Inventory

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Introduction
Definitions
Criteria for Inclusion

Primary Canadian Data Sources
Indicators & Community Profiles
Community Data Models in Other Countries
Select International Social Statistics

Websites
Summary & Next Steps

Appendices

 

 

 


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FCM's Quality of Life Indicators

   

Inventory of Community Data Sources

Appendix D.      FCM’s Quality of Life Indicators

DEMOGRAPHIC & BACKGROUND INFORMATION - (DBI)

:: DBI1Population Growth

:: DBI2 Household & Family Composition

:: DBI3 Average Income

:: DBI4 Renters & Owners

:: DBI5 Population Mobility

:: DBI6 Foreign Born

:: DBI7 New Immigrant Groups

:: DBI8 Language Spoken at Home

:: DBI9 Visible Minorities

:: DBI10 Aboriginal Population

AFFORDABLE, APPROPRIATE HOUSING (AAH)

:: AAH1 30%+ Income on Shelter

:: AAH2 50%+ Income on Shelter

:: AAH3 Core Housing Need

:: AAH4 Substandard Units

:: AAH5 Changing Face of Homelessness

:: AAH6 Vacancy Rates

:: AAH7 Rental Housing Starts

:: AAH8 Monthly Rent CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (CE)

:: CE1 Voter Turnout

:: CE2 Women in Municipal Government

:: CE3 Newspaper Circulation

:: CE4 Volunteering

:: CE5 Charitable Donations

COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CSI)

:: CSI1 Social Housing Waiting Lists

:: CSI2 Rent-Geared-to-Income Housing

:: CSI3 Social Assistance Allowances

:: CSI4 Subsidized Child Care Spaces

:: CSI5 Public Transit Costs

:: CSI6 Social Service Professionals

:: CSI7 Private Health Care Expenditures

EDUCATION (ED)

:: ED1 Education Levels

:: ED2 Literacy Levels

:: ED3 Adult Learning

:: ED4 Education Expenditures

:: ED5 Classroom Size

:: ED6 Student/Teacher Ratio

:: ED7 Post-Secondary Tuition

:: ED8 Spending on Private Education EMPLOYMENT (EM)

:: EM1 Unemployment/Employment Rates

:: EM2 Quality of Employment

:: EM3 Long Term Unemployment

:: EM4 Labour Force Replacement

LOCAL ECONOMY (LE)

:: LE1 Business Bankruptcies

:: LE2 Consumer Bankruptcies

:: LE3 Hourly Wages

:: LE4 Change in Family Income

:: LE5 Building Permits

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (NE)

:: NE1 Air Quality

:: NE2 Urban Transportation

:: NE3 Population Density

:: NE4 Water Consumption

:: NE5 Wastewater Treatment

:: NE6 Solid Waste

:: NE7 Ecological Footprint

:: NE8 Recreational Water Quality

PERSONAL & COMMUNITY HEALTH (PCH)

:: PCH1 Low Birth Weight Babies

:: PCH2 Teen Births

:: PCH3 Premature Mortality

:: PCH4 Work Hours Lost

:: PCH5 Suicides

:: PCH6 Infant Mortality

PERSONAL FINANCIAL SECURITY (PFS)

:: PFS1 Community Affordability

:: PFS2 Families Receiving EI/Social Assistance

:: PFS3 Economic Dependency Ratio

:: PFS4 Lone Parent Families

:: PFS5 Incidence of Low Income Families

:: PSF6 Children Living in Poverty

:: PFS7 Income Gap

PERSONAL SAFETY (PS)

:: PS1 Young Offenders

:: PS2 Violent Crimes

:: PS3 Property Crimes

:: PS4 Injuries and Poisonings

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