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 #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.
Community Lens #156 – Newcomers and Housing
This Community Lens takes a closer look at newcomer’s housing need challenges in Halton using 2016 Census data.
Community Lens #155 – Occupation of Older Workers
This Community Lens looks at the occupations of older workers in Halton using 2016 Census data.
Community Lens #154 – Charitable Donations 2016
This Community Lens looks at recent trends in charitable donations using taxfiler data.