Researchers at The Population Health Analytics Lab are exploring how residents in different regions of Ontario experience and view their community! Click below to start the survey and for your chance to win a $50 gift card.

If you would like to learn more about our team’s work on community wellbeing, you can find more information below. Spread the word by sharing this page with those in your community.

We are also looking for future collaborators and partners currently engaged in local planning and community-based initiatives. If you work for a community, municipal, or health organization in Ontario, please email the study lead Adrian at adrian.foster@utoronto.ca. We would love to hear from you!

Click here to review our consent form for more details about the survey.

The Community Wellbeing Survey

Staring in Fall 2021, The Community Wellbeing Survey was administered in four Northern and Southern Ontario communities: Greater Sudbury, Peel, Thunder Bay, and Toronto. The goal of the survey is to better understand how residents in Ontario defined the wellbeing of their communities. By asking questions across a wide range of topics, from social connection to local leadership, we hope to gain a fulsome understanding of what matters to Ontario communities. Within this we also want to see how perspectives differed across Ontario’s diverse populations. 

We designed survey measures to identify key services, amenities, and values that are significant to Ontario communities. Our measures focused on the following topics:

We are engaged with community partners with experience in supporting community wellbeing initiatives in their respective regions, including Community Safety & Well-Being planning. In addition to helping with recruitment, they provided feedback to ensure that the study responded to practical and contextual challenges. With this knowledge, we wish to inform on-going local planning efforts so that they reflect the unique needs of Ontarians. Understanding these priorities can help:

(1) Inform local planning that is sustainable and equitable,

(2) Enable participatory engagement in decision-making,

(3) Empower residents to shape their communities,

(4) Help improve transparency in policy decisions, and

(5) Help produce policy that is based on local evidence

To learn more about the survey and to see our findings, click here to visit our study infographics.

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