“Continuing to invest in Canada’s largest and longest study on aging helps us better understand how to live longer and healthier lives. Good data allows us to make evidence-based decisions that better serve seniors across the country.”
The Honourable Deb Schulte
Minister of Seniors
“CIHR is pleased to renew funding in the CLSA. This is a unique platform, not only in Canada, but worldwide for research on aging, collecting data that will benefit health research for years to come. We thank all participants and researchers involved in this study for their continued support in this wide-ranging and significant research on the health of our aging population in Canada.”
Dr. Jane Rylett
Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Aging
CIHR co-lead, CLSA
“The aging process raises many vital questions across different areas of health research, including how various environmental and social factors impact how we age. The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging provides a powerful platform to study the process of aging over a long period of time so that we can better understand what is needed to ensure all people can be healthy and happy as they get older.”
Dr. Steven Hoffman
Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health
CIHR co-lead, CLSA
“The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is an essential tool for the development and vitality of the Canadian population. By contributing financially to the success of this study, the Canada Foundation for Innovation is pleased to fulfill its mandate and vision by enabling excellent research that is both internationally recognized and supports the well-being of all Canadians.”
Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte
President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
“Over the last decade, the CLSA has established itself as one of the largest, most comprehensive research platforms on aging in the world. We are grateful to the Government of Canada for its ongoing support. This investment paves the way for researchers in Canada and around the world to have ongoing access to high-quality data that will yield critical insights into the aging process.”
Dr. Parminder Raina
Professor of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University
Scientific Director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging
Lead Principal Investigator, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Quick facts
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By 2036, nearly one in four Canadians will be age 65 or older and the proportion of the oldest seniors (80 years and over) will also increase sharply.
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To address this demographic shift, the Government of Canada, through CIHR, is funding the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, a national study that collects information on the changing biological, medical, psychological, social, and economic aspects of the lives of over 50,000 Canadian men and women who were between the ages of 45 and 85 when recruited, for a period of 20 years.
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CIHR is providing a new investment of $52 million over six years, bringing its total investment in the CLSA to $132.6 million since 2001.
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To date, the CFI has invested almost $19.8 million in infrastructure support for the CLSA.
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