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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 [email protected]
or calling 1-877-424-1300
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Questions & More Information:
Stephen Morris, EcD.
Economic Development Specialist
T: 519-826-3954
Twitter: @stevepmorris
