How can communities best measure the well-being of their citizens? Often this is done using economic measures of employment, income and inequality. There are also statistics reporting on incidences of crime, of homeless or of disease (most recently focusing on cases of COVID-19). As indispensable as these measures are, they still miss some of the key ingredients of inclusive, healthy and vibrant communities. The concept of social capital widens the lens to include measures that assess whether people feel included in, connected to and supported by the communities in which they live. “
The Social Capital in Canada 2022 Study addresses these dimensions of well-being by focusing on the extent to which Canadians feel included in, connected to and supported by the communities in which they live.
Survey Details
The study is based on a survey of a representative sample of 2,001 Canadians age 18 and over in all provinces, conducted online between June 15 and 27, 2022. It was commissioned by Community Foundations of Canada and conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey Research. This national survey was conducted in parallel with the 2022 Toronto Social Capital Study, which in turn was built upon a previous Toronto study conducted in 2018.
Related Research
Read “RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES” from Community Foundations of Canada (CFC)
Lire « RECONNECTER AVEC LES COMMUNAUTÉS » par Fondations communautaires du Canada (FCC)
This project provided the public, private, not-for-profit, and philanthropic sectors with the empirical basis for data-driven policies, programs initiatives, and investments that will sustain and strengthen the community’s social capital, social cohesion and subjective well-being, and the benefits that flow from them.
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