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Social Planning

Helps the community identify strengths and challenges and determine ways to improve the quality of life for residents in Halton.

Reports

Community Data Watch, March 2023:  Racialized Women

Community Data Watch, March 2023: Racialized Women

Women represent slightly over half (51.1%) of the total population in Canada. IN Halton between 2001 and 2021, the women's population has increased by 59% to over 300,000 people. The growth rate has been largely driven by the population of racialized women which...

Our Halton 2023: Diversity

Our Halton 2023: Diversity

In issue five of the 2023 Our Halton series, the focus is on diversity. Diversity is about the individual. It is about the variety of unique dimensions, qualities, and characteristics we all possess, and the mix that occurs in any group of people. Race, ethnicity,...

Community Data Watch: February 2024, International Students

Community Data Watch: February 2024, International Students

Recently, international students in Canada are receiving noticeably more media coverage relating to immigration policies, current housing crises, cost of living, tuition fees and international student frauds. Using data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship...

Community Data Watch: Where is Poverty in Halton?

Community Data Watch: Where is Poverty in Halton?

January 25, 2024 We are pleased to be releasing a new monthly publication called Community Data Watch. Community Development Halton (CDH) has recently released a report on income inequality and poverty in Halton. In this edition of Community Data Watch we have added a...

Our Halton 2023: Volunteerism

Our Halton 2023: Volunteerism

In issue four of the Our Halton series, the focus is on volunteerism. Unlike the other issues of the Our Halton series, the topic of volunteerism is not covered in the 2021 Census data from Statistics Canada, however, Community Development Halton felt that...

Our Halton 2023: Housing

Our Halton 2023: Housing

In issue three of the Our Halton series, the focus is on housing. The report looks at how various socio-demographic characteristics of the population are shaping the housing market. It highlights the changes in housing supply in terms of period of construction, type...

Our Halton 2023: Income Inequality & Poverty

Our Halton 2023: Income Inequality & Poverty

In issue two of the Our Halton series, the focus is on income, inequality, and poverty. The report provides the reader with explanations for and details on several measures of poverty. The report also highlights groups of residents that experience inequity and poverty...

Our Halton: Women

Our Halton: Women

Community Development Halton is pleased to release the first of a seven part series called Our Halton. Each issue of the series focuses on population groups such as older adults, women, children and youth, racialized people, recent immigrants, and Indigenous...

Impact of Covid-19 on Halton’s Non-Profit Human Service Sector

Impact of Covid-19 on Halton’s Non-Profit Human Service Sector

  The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed Halton-based non-profits. Increased demand for essential services, disrupted programming, and shifting tides of funding, labour, and partnerships continue to challenge the sector three years later. Yet, while navigating a...

Analysis of MAS Nonprofit Survey

Analysis of MAS Nonprofit Survey

This Community Development Halton (CDH) publication uses the results of a June 2021 survey called, ‘Canadian NFPs/Charities, Study Report’, which was undertaken and published by Management Advice Service (MAS) in September 2021. MAS provides not-for-profit...