BC Adolescent Health Survey

The BC Adolescent Health Survey (BC AHS) is a province-wide survey administered to youth in Grade 7 to 12 since 1992. The survey gives an evidence base of youth health trends, emerging issues, and risk and protective factors for healthy development.

2023 BC Adolescent Health Survey

The 2023 BC AHS will be taking part from January to May 2023. Resources for nurse administrators, students, and school staff are below. For any questions, please contact ahs@mcs.bc.ca.

2023 BC AHS information and resources

Information booklets

Parent Consent Letters

English / French / Arabic / Hindi / Iranian Persian / Korean / Portuguese / Punjabi / Russian / Simplified Chinese / Spanish / Tagalog / Traditional Chinese / Ukrainian / Vietnamese

Parent Notification Letters

English / French / Arabic / Hindi / Iranian Persian / Korean / Portuguese / Punjabi / Russian / Simplified Chinese / Spanish / Tagalog / Traditional Chinese / Ukrainian / Vietnamese

Additional resources

2018 BC Adolescent Health Survey

Over 38,000 young people aged 12–19 in 58 of BC’s 60 school districts completed the 2018 BC AHS. The survey was developed in consultation with young people, parents, and other experts in youth health. It was extensively pilot tested before being administered by Public Health Nurses and Public Health Resource Nurses to students in mainstream public schools between February and June 2018.

Provincial report

Balance and Connection in BC: The health and well-being of our youth

This report shares provincial findings of the 2018 BC Adolescent Health Survey, which was completed by 38,015 Grade 7-12 students in schools across British Columbia.
Download report / Download PowerPoint

2018 BC AHS Regional Reports (Health Service Delivery Area)

2018 BC AHS Special Topic Fact Sheets

Supporting BC youth poster series

Sports injury and prevention posters

Members of McCreary's Youth Advisory and Action Council created posters about organized sport injuries and injury prevention using 2018 BC AHS data. One poster is aimed at a youth audience and the second is intended for adults who wish to support youth. Both posters are available in English and French.

Download the posters: Poster for youth (English) / Poster for adults (English) / Poster for youth (French) / Poster for adults (French)

SDGs: How are we measuring up?

Canada has committed to implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the federal government has called for reliable data to assess progress towards the goals. This poster shares data from the 2018 BC Adolescent Health Survey which provide some examples of how the health of youth aged 12–19 in the province measures up against 9 of the 17 SDGs.

Download the poster here.

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