It is an exciting time to live here. Together, we can make Niagara even better!
Niagara Connects is a Niagara-wide network of people working together to plan, learn, innovate and lead community action toward a stronger future for Niagara. Niagara Connects engages diverse players to collaboratively build evidence-informed action plans for transformative socio-economic change.
Purpose of the Living in Niagara Report
This report maps indicators of the vitality of the community of Niagara. It identifies significant trends providing insights into issues that make a difference in the lives of Niagara residents. It can be used as:
- an effective tool to encourage discussion about key areas of importance to quality of life in Niagara;
- a catalyst for community action; and
- a basis for evidence-informed planning and decision-making that will strengthen our region.
Applied research will guide solution generation, innovation and community action.
Strategic Focus Areas:
- Build community capacity to use Niagara-focused evidence (data, information, knowledge) to inform planning and decision-making
- Facilitate coordinated community action to create the conditions for a more vibrant Niagara
- Strengthen Niagara Connects as a value-add and sustainable enterprise in the Niagara-wide community
Browse Living In Niagara 2017:
Land
Agriculture Approximately 64% of the land in the Niagara peninsula is agricultural, and about 21% is rural wooded or natural. [...]
Health and Wellness – Introduction
Our health is determined by the conditions in which we are born, grow, learn, live, work and age. Strong cross-Sectoral [...]
People Getting Started – Introduction
Very young children and their families, youth and new graduates, and newcomers to Canada require community support and resources to [...]
Chronic Disease and Injury
In 2016, Niagara Region Public Health created “Niagara’s Village of 100”, an infographic visual representation to better understand the health [...]
Student Mental Wellness
The work of over 74 organizations concerned with mental wellness in Niagara, to implement the Niagara Mental Health and Addictions [...]
Economic Prosperity – Introduction
Building an accurate description of prosperity for Niagara requires looking both through traditional economic growth lenses; and looking at data in [...]
Water
Quality The Niagara Peninsula Source Protection Committee provides the following information in their 2017 Annual Progress Report: There are six [...]
Economic Development in Niagara
Economic Performance and Growth In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada released its final report “…as part [...]
Housing and Shelter – Introduction
The availability of affordable, safe and reliable housing and shelter in a community supports the health and well-being of its [...]
Community Belonging – Introduction
A sense of community belonging is vital to the health, wellbeing and prosperity of individuals, families, neighbourhoods and our region [...]
Health Services in Niagara
Number of Specific Health Facilities in Niagara The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) mandate to transform and [...]
Starting Out as a Youth or New Graduate in Niagara
Focus on Youth Retention U35 (Under 35) is a community partnership focused on developing a strategy to attract and retain [...]