ABOUT THE RESEARCH
This 2023 National Vital Signs Report focuses on the extent to which people feel included in, connected to and supported by the communities in which they live. Much of the analysis draws on the Social Capital in Canada Study results. CFC commissioned this survey, and the Environics Institute for Survey Research conducted it. It was a survey of a representative sample of 2,001 people in Canada aged 18 and over in all provinces, conducted online between June 15 and 27, 2022. The Environics Institute conducted the national survey in parallel with the 2022 Toronto Social Capital Study. View the full research findings, along with the results of additional survey questions and detailed data tables and technical notes in the Research Report here. Throughout the report are some rankings between 0 and 10; these are indexes. These indexes summarize and simplify data from multiple questions into a single number between 0 and 10. These scores measure things like how much people trust each other, how connected they feel, and how involved they are in the community. The report also has scores for how satisfied people are with their lives, how well they’re doing, and whether they’ve experienced discrimination. These indexes allow us to better compare people’s experiences based on different groups. Each index uses a scale from 0 (the worst) to 10 (the best). For more information on the indexes used and how they are calculated, visit the Environics Institute for Survey Research.
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