Includes a survey of employers, workers, labour representatives, Aboriginal service providers, Immigrant service providers. Covers: Importance of skills - Listening to instructions, reading printed information, Apply information

Work challenges for employers that resulted from the provision of literacy training, Expected and Observed skills gains, Workers’ understanding of Health and Safety Policies, Room for improvement in Health and Safety understanding levels, Literacy skills training could improve Health and Safety understanding

Say they are unable to swim, Learned to swim through formal lessons, Say they are nervous when near water, Worry that their children might drown or become injured when swimming, Believe that learning to swim is a necessary life skill, Believe that all children should receive swimming instruction at school as part of a school safety program

% agree that: Immigration is a key positive feature of Canada as a country, Governments should do more to help immigrants settle, Temporary foreign workers should enjoy the same rights as other workers, A Canadian citizen should be allowed to have another citizenship.

ACCESSIBILITY - Influenza immunization [flu shot], Mammography, Pap smear, Regular medical doctor [family doctor]

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - Second-hand smoke; exposure at home, in vehicles and/or public places

DEATHS - Infant mortality, Life expectancy at birth, Life expectancy at age 65, Colorectal cancer, Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate cancer, Circulatory diseases, Ischaemic heart diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Pneumonia and influenza, Bronchitis; emphysema and asthma, Unintentional injuries, Suicides and self-inflicted injuries, Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

PERSONAL RESOURCES - Sense of community belonging, Life satisfaction; satisfied or very satisfied

Retirees’ subjective assessment of their financial situation, by selected characteristics (e.g. immigrant status, gender, income, education, household tenure)

% of labour force participants aged 25 to 64 who include specific revenue sources in their financial plan for retirement (e.g. RRSPs, Government pension plans, Workplace pension, Inheritance, Reverse mortgage, Financial support from family) Results for self-employed as well.

% of 24 to 64 year olds who say they know how much they need to save in order to maintain their standard of living in retirement, financially preparing for retirement, % are financially preparing for retirement

Population attributes (Youth, under 15 years and Seniors, 65 years and over, as a proportion of total population, Aboriginal population, Immigrant Population, Lone-parents, Visible minorities, Teen pregnancy)

Geographic attributes (Population density, Urban-rural population, Internal migrant mobility)

Contact with alternative health care providers, Contact with health professionals (medical doctors, health professionals about mental health, dental professionals)

Inflow/outflow ratios (Overall, Bypass Surgery, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Hysterectomy), Utilization rates (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Rate, Hip Replacement Rate, Knee Replacement Rate, Hysterectomy Rate)

Health Professionals (General/Family Practitioner Rate, Certified Specialists Rate)

Number of permanent resident applicants awaiting a decision - working inventory, backlog, Application processing times by immigrant category (Family class, Economic immigrants, Refugees, Foreign workers, Foreign students, Humanitarian population

Ratio of 20th percentile income to market basket measure, % of population who are recent immigrants (10 years), % of recent Immigrant population with income below poverty line, % of population with low income

Unemployment rates for total population and Aboriginal population, Low-income population with activity difficulties/limitations (disabled)

Low-income population: total population and seniors, Female-headed lone-parent families as a percentage of all families, % in low income

% of households in core housing need, # of social housing units per 1,000 households, Households placed in social housing, Social housing wait times. [housing affordability]

Emergency shelters per 100,000 population [homelessness], Demographic distribution of emergency shelter beds

% of commuters using public transit, Ratio of commuter type (drivers of private vehicle/public transit user) average income to overall average income, Cost of monthly transit pass as a % of monthly minimum wage income. [commuting]

Ratio of children 0-12 to available childcare [daycare], Ratio of low-income children to subsidized childcare spaces

Recreation facilities (Indoor & outdoor pools, Arenas & ice rinks, Outdoor sports fields) as a % of total population, # of recreation registrants as a % of total population

Includes: Distribution of the foreign-born population by continent of birth [immigrants], Distribution of the population aged 15 years and over by generation status, Proportion of the population belonging to a visible minority group by generation status

Population by visible minority group 2006 vs. 2031 (Chinese, South Asian, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Southeast Asian, Arab, West Asian, Korean, Japanese)

Population by religious denomination 2006 vs. 2031 (Catholic, Protestant, Christian Orthodox, Other Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, No religion)