Social Planning
Helps the community identify strengths and challenges and determine ways to improve the quality of life for residents in Halton.
Community Lens
The intent of Community Lens is to disseminate and interpret important community data as it becomes available. Community Lens covers many topic areas such as children and youth, seniors, families, immigrants, housing and transportation, among others.
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Community Lens #166 – Home Energy Poverty
This Community Lens looks at Halton households that spend more than twice the Canadian average on home energy needs, using 2016 Census data.
Community Lens #165 – Rental Housing – 2019
This Community Lens looks at rental housing data for Halton in 2019. Halton’s vacancy rate for private apartments stands at 1.9%, below the 3% vacancy rate generally considered the minimum for a healthy rental market. Halton also has the highest average monthly rent...
Community Lens #164 – Children Missing Out on Canada Learning Bond
This Community Lens looks at the update of the Canada Learning Bond (CLB) in Halton.
Community Lens #163 – Cost of Healthy Eating
This Community Lens looks at healthy food affordability in Halton.
Community Lens #162 – Crime Rates in Halton
This Community Lens looks at crime rates in Halton based on the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey.
Community Lens #161 – Homelessness in Halton
This Community Lens looks at homeless in Halton using the Point-in-Time (PiT) Count data (corrected/revised September 2019).
Community Lens #160 – Opioid Crisis
This Community Lens looks at data related to the opioid crisis, including data specific to Halton.
Community Lens #159 – Migration Patterns (2011-2016)
This Community Lens looks at migration patterns for Halton between 2011 to 2016 using taxfiler data
Community Lens #158 – Under One Roof
This Community Lens looks at multigenerational households in Halton using the 2016 Census.
Community Lens #157 – Youth Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)
This Community Lens looks at the youth NEET population (Not in Employment, Education or Training) using 2016 Census data.