A new survey on influenza

Find out more about GrippeMontréal

GrippeMontréal : The project and the team

GrippeMontréal is the latest initiative of the Direction de santé publique de l'Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal to help understand flu activity.

Made up of experts in epidemiology, population health surveys, statistics, data processing and communications, the GrippeMontréal team has developed this website that enables you to contribute directly to public health actions.

Every week, you're invited to fill out a short questionnaire to tell us whether or not you've had flu-like symptoms. It only takes a few seconds! To be eligible for participation, you have to be 18 years old or over, and live, work or study on the island of Montréal.

The site does not offer medical diagnoses but it's a new kind of tool that puts you at the core of a public health action: Your participation will enable us to quickly detect the presence of flu-like symptoms in Montréal and to give you useful information about what's going on in your area.

With the results obtained, the GrippeMontréal team will have the most up-to-date information on any increase or decline in influenza activity. The necessary measures can then be taken to support and guide health services. Results will be posted each week.

Your participation is important to us!

Having a better understanding of the flu situation in Montréal results in better tools to make the best decisions about our health.

When you sign up to GrippeMontréal, you participate in an innovative public health project that allows you to

• find out more quickly about how the flu is evolving in the community;
• add to the scientific tools public health uses to monitor health status;
• check your public health results and analyses every week, in the "See results" section;
• adopt better preventive measures;
• be up-to-date on the latest developments concerning the flu via this site and the GrippeMontréal team's blog;
• make better decisions for your health and that of your family and friends.

We all know that our health is essential to our quality of life. Work with public health to better equip our community! Pass the word on to people you know!

Montréal public health department

The mandate of the Direction de santé publique à Montréal (DSP) is to inform the population on its general state of health and of the major health problems, the groups most at risk, interventions and recommendations considered to be the most effective, and to monitor the evolution thereof. The public health department also ensures expertise in preventive health and health promotion by advising the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal on prevention services conducive to improving the health and well-being of the population.

To track, prevent, promote and protect the health of the population: These are the public health department's four main actions in Montréal.