Newcomer and Youth Community

Indicators Tool

Stephen Morris, Ec.D.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Regional Economic Development Branch

September 2014

Regional Economic Development Branch

Core Purpose:

• To develop and deliver leading edge economic

development resources that support a thriving

rural Ontario.

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Population change 2006 to 2011

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Newcomer and Youth Community

Indicators

Purpose:

• Enable communities of all sizes to assess

their attractiveness to related to newcomers

and youth, and benchmark themselves against

comparable communities.

Project Partners

Background

• In 2012, the “Community

Attractiveness Indicators for

Newcomers” tool was

released.

• It was based on the

Conference Board of

Canada previous work

focussed on cities.

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What makes a

community attractive?

8 Categories & 55 Indicators

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Economy Amenities Society

EducationAccess to Healthcare

Innovation

Housing Youth

Data Sources

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Economy Category

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Education Category

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Youth Category

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Comparing Communities

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Comparing communities can be

challenging.

This would not be a fair comparison.

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2,600,000 people49,400 people

to

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Comparison Groupings

• Objective was to create similar peer groups.

• Census Subdivisions (Cities, Towns, Townships) are grouped by:

• Population size

• Metro Influence Zones (commuting to urban)

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Metropolitan Status Groupings

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Quintiles

Communities are benchmarked against their peers using quintiles.

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1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Quintiles

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How to access the Tool

The tool is available free of charge to any municipality and not-for-profit organization in Ontario.

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/rural/edr/cirro/cirro-inforeq.htm

Training

• Tuesday September 16th 10-11am

• Thursday September 18th 2-3pm

• Thursday September 25th 2-3pm

• Friday October 3rd, 10-11am

• Thursday October 9th, 2-3pm

Clients can register by emailing ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca

or calling 1-877-424-1300

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Questions & More Information:

Stephen Morris, EcD.

Economic Development Specialist

T: 519-826-3954

E: stephen.morris@ontario.ca

Twitter: @stevepmorris