Table 1
Quality of Life Indicator Alignment
| Domain | Quality of Life Indicator | Definition | CIF Alignment | FSDS Alignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIF: Canadian Indicator Framework
FSDS: Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Source: Statistics Canada. |
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| Central indicators | Life satisfaction | Proportion of the population by level of satisfaction with their life as a whole at the time of the survey. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Central indicators | Sense of meaning and purpose | Proportion of the population by level of feeling that the things they do in life are worthwhile. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Central indicators | Future outlook | Proportion of the population by frequency of having a hopeful view of the future. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Household income (1) | Median after-tax income among economic families and persons not in an economic family, unadjusted. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Household income (2) | Median after-tax income among economic families and persons not in an economic family, adjusted for family size. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (1) | Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (2) | Real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Productivity | Business sector labour productivity as measured by real gross domestic product (GDP) per hour worked. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Access to high-speed internet | Proportion of households that have access to high-speed Internet services (broadband). | Yes | Yes |
| Prosperity | Household wealth | Net worth of economic families and persons not in economic families. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Investment in in-house research and development | Investment in in-house research and development (R&D) as a percentage of gross domestic product. | Yes | No |
| Prosperity | General government net financial liabilities-to-gross domestic product (GDP) (1) | General government net financial liabilities as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | General government net financial liabilities-to-gross domestic product (GDP) (2) | Federal government net financial liabilities as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | General government net financial liabilities-to-gross domestic product (GDP) (3) | Other levels of government net financial liabilities as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Firm dynamism | Proportion of growth in business openings (entry rates) compared to business closures (exit rates). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Employment (1) | Employment rate: percentage of the population who are employed. | Yes | No |
| Prosperity | Employment (2) | Unemployment rate: percentage of the labour force who are unemployed. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Employment (3) | Participation rate: percentage of the population who are in the labour force. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Labour underutilization | Unemployed, discouraged searchers and underemployed (short-term and involuntary part-time) as a percentage of the potential labour force. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Wages | Hourly wage rate. | No | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Job security and gig work | Proportion of the employed population whose main job consists of short-term tasks, projects, or jobs, with no assurance of steady employment. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Job satisfaction | Proportion of the employed population by level of job satisfaction. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) | Proportion of the youth population who are not in employment, education or training. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Early learning and childcare | Proportion of children aged 0 to 5 years who use/participate in regulated or unregulated early learning and child care (ELCC) services. | Partial | No |
| Prosperity | Child skills (1) | Time spent reading or looking at books for enjoyment among children aged 1 to 5. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Child skills (2) | School absenteeism among students aged 6 to 11. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Adolescent skills (1) | Proportion of 15 year olds by level of mathematic proficiency. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Adolescent skills (2) | Proportion of 15 year olds by level of reading proficiency. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Adolescent skills (3) | Proportion of 15 year olds by level of science proficiency. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Adult skills (1) | Proportion of 16 to 65 year olds by level of proficiency in numeracy. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Adult skills (2) | Proportion of 16 to 65 year olds by level of proficiency in literacy. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Adult skills (3) | Proportion of 16 to 65 year olds by level of proficiency of adaptive problem solving. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Post-secondary attainment | Proportion of the population who have attained a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree. | Yes | Partial |
| Prosperity | Acceptable housing | Proportion of the population living in acceptable housing. |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Core housing need | Proportion of the population in core housing need. | Partial | Partial |
| Prosperity | Poverty | Poverty rate according to the Market Basket Measure. | Yes | Yes |
| Prosperity | Protection from income shocks | Proportion of individuals living in households who have enough savings to maintain well-being for three months (asset resilience). | Partial | Yes |
| Prosperity | Making ends meet | Proportion of the population that reports having the ability to meet its financial needs in terms of transportation, housing, food, clothing, and other necessary expenses. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Homelessness (1) | Number of emergency shelter users in a year experiencing chronic homelessness. | Yes | Yes |
| Prosperity | Homelessness (2) | Number of people per 10,000 population on a given night in unsheltered locations, emergency shelters, and transitional housing. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Homelessness (3) | Number of people in private dwellings who experienced hidden homelessness on Census Day. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Homelessness (4) | Number of people who accessed an emergency shelter at some point over the past 12 months. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Homelessness (5) | Number of people in private dwellings who experienced unsheltered or emergency sheltered homelessness at some point over the past 12 months. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Homelessness (6) | Number of people in private dwellings who experienced hidden homelessness at some point over the past 12 months. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Prosperity | Food insecurity | Proportion of individuals by household food security status. | Partial | Yes |
