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  • 11. Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2021001
    Description:

    Currently, Statistics Canada does not provide a geographic unit representative of downtown neighbourhoods within its standard geographic classification. The objective of this article is to identify areas which accurately represent the downtowns located in the census metropolitan areas (CMA) of Canada, using Censuses of Population and local knowledge. These boundaries will allow a more effective dissemination of essential statistics by Statistics Canada, especially in the context of future census data releases.

    Release date: 2021-05-11
  • 12. COVID-19 mortality rates in Canada’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100079
    Description:

    This article examines the differences in COVID-19 related mortality rates across different ethno-cultural neighbourhoods in Canada. The differences in age-standardized mortality rates by proportion of population groups designated as visible minorities are compared for Canada and selected provinces and census metropolitan areas to understand whether or not communities with higher proportion of population designated as visible minorities are reporting higher COVID-19 related mortality rates.

    Release date: 2020-10-28
  • 13. Analysis 101, part 4: Case study Archived
    Stats in brief: 89-20-00062020012
    Description:

    In this video, we will review the steps of the analytical process and you will obtain a better understanding of how analysts apply each step of the analytical process by walking through an example. The example that we will discuss is a project that examined the relationship between walkability in neighbourhoods, meaning how well they support physical activity, and actual physical activity for Canadians.

    Release date: 2020-09-23
  • 14. Neighbourhood, Dwelling and Apartment Building Income Mixing: Measures and Experimental Estimates Across Census Metropolitan Areas
    Articles and reports: 11-633-X2020001
    Description:

    This paper reviews alternative measures of income mixing within geographic units and applies them using geographically detailed income data derived from tax records. It highlights the characteristics of these measures, particularly their ease of interpretation and their suitability to decomposition across different levels of analysis, from neighbourhoods to individual apartment buildings. The discussion focuses on three measures: the dissimilarity index, the information theory index and the divergence index (D-index). Particular emphasis is placed on the D-index because it most effectively describes how income distributions at the sub-metropolitan level (e.g., neighbourhoods) differ from distributions at the metropolitan level (i.e., how much income sorting occurs across neighbourhoods). Furthermore, the D-index can consistently measure the contributions of income sorting within neighbourhoods (e.g., across individual apartment buildings) to the degree of income mixing at the neighbourhood and metropolitan scales.

    Release date: 2020-01-21
  • 15. Satisfaction of Canadian households with their neighbourhood: Highlights from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2019012
    Description:

    This article examines neighbourhood satisfaction of Canadian households based on the results of the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey (CHS). The neighbourhood satisfaction level of the principal decision maker (the 'household reference person') is examined alongside satisfaction with selected neighbourhood items-such as neighbourhood disorder, safety and services-and socio-demographic and household characteristics.

    Release date: 2019-11-22
  • 16. The association between walkable neighbourhoods and physical activity across the lifespan Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201900900001
    Description:

    The purpose of this study is to examine how the association between walkability or an "activity friendly environment" and physical activity varies across the lifespan and by the various domains of physical activity in Canadians by combining the newly-developed Canadian Active Living Environments Database (Can-ALE) with two nationally-representative health surveys. Data are from the 2016 Can-ALE database, the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2009-2015), and the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015-2016).

    Release date: 2019-09-18
  • 17. An examination of the associations between walkable neighbourhoods and obesity and self-rated health in Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201900900002
    Description:

    The purpose of this study is to examine the association between walkability and obesity and self-rated general and mental health in a nationally-representative sample of Canadians in children and adults. A secondary purpose is to examine and describe the mediating effect of physical activity in the association between walkability and obesity. Data are from the 2016 Canadian Active Living Environments database and the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2009-2015).

    Release date: 2019-09-18
  • 18. Settlement patterns and social integration of the population with an immigrant background in the Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver metropolitan areas Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2016002
    Geography: Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This study examines the settlement patterns of the immigrant population as well as certain social integration components. It starts by outlining recent trends in the settlement patterns of the immigrant population in Canadian census metropolitan areas, namely Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver. Based on data from the 2013 General Social Survey on Social Identity, it then looks at residence characteristics, such as type of municipality and concentration of immigrant population, according to four social integration components: personal network characteristics, relationships with neighbours, social participation and involvement in community activities, and sense of belonging.

