Will you be one of the 48,000 Canadians selected to participate in the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey?
If you are, we want to make sure you know all the details.
We spoke with Erik Dorff, an analyst with Statistics Canada, who gives us the basics.
It’s a two-part process.
Step one involves completing an online survey while the second step involves an at-home finger-prick blood test.
Dorff says they will test the dried blood for the presence and prevalence of antibodies across Canada.
The analyst adds that if you’re chosen for the survey but have never tested positive for COVID-19, you should still complete it.
Dorff says the entire survey, including result publication, should be completed by the end of the year.
COVID-19 has also heightened concerns people have about security, but Dorff says Canadians have nothing to worry about when it comes to this survey.
For more information on the survey and a video on how to complete the blood test portion of the survey, head to https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/sc/video/ccahs.
