
- antimicrobial stewardship
- antimicrobial resistance
- infection prevention and control
For more information on
- antimicrobial usage
- the characteristics of CNISP participating hospitals
- rates of healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial resistant organisms
Visit our interactive data trends page for surveillance trends and recent publications
Participating acute-care hospitals across Canada
Alberta
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- Foothills Medical Centre
- Peter Lougheed Centre
- Rockyview General Hospital
- South Health Campus
- Stollery Children's Hospital
- University of Alberta Hospital
British Columbia
- Abbotsford Regional Hospital
- BC Children's Hospital
- BC Women’s Hospital
- Burnaby Hospital
- Chilliwack General Hospital
- Delta Hospital
- Eagle Ridge Hospital
- Fraser Canyon Hospital
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Langley Memorial Hospital
- Lion’s Gate Hospital
- Mission Memorial Hospital
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
- Peace Arch Hospital
- Penticton Regional Hospital
- Powell River General Hospital
- Queen's Park Care Centre
- Richmond General Hospital
- Ridge Meadows Hospital
- Royal Columbian Hospital
- Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Sechelt Hospital
- Squamish General Hospital
- Surrey Memorial Hospital
- UBC Hospital
- University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC)
- Vancouver General Hospital
- Victoria General Hospital
Manitoba
- Health Sciences Centre- Winnipeg
- University of Manitoba Children’s Hospital
New Brunswick
- The Moncton Hospital
Newfoundland and Labrador
- A.M. Guy Memorial Health Centre
- Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre
- Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre
- Carbonear General Hospital
- Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre
- Connaigre Peninsula Health Centre
- Dr. G.B. Cross Memorial Hospital
- Dr. Y. K. Jeon Kittiwake Health Centre
- Fogo Island Health Centre
- General Hospital & Miller Centre
- Green Bay Health Centre
- James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre
- Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
- Notre Dame Bay Memorial Health Centre
- Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital
- St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
- Western Memorial Regional Hospital
Nova Scotia
- Dartmouth General Hospital
- Halifax Infirmary
- IWK Health Centre
- Rehabilitation Centre
- Veterans Memorial Building
- Victoria General
Nunavut
- Qikiqtani General Hospital
Ontario
- Brampton Civic Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
- Children's Hospital of Western Ontario
- Etobicoke General Hospital
- Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital
- Hamilton Health Science General Site
- Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Center
- Kingston General Hospital
- McMaster Children's Hospital
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- North York General Hospital
- Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
- Ottawa Hospital General Campus
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- St. Joseph's Healthcare
- St. Michael's Hospital
- Sudbury Regional Hospital
- Sunnybrook Hospital
- Toronto General Hospital
- Toronto Western Hospital
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- University Hospital
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- Victoria Hospital
Prince Edward Island
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Prince County Hospital
Quebec
- Center hosptialier régional du Grand-Portage
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
- CHU Sainte-Justine
- Hôpital d'Amqui
- Hôpital de Matane
- Hôpital de Notre-Dame-du-lac
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- Hôpital régional de Rimouski
- Hôptial Notre-Dame-de-Fatima
- Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
- Lachine General Hospital
- Montreal Children's Hospital
- Montreal General Hospital
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
- Royal Victoria Hospital
- Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital
Saskatchewan
- Moose Jaw Hospital
- Pasqua Hospital
- Regina General Hospital
- Royal University Hospital
- St. Paul's Hospital
Surveillance data publications
Antimicrobial usage and antibiotic-resistant organisms
2025
- Antimicrobial stewardship programs in a network of Canadian acute care hospitals: A cross-sectional survey
- Comparative Molecular and Epidemiological Characterization of Adult and Pediatric Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Canada, 2015–2022
- Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: A Cross-Sectional Survey
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Antimicrobial Purchasing in Canada, 2018–2021
2024
- An assessment of the validity and reliability of SARS-CoV-2 infection surveillance data from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)
- Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2018-2022
- Trends in SARS-CoV-2-related pediatric hospitalizations reported to the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, March 2020 to December 2022
- Antimicrobial Use among Adult Inpatients in Northern Canada, 2019–2021
2023
2022
2020
2019
Device and surgical procedure-associated infections
2025
2022
2020
Related links
- CNISP: Infection rates of national healthcare-acquired infections and antimicrobial-resistant organisms and antimicrobial usage in hospitals
- Healthcare infection prevention and control guidelines
- Antimicrobial resistance research and surveillance
- Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)