    Release date: 2017-05-08
  • 19. Canadians’ perceptions of neighbourhood disorder, 2014 Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2016002
    Description:

    This report examines Canadians’ perceptions of neighbourhood disorder. Based on data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization, an overview of perceptions of neighbourhood disorder is presented by type of disorder, by province, and by census metropolitan area (CMA). Differences by demographic characteristics are also explored. In addition, this article examines selected neighbourhood-level characteristics at the national level and for Canada’s eight largest CMAs.

    Release date: 2016-03-02
  • 20. Walk Score® and the prevalence of utilitarian walking and obesity among Ontario adults: A cross-sectional study Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201500714204
    Description:

    The objective of this study was to determine if the prevalence of overweight and obesity is associated with neighbourhood walkability. The analysis tested whether a dose-response relationship between the Street Smart Walk Score® and various measures of physical activity, overweight, and obesity existed in a large, population-based sample of adults in urban and suburban Ontario.

    Release date: 2015-07-15
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  • 1. Canadian Housing Survey: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 46-25-0001
    Description:

    The Public-Use Microdata File (PUMF) for the Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) provides information on core housing need, dwelling characteristics and housing tenure, perceptions on economic hardship from housing costs, dwelling and neighbourhood satisfaction, housing moves and intentions to move, community engagement, life and community satisfaction and socio-demographic characteristics.

    The production of this file includes many safeguards to prevent the identification of any one person or household.

    Release date: 2023-01-31
  • 2. General Social Survey Cycle 13. Overview: Personal Safety and Perceptions of Policing Archived
    Table: 85-554-X
    Geography: Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This report presents a brief overview of the information collected in Cycle 13 of the General Social Survey (GSS). Cycle 13 is the third cycle (following cycles 3 and 8) that collected information in 1999 on the nature and extent of criminal victimisation in Canada. Focus content for cycle 13 addressed two areas of emerging interest: public perception toward alternatives to imprisonment; and spousal violence and senior abuse. Other subjects common to all three cycles include perceptions of crime, police and courts; crime prevention precautions; accident and crime screening sections; and accident and crime incident reports. The target population of the GSS is all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces

    Release date: 2001-08-08
Analysis (70)

Analysis (70) (0 to 10 of 70 results)

  • 1. Homeowner-renter dwelling, neighbourhood and life satisfaction gaps
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400600004
    Description: On average, individuals who own their dwelling report higher satisfaction with their dwelling, neighbourhood and life than renters. These differences may reflect a positive causal impact of ownership on satisfaction. However, these differences could also reflect compositional effects, such as differences in household, dwelling and neighbourhood characteristics. Using the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey, this study provides a comparison of renters’ and owners’ reported dwelling, neighbourhood and life satisfaction accounting for compositional effects.
    Release date: 2024-06-26
  • 2. The Neighbourhood Ties of Long-term Residents in Lower-income Neighbourhoods
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2023004
    Description: This paper examines the social ties that Canadians have in their neighbourhoods, identified in terms of their social contact with neighbours, trust in people in their neighbourhood, and sense of inclusion and belonging. Long-term residents in lower-income neighbourhoods are of particular interest. Supports and resources derived from local ties may be particularly important for this group, given generally modest economic resources and sociodemographic characteristics such as health, household composition and age.
    Release date: 2023-06-07
  • 3. Trust in neighbours
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023022
    Description: Trust in others is an indicator in the Quality of Life Framework for Canada. The data presented in this infographic were collected during wave 5 of the Canadian Social Survey, which was conducted from April to June 2022. This infographic focuses specifically on trust in neighbours, based on responses to the question “How many people do you trust in your neighbourhood?”, where the response categories included “Most of the people,” “Many of the people,” “A few of the people” and “Nobody.” Results are presented according to selected demographic characteristics, including gender and age group. This infographic also shows how Canadians’ life satisfaction and sense of belonging to their local community vary in relation to how many neighbours they trust.
    Release date: 2023-04-19
  • 4. The role of neighbourhood environments in hospitalization risk for diabetes and related conditions: A population-based cohort analysis by remoteness and deprivation indices
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202201200001
    Description:

    The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in adults is increasing in Canada and worldwide, due to population aging as well as various social, environmental, and genetic factors. The objective of this study was to examine different individual and neighbourhood characteristics and their independent associations with risk of hospitalization for diabetes (type 1 or type 2) and selected commonly comorbid conditions among the high-risk Canadian adult population.