| Health | Health-adjusted life expectancy | Number of years in good health an individual is expected to live given current morbidity and mortality conditions. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Perceived mental health | Proportion of the population by perceived mental health. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Health | Perceived health | Proportion of the population by perceived health. | Partial | Partial |
| Health | Physical activity | Proportion of the population meeting the physical activity recommendations within the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Health | Functional health status | Proportion of the population by overall functional health, based on 8 dimensions of functioning (vision, hearing, speech, mobility, dexterity, feelings, cognition and pain). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Children vulnerable in early development (1) | Proportion of children aged 2 to 3 with socio-emotional difficulties. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Children vulnerable in early development (2) | Proportion of children aged 4 to 5 by frequency of attentional, emotional or behavioural difficulties. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Fruit and vegetable consumption | Proportion of the population reporting consumption of fruit and vegetables in a specified time period. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Health | Healthy eating environments | Average percent of a reference family’s after-tax income required for food according to the National Nutritious Food Basket (NNFB). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Timely access to primary care provider (1) | Wait time (in days or months) between requesting care for a non-urgent need and speaking with a primary health care provider. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Timely access to primary care provider (2) | Satisfaction with wait time between requesting care for a non-urgent need and speaking with a primary health care provider. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Unmet needs for health care | Proportion of population reporting unmet healthcare needs. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Health | Unmet needs for mental health care | Proportion of the population reporting unmet mental health care needs. | Not applicable | Partial |
| Health | Access to long-term care | Long term care beds per 1,000 population aged 75 and older. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Access to supplementary health insurance | Proportion of the population with supplemental health insurance for selected coverage. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Unmet needs for home care | Proportion of households where home care services were perceived as needed but not received in the past 12 months. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Health | Cost-related non-adherence to prescription medication | Proportion of the population who delayed or did not fill a prescription, or reduced or skipped doses of medication because of the cost, in the past year. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Sense of pride in Canada (1) | Proportion of the Canadian citizen population by level of pride in being Canadian. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Sense of pride in Canada (2) | Proportion of the immigrant population by level of pride in living in Canada. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Sense of belonging to Canada | Proportion of the population by strength of sense of belonging to Canada. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Shared values | Proportion of the population by level of agreement with: (a) Human rights; (b) Respect for the law; (c) Gender equality; (d) Ethnic and cultural diversity; (e) Respect for Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) culture; (f) English and French as Canada's official languages. |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Indigenous languages | Number of people who report the ability to speak an Indigenous language well enough to conduct a conversation, by specific Indigenous languages. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Knowledge of official languages | Proportion of the population able to conduct a conversation in: (a) English only; (b) French only; (c) Both official languages; (d) Neither official language. |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Participation in cultural or religious practices, recreation or sport | Proportion of the population reporting membership or participation in selected types of groups, organizations and associations in the past 12 months. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Sense of belonging to local community | Proportion of the population by strength of sense of belonging to their local community. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Society | Someone to count on | Proportion of the population by frequency with which they have people they can depend on to help them when they really need it. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Trust in others | Proportion of the population by trust in others. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Volunteering (1) | Proportion of the population reporting volunteering (either formally or informally). |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Volunteering (2) | Average volunteer hours in the past 12 months (overall, formal and informal). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Satisfaction with personal relationships | Proportion of the population by level of satisfaction with their personal relationships (e.g., with family members and friends). | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Loneliness | Proportion of the population by frequency of feeling lonely. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Accessible environments | Proportion of the population reporting having experienced barriers that limited access to different areas and activities in daily life in the past 12 months due to a long-term physical or mental health condition. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Society | Time use | Distribution of the hours in a person's day spent doing various activities. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Society | Satisfaction with time use | Proportion of the population by level of satisfaction with how they use their time. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Victimization | Proportion of the population who reported being victimized in the 12 months preceding the survey. | Partial | Partial |
| Good Governance | Crime Severity Index | The Crime Severity Index tracks changes in the severity of police-reported crime by accounting for both the amount of crime reported by police in a given jurisdiction and the relative seriousness of the crimes. | No | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Perceptions of neighbourhood safety after dark | Proportion of the population by degree to which they feel safe from crime when walking alone in their area after dark. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Childhood maltreatment | Proportion of the population who self-reported childhood maltreatment before age 15. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Household emergency preparedness | Proportion of households that have taken specific steps to prepare for a natural disaster. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Confidence in institutions | Proportion of the population by level of confidence in selected institutions. | Partial | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Voter turnout | Proportion of the population voting in the most recent election at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Representation in senior leadership positions | Proportion of specified populations occupying leadership roles, including elected officers, ministers, administrators of the justice system, and senior management and senior leadership positions held in federal, provincial, Indigenous and municipal governments and in the private sector (e.g., CEOs, board chairs). | Partial | Partial |
