Canada's Vital Signs 2010
Each fall, Canadian community foundations from the Atlantic to the Pacific prepare local report cards for, and about, their communities. Like an annual check-up, each Vital Signs report looks at how one community is doing across many aspects of quality of life. What makes for 'good' quality of life varies from one community to another. Each Vital Signs report reflects this diversity, tracking the measures that are important to each community.
On October 5, 2010, Vital Signs reports were issued in 15 communities: Calgary, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Lunenburg County, Medicine Hat, Montreal, Ottawa, Red Deer, Saint John, Sudbury, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and Waterloo Region. For more detail, see our local reports.
Alongside diverse local priorities runs the thread of shared concerns - issues that are important to all Canadians. To capture these issues, Community Foundations of Canada produces Canada's Vital Signs, a web-based report focused on national issues. Within each Vital Signs issue area, an indicator is chosen to provide a snapshot of how our communities are doing across the country.
In this, the 4th edition of Canada's Vital Signs, we revisit many of the national indicators that were first reported on in 2007.
Each of this year's indicators is found below. To see the findings, please click on the indicator you'd like to explore. To read copy of all the Vital Signs Research Findings you can download our Research Findings PDF.
| Issue Area | 2010 Indicator |
|---|---|
| 1. Getting Started | Unemployment Rate of Immigrants |
| 2. Housing | Average Housing Prices as a Proportion of Median Income |
| 3. Environment | Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Private Vehicles |
| 4. Health | Physicians per Capita |
| 5. Gap between Rich and Poor | Overall Poverty Rate |
| 6. Work | Unemployment Rate |
| 7. Learning | Proportion of Population with Completed Post-Secondary Education |
| 8. Safety | Property Crime Rate |
| 9. Arts & Culture | Employment in Cultural Industries |
| 10. Belonging & Leadership | Sense of Community Belonging |