    Release date: 2022-12-21
  • 5. Inequalities in COVID-19 mortality rates by neighbourhood types in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202200100006
    Description:

    This article explores inequalities in age-standardized COVID-19 mortality rates by six neighbourhood types in Canada. A new geographic classification tool called the Canadian Social Environment Typology (CanSET) is used to understand variations in age-standardized COVID-19 mortality rates by socioeconomic, demographic and ethnocultural characteristics of neighbourhoods in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-05-09
  • 6. Neighbourhood characteristics of lower-income families in census metropolitan areas
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200400002
    Description:

    Statistics Canada continues develop and refine neighbourhood-level information to answer questions about where Canadians live and how this affects their lives. Based on a sample of almost 50,000 survey respondents, residing in 6,481 neighbourhoods, across 29 CMAs in Canada, this article compares the neighbourhood characteristics of individuals in the bottom 20% of the family income distribution with those in the other 80% of the income distribution. This focus is taken given the primary role that family income plays in shaping housing options and decisions, and the prospects that those in the bottom 20% are most constrained in this respect.

    Release date: 2022-04-28
  • 7. Neighbourhood Characteristics of Selected Population Groups of Interest
    Articles and reports: 11-633-X2022004
    Description:

    This paper examines whether individuals in population groups of interest—specifically individuals in low-income families, those in single-parent families, those with mood or anxiety disorders, those in designated visible minorities categories and immigrants—tend to reside in neighbourhoods with different characteristics. It does so by using a new, integrated dataset that incorporates neighbourhood measures from multiple sources with the Canadian Community Health Survey.

    Release date: 2022-04-01
  • 8. Measuring Social Capital at the Neighbourhood Level: Experimental Estimates of Sense of Belonging to the Local Community Measured at the Census Tract Level
    Articles and reports: 11-633-X2021007
    Description:

    Statistics Canada continues to use a variety of data sources to provide neighbourhood-level variables across an expanding set of domains, such as sociodemographic characteristics, income, services and amenities, crime, and the environment. Yet, despite these advances, information on the social aspects of neighbourhoods is still unavailable. In this paper, answers to the Canadian Community Health Survey on respondents’ sense of belonging to their local community were pooled over the four survey years from 2016 to 2019. Individual responses were aggregated up to the census tract (CT) level.

    Release date: 2021-11-16
  • 9. Neighbourhood characteristics and life satisfaction of individuals in lower-, middle-, and higher-income families in Canadian metropolitan areas
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100500006
    Description:

    While there are many studies that examine the relationships between neighbourhood characteristics and health outcomes, and between neighbourhood characteristics and neighbourhood satisfaction, the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics and subjective well-being, particularly life satisfaction, has received much less attention. The objective of this study is to fill this gap in order to help inform neighbourhood-based policy aimed at increasing well-being that is receiving increased attention.

    Release date: 2021-05-26
  • 10. Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries
    Articles and reports: 91F0015M2021001
    Description:

    Currently, Statistics Canada does not provide a geographic unit representative of downtown neighbourhoods within its standard geographic classification. The objective of this article is to identify areas which accurately represent the downtowns located in the census metropolitan areas (CMA) of Canada, using Censuses of Population and local knowledge. These boundaries will allow a more effective dissemination of essential statistics by Statistics Canada, especially in the context of future census data releases.

    Release date: 2021-05-11
Reference (2)

Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. Neighbourhood Insights - Your Guide to the Statistical Information Packages Available From Small Area and Administrative Data Division, Statistics Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 17-507-X
    Description:

    "Neighbourhood insights" is your guide to the statistical information packages available from the Small Area and Administrative Data Division. The guide provides descriptions of the various databanks, the geographic availability and the pricing structure. The guide also contains sample statistical tables showing data for Canada.

    Release date: 2006-05-04
  • 2. National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth - Microdata User's Guide Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89M0015G
    Description:

    The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term research program (started in 1994) that will track a large sample of children over many years, enabling researchers to monitor children's well-being and development.

    Not all the information collected for the first cycle of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth are included in this first microdata file. The second release will be in 1997.

    Release date: 1996-12-18
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