Basic Income Consultations: What We Heard (2017)
Every day, individuals and families receive income supports through Ontario Works, the Ontario Disability Support Program, the Ontario Child Benefit, [...]
Every day, individuals and families receive income supports through Ontario Works, the Ontario Disability Support Program, the Ontario Child Benefit, [...]
This report highlights the City of Welland's 2016 accomplishments and projects, and offers a financial snapshot of property tax dollars [...]
There’s a quiet business revolution taking shape in Niagara. New and experienced entrepreneurs, with business ideas ranging from food services [...]
This infographic provides Canada-level stats from 10 provinces about how Canadians spent their money in 2015. Published By: Stats Canada Publication [...]
An aging population has become of great policy concern as more people leave the workforce due to retirement than those [...]
This report explores the implications of new technologies on Canada’s economy and labour market and the adequacy of current social [...]
2017 marks 12 years since the Niagara-wide community began building Niagara Connects. We are a network of people focused on: [...]
Food insecurity – the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints – is a serious public health [...]
The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) has produced detailed reports of community wellbeing for five regions, based on boundaries used by Ontario ministries. This [...]
For more than 10 years, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), based at the University of Waterloo, has provided comprehensive [...]
"A Profile of Wellbeing" notes that living standards, economic, food and housing insecurity and precarity of work are major issues [...]
This economic snapshot enables a view of the community through differing lenses to determine needs based upon community feedback. It identifies: [...]
First Book Canada provides access to new books for low income children and families. To date, First Book Canada has [...]
This is an event recording of the November 2, 2016 webinar with presenters Paul Connor and Connie McCutcheon. 23 participants joined [...]
The monthly labour market observer presents local, provincial, and national labour market data from the previous calendar month. Raw data [...]
Canadian cities and towns are either adopting (or are in need of adopting) a new economic development canvas. Some municipalities [...]
A considerable momentum has developed around the perceived need for a national affordable housing strategy. The design of any such [...]
In Niagara we enjoy an abundant quality of life. In recent years our local economy has seen some major transformation. [...]
Since the creation of the Greater Niagara Circle Route and the development of Niagara Region’s Transportation Strategy in 2002, cycling [...]
This backgrounder is based on a scan of Complete Street best practices in rural Canadian municipalities. The objective was to look [...]