Resources

Canadian Index of Wellbeing Report
Is our overall quality of life getting better or worse? Are we getting closer or moving farther away from realizing the kind of Canada we want to live in? The 2016 Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) national report compares trends in Canadian wellbeing, showing that the gap between economic growth and wellbeing is widening.

Engage Nova Scotia’s Quality of Life Index and Survey
In phase one, Engage Nova Scotia will release the first Nova Scotia Quality of Life Index. It will describe how Nova Scotia has performed as a province compared to Canada over the past 20 years. In phase two, they will conduct Canada’s first province-wide Quality of Life Survey. More than 6000 Nova Scotians will share how they feel they are doing across eight key domains.

Provincial Report on Ontario Wellbeing
In keeping with the CIW’s mission, the Ontario Wellbeing report focuses on three principal objectives. First, based on rigorous research, it describes how the quality of life for Ontarians has shifted from 1994 to 2010, and how those shifts compare to all Canadians. Second, it encourages policy makers and government leaders to make decisions based on solid and compelling evidence. Third, it empowers Ontarians to advocate for change that responds to their needs and values.

Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being
UNICEF Canada is developing a Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being and other tools to provide powerful and unique insights about how Canada’s children and young people are doing. They are looking at children's values, experiences and dreams to better understand the progress and challenges, and to help drive more child-friendly policies and investments.

In My Cat Makes Me Happy, UNICEF Canada outlines the findings of workshops held across Canada to learn directly from youth what well-being means to them, and to gain a better sense about what it’s like to grow up in Canada.

Vital Signs
Vital Signs is a national program led by community foundations and coordinated by Community Foundations of Canada that leverages local knowledge to measure the vitality of our communities and support action towards improving our collective quality of life.

Statistics Canada 2016 Census
The 2016 Census of Population Program offers a wide range of analysis, data, reference and geographical information according to topics that paint a portrait of Canada and its population.

UN Sustainable Development Goals
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental. The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next fifteen years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet.