Hate crimes in Niagara
The number of hate crimes committed in an area affects the feelings of safety and security of residents and may [...]
Emergency management services in Niagara
Emergency Services Management in Niagara is attempting to plan, train and develop well-linked strategies with all partners to prevent emergencies, [...]
Fire services
The Province of Ontario’s Municipal Performance Measurement Program (MPMP) was the first mandatory performance measurement program in North America concerned [...]
Calls to police, ambulance and fire
This figure depicts the percentage of calls to police, ambulance, fire and other services through the 9-1-1 central line in [...]
Domestic violence in Niagara
In 2008, The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) formed a specialized Domestic Violence Unit. NRPS statistics indicate that the number [...]
Calls to police and domestic violence calls in Niagara
These have remained relatively stable since the year 2000 and are approximately 131,000 a year for 2007; 130,085 in 2008 [...]
Impaired driving in Niagara
Niagara has targeted drinking and driving with public education campaigns and the Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) initiatives since the [...]
Motor vehicle accidents and fatalities in Niagara
The number of motor vehicle accidents in a region is a measure of how safe or unsafe residents are on [...]
Youth crime in Niagara
The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) has school/police protocols with the District School Board of Niagara, the Niagara Catholic District [...]
Overall crime rates and violent crime rates in Niagara
Crime rates per 100, 000 population: This rate in Niagara went down from 2002 to 2007, went up in 2008 [...]
Police officers per 100,000 population in Niagara
The rate of police officers per 100,000 population is used as an indicator of the perceptions of safety in a [...]
Feeling safe and secure in Niagara
The General Social Survey (2004) asked those over 15 in Niagara about their feelings of safety staying home alone in [...]
Overview and Criminal Code violations and incidents in Niagara
The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) patrols 1,850.9 square kilometres (714.6 square miles) and 161 kilometres of shoreline and 1,500 [...]
How can individuals and groups get involved?
Use the information and indicators to stimulate discussion at work and in the community. Join with others in the region [...]
What are the next steps in the process?
Niagara Knowledge Exchange (NKE) Knowledge Brokers will link interested Niagara community members to work together on the following action steps: [...]
What have we accomplished so far?
We have described Living in Niagara in 2008 and 2011 in a sharable and actionable document. We have identified 12 [...]
The number of personal and business bankruptcies in Niagara
Bankruptcies in Niagara: The number of personal consumer and business bankruptcies in a region is a measure of whether individual [...]
Social assistance in Niagara
NOTE: The social safety net in Niagara is comprised of those core funding services providing income through Ontario Works (OW) [...]
Hunger Count Survey for Niagara
HungerCount 2010 information – Niagara Region: The annual HungerCount Survey provides national, provincial and regional-level snapshots of food bank use [...]
Food security, food bank use in Niagara
Food security: Citizens need to have secure access to food. Food bank use by separate individuals went up significantly in [...]
Market Basket Measure In Niagara
The Market Basket Measure (MBM): This measure includes the cost of food, shelter, clothing, transportation and other costs of living [...]
The gap between the rich and the poor and for different groups in Niagara
The gap between the rich and the poor: This gap is widening in Niagara, as in all parts of Canada. [...]
The Low Income Cut-Offs (LICO) poverty measure in Niagara
The Low Income Cut-Off (LICO): LICO is a measure based on total income, before or after tax. It is expressed [...]
Income and earnings in Niagara
The 2011 Census will update information on earnings for Niagara. In 2006, the average earnings for those with a university [...]
Overall economic development in Niagara
Overall economic activity: The CIBCWM Metropolitan Economic Activity Index (2007) is a measure designed to rank economic development in Canada’s [...]
Not for profit and unpaid work
Not-for-profit sector The not-for-profit sector is a significant employer in Ontario comprising 7.5% of Ontario’s workforce, with an estimated 597,000 [...]
Places where people do their work and commute to work
Commuting to work: Location of talented workers, in relation to available job opportunities, is an important factor in our region’s [...]
Workplace Injuries
Injuries in the workplace data for Niagara: Workplace injuries affect the employee and the employer in very significant ways with [...]
Employment sectors & revenue generated
Major employment sectors by revenue generated: Despite the large number of jobs lost in manufacturing, this sector still generated the [...]
Largest employers in the Niagara Region
Larger employers: Niagara’s larger employers are no longer predominantly in manufacturing, but in hotels and tourism, education, health and municipal [...]
Shifts in the main employment sectors in Niagara
Shifts in the main sectors of employment in Niagara as reported by numbers employed …. In Niagara, in 2010, the [...]
Employment for specific groups in Niagara
Employment for specific groups in Niagara: In Niagara, as in the rest of Canada, employment opportunities and earnings are different [...]
Unemployment rates in Niagara
The unemployment rate: Niagara’s unemployment rate in May of 2011 was 9.2%, higher than 8.3% for Ontario and 7.2% for [...]
Employment growth in Niagara
The St.Catharines – Niagara CMA was well below Ontario’s bigger growth performers by far; Kichener, Sudbury and Toronto were leaders. [...]
Employment rates in Niagara
Labour Force characteristics for St. Catharines – Niagara CMA, for population over 15 years of age (based on a monthly [...]
Regional coordinating and planning
Regional coordination and planning: The Niagara Workforce Planning Board (NWPB) is the regional collaborating organization that leads “in the creation [...]
Health planning in Niagara and measurement of key performance indicators
Health planning: In 2006, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care divided the province into 14 regions, more commonly known [...]
Adverse health events and death rates
Hospitalization for adverse health events … Niagara data indicates we are above Ontario and Canada in rates of hospitalization of [...]
Presence of hospitals and community health care facilities in Niagara
The Niagara Health System (NHS), Ontario’s largest multi-site hospital amalgamation is comprised of 7 sites and serves over 434,000 residents [...]
Health care providers in Niagara
Health care providers in Niagara: Physicians are one important professional group involved in primary health care. It is important to [...]
Wait times for diagnostic scans and cancer surgeries in Niagara
Wait times for surgeries and emergency rooms … Ontario’s Wait Time Strategy was developed to improve access to 5 key [...]
Emergency response times in Niagara
Emergency response times: The Niagara Emergency Medical System (EMS) dispatch center has seen an increase in the emergency call volume [...]
Cancer rates in Niagara
Cancer rates: Niagara Region Public Health compiled a report in August, 2011 entitled Niagara Cancer Statistics, 2000-2007 (Excerpt from PHSSC [...]
Low birth weight of babies in Niagara
Low birth weight rate: This refers to the percent of babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams. Low birth weight [...]
Mental health in Niagara
Mental health and mental illness: Mental illness hospitalization rates in Niagara are reported to be very high - at 616 [...]
Obesity rates in Niagara and adolescent cardiovascular risk factors in Niagara
Obesity rates: The Niagara region continues to fight rising obesity rates and the concerns that arise from increasing obesity rates [...]
Prevalence rates of chronic conditions in Niagara
Rates of chronic conditions in 2011: Rates are decreasing slightly in Niagara for arthritis (17.7% in 2009 compared to 22.2% [...]
Lifestyle indicators in Niagara
The lifestyle indicators for Niagara, 2009 are: Tobacco use 30.1% of Niagara adults over the age of 20 reported smoking [...]
Life expectancy in Niagara
Life expectancy: According to Statistics Canada Health Profile 2011, female life expectancy at birth is 80 years in Niagara and [...]
New housing initiatives
Six new projects: In November of 2010, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario announced $15 million to [...]
