Data Sources to Support Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Planning

Municipal Affairs and Housing

• Financial Information Return outlines municipal financial data, including expenses, revenues and debt per municipality: efis.fma.csc.gov.on.ca/fir/Welcome.htm

• Homeless Enumeration outlines data on the number of people experiencing homelessness over a specific time period available at the Service Manager level. Contact your local Service Managers to obtain local data. To determine the appropriate Service Manager, please visit: mah.gov.on.ca/page1202.aspx

• Affordable House Price and Rent Tables highlight data on house/rent affordability for different household incomes available at the Service Manager and provincial levels. For data, please email Housing.Research@ontario.ca

Additional Data Sources

Statistics Canada and Other National Sources

• Visualization tools such as the Census Program Data Viewer which allows for the visualization of data by provinces/territories, and census metropolitan areas/subdivision: statcan.gc.ca/eng/interact/datavis

• Government of Canada - Open Government's Portal: open.canada.ca/en/open-data

• Canadian Institute for Health Information, including Ontario Mental Health Reporting System, Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, etc.: cihi.ca/en/access-data-and-reports

• First Nations Information Governance Centre, including the First Nations Regional Health Survey and First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: fnigc.ca/dataonline

• First Nation Profiles (available through Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada): open.canada.ca/en/suggested-datasets/indigenous-and-northern-affairs-canada-first-nation-profiles

• Community Well-being Index (available through Indigenous Services Canada): open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/56578f58-a775-44ea-9cc5-9bf7c78410e6

Local Sector-Specific Data Sources

Note: This document includes examples of available data sources and does not represent an exhaustive list.

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