Newcomer and Youth Community

Indicators Tool

Stephen Morris, Ec.D.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Regional Economic Development Branch

August 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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What makes a

community attractive?

Purpose

• Enables communities of all sizes to assess

their attractiveness to related to newcomers

and youth, and benchmark against

comparable communities.

Project Partners

Background

• In 2012, the “Community Attractiveness Indicators for

Newcomers” tool was released, which was based on the

Conference Board of Canada previous work focussed

on cities.

• The Rural Ontario Institute managed the project to:

• Upgrade the tool with the new 2011 census data.

• Expand the tool to include new indicators about

youth in rural Ontario .

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Comparison Groupings:

Census Subdivisions

18 peer groups based on:• Population size

• Metropolitan Status

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Population RangeCSD within a

CMA

CSD within a

CA Strong MIZ

Moderate

MIZ Weak MIZ No MIZ

< 5,000 8 12 41 87 40 15

5,000 to 15,000 11 14 42 42 15 0

15,000 to 50,000 31 19 8 2 2 0

> 50,000 35 6 0 0 0 0

Total CSDs 430

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Quintiles

Communities are

benchmarked

using quintiles

values compared to

peer similar

communities.

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8 Categories & 55 Indicators

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Economy Amenities Society

EducationAccess to Healthcare

Innovation

Housing Youth

Distance to Post Secondary Institution

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Youth Specific Indicators

• Employment Income for Population Aged 15 to 29

• Youth Unemployment Rate

• Youth Participation Rate

• Proportion of Youth that are Self Employed

• Proportion of Youth not Employed, in Education or Training

• Proportion of Youth with High School Diploma

• Proportion of Migrants Aged 15 to 19 per 1,000 Population

• Proportion of Migrants Aged 20 to 24 per 1,000 Population

• Proportion of Migrants Aged 25 to 29 per 1,000 Population

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The Newcomer and Youth Community

Indicators is an Microsoft Excel based tool.

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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.

Tool and resource guide will be released by August 29th, 2014.

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

Questions & More Information: