title: Organ donation and transplantation in Canada: insights from the Canadian Organ Replacement Register.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of the transplant component of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  CORR is the national registry of organ failure in Canada. It has existed in some form since 1972 and currently houses data on patients with end-stage renal disease and solid organ transplants (kidney and/or non-kidney). The transplant component of CORR receives data on a voluntary basis from individual transplant centres and organ procurement organizations across the country. Coverage for transplant procedures is comprehensive and complete. Long-term outcomes are tracked based on follow-up reports from participating transplant centres. The longitudinal nature of CORR provides an opportunity to observe the trajectory of a patient's journey with organ failure over their life span. Research studies conducted using CORR data inform both practitioners and health policy makers alike.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The importance of registry data in monitoring and improving care for Canadian transplant candidates/recipients cannot be over-stated. This paper provides an overview of the transplant data in CORR including its history, data considerations, recent findings, new initiatives, and future directions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, 585 University Avenue, 11-PMB-129, Toronto, ON M5G 2 N2 Canada ; Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Sang Joseph
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, 585 University Avenue, 11-PMB-129, Toronto, ON M5G 2 N2 Canada.
authors.forename: Stanley Sa
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kappel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Western University, London, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Moist
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada.
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Klarenbach
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.affiliation: Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada ; Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Lianne G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Donation and Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.affiliation: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ivis
authors.affiliation: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Sa
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gill
keywords: Canada; Organ donation; Registry; Transplantation; Wait-listing