Net migration for Niagara
Main countries and languages of immigrants coming at the Niagara point of entry: The largest number of immigrants coming into [...]
Composition of creative class of workers
Creative class of work: According to the Niagara Workforce Planning Board Report: Examining Niagara’s Labour force through the creative class [...]
Starting out as a refugee or immigrant in Niagara
Immigrants starting out in Niagara: Immigrants who enter Canada at the Fort Erie Peace Bridge point of entry, are there [...]
Starting out as a youth and graduate in Niagara
Keeping young people in Niagara: It is important that we both retain our young people and attract new young people [...]
Employment, earnings and working conditions of artists and cultural workers
Cultural workers and artists: Workers in this sector are referred to as cultural workers or artists The occupational category includes [...]
Starting out as a child in Niagara – early years and child care
The Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program: This provincial program is offered by the Niagara Regional Public Health Unit to help [...]
Spending and economics related to arts, culture and heritage in Niagara
Spending on arts and culture: Consumer spending on culture was 3 times larger than the $9.2 billion government spending on [...]
Cultural activities and groups in Niagara
[pull_quote align="right"]Many festivals such as: Peach festival, Friendship Festival, Grape and Wine, Folks Arts, Rose Parade, Canal Days and Marine [...]
Natural cultural sites in Niagara
Natural cultural assets: These are in abundance in the Niagara Region. The Niagara Escarpment was given the prestigious and notable [...]
Cultural heritage sites and designated areas in Niagara
Cultural heritage sites and designated areas in Niagara: 484 heritage cultural sites were recorded by the Regional Culture Committee in [...]
Mapping of cultural assets in Niagara
Mapping of Niagara’s cultural assets: The Niagara Culture Committee engaged in Cultural Asset Mapping beginning in 2007. Cultural assets were [...]
Library cardholders and use in Niagara
[pull_quote align="right"]Libraries are vital centers of community, learning, information, connection and knowledge exchange.[/pull_quote]Library use: Public Libraries have a visible physical [...]
Leadership Diversity in Niagara
A community thrives if there are opportunities for leadership at all levels and involving the rich diversity of individual voices, [...]
Having a religious affiliation in Niagara
Having a religious affiliation is believed to be of benefit to the individual, but also supports building social networks, civic [...]
Participation in social networks and social activities in Niagara
Participation: Being socially connected with families, friends and with community contacts through social institutions, clubs and organizations fosters social interaction, [...]
Trust in others in Niagara
It takes trust in one another to build a safe community where everyone feels comfortable to engage with others and [...]
Sense of community belonging in Niagara
In 2010, 70.6% of those over 12 years of age rated their sense of belonging to their local community as [...]
Voting in Niagara
Civic participation builds the capacity of a community and a nation through input into the decision-making process that shapes policies, [...]
Charitable giving in Niagara
[pull_quote align="right"]“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give”. Sir Winston Churchill[/pull_quote]In [...]
Volunteering in Niagara
[pull_quote align="right"]“Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer” Annual report 2010, Gillian’s Place.[/pull_quote]Volunteering: The act of volunteering [...]
The nature of crime and crime investigation is changing
The nature of crime and crime investigation is changing and becoming more complex: Although crime rates in Niagara have decreased, [...]
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 [...]