| Good Governance | Canada's place in the world | Canada’s global contributions and impacts, as well as its international influence and reputation. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Peace and security | Extent to which Canada is protected from internal and external threats to its people, institutions and sovereignty, including risks related to conflict, terrorism and cyber threats. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Misinformation (1) | Proportion of the population who have seen information or content on the Internet they considered to be untrue or doubtful. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Misinformation (2) | Proportion of the population who have taken steps to check the truthfulness of the information or content found on the Internet. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Trust in media | Proportion of the population by level of trust in the information they receive from selected media environments. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Indigenous self-determination | Definition in development. | To be determined | To be determined |
| Good Governance | Discrimination and unfair treatment | Proportion of the population who self-reported discrimination or unfair treatment based on various selected characteristics, as experienced in selected settings. | Partial | Partial |
| Good Governance | Cyberbullying | Proportion of the population who reported being cyberbullied in the past 12 months. | No | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (civil) | Proportion of the population by level of confidence that the civil justice systems are fair and accessible to all people. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal) | Proportion of the population by level of confidence that the criminal justice systems are fair and accessible to all people. | Not applicable | Partial |
| Good Governance | Resolution of serious legal problems | Proportion of the population who experienced a serious legal problem and who reported the problem as resolved. | No | Not applicable |
| Good Governance | Incarceration rate | Incarceration rate per 100,000 adults and per 10,000 youth. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Environment | Air quality | Percentage of the Canadian population living in areas where outdoor concentrations of air pollutants are less than or equal to the 2020 Canadian Air Ambient Quality Standards (CAAQS). | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Drinking water (1) | Number of long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves. |
Yes | No |
| Environment | Drinking water (2) | Drinking water advisories in Canada. | Not applicable | Yes |
| Environment | Drinking water (3) | Percentage of municipalities across Canada with sustained drinking water advisories per year. | Yes | Not applicable |
| Environment | Drinking water (4) | Percentage of households reporting a boil water advisory in their area in the past 12 months. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Drinking water (5) | Water use by households and industry. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Climate change adaptation | Proportion of core public infrastructure owners who factored climate change adaptation into decision-making processes. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Natural disasters and emergencies | Proportion of households that report having been affected by a natural disaster in the last 12 months. Frequency of Canadian disasters and emergencies caused by natural hazards. |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Satisfaction with local environment | Proportion of the population by level of satisfaction with the quality of their local environment. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Active living environments (1) | Proportion of the population who report having places to buy household essentials (e.g. shops, markets) and having several free or low cost recreation facilities (e.g. parks, walking trails, bike paths, recreation centres, playgrounds, public swimming pools) within easy walking distance of home. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Active living environments (2) | Proportion of the population who live within walking distance to employment, grocery stores, pharmacies, health care, child care, primary education, secondary education, public transit, neighbourhood parks, arts and cultural sites, or libraries. | Not applicable | No |
| Environment | Access to public transit (1) | Proportion of the population living within 500m of a public transit stop. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Access to public transit (2) | Proportion of the population who can access potential employment within a specified period of time using public transit. | Not applicable | No |
| Environment | Access to public transit (3) | Proportion of the population that can access amenities (e.g. grocery stores, pharmacies, health care, child care, primary education, secondary education, neighborhood parks, arts and cultural sites, and/or libraries) within a specified period of time using public transit. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Greenhouse gas emissions | Historical greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq) by region, by sector. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Conserved areas | Amount and proportion of Canada's terrestrial (land and freshwater) and marine area that is recognized as conserved. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Canadian species index | The average percent change in the sizes of Canadian vertebrate species' populations since 1970. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Water quality in Canadian rivers | Measure of the physical, chemical and biological conditions of river water and its ability to support aquatic life as well as its suitability to support human use. Water quality is considered excellent when it almost always meets the established water quality criteria. | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Natural capital | Amount (physical and monetary) of Canada’s natural capital assets. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Waste management | The total quantity and the quantity per person of non-hazardous solid waste diverted and disposed by municipalities and businesses in the waste management industry as well as the waste diversion rate by source (residential and non-residential). | Yes | Yes |
| Environment | Marine and coastal ecosystems (1) | Compiled information on the distribution of eelgrass sites in Canada, including historical observations. | Not applicable | Yes |
| Environment | Marine and coastal ecosystems (2) | The proportion of Northern Fulmars with 0.1 grams or more of plastic in their stomachs. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Environment | Marine and coastal ecosystems (3) | The proportion of shellfish harvest areas classified as approved or conditionally approved for harvest for human consumption. | Not applicable | Yes |
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