2014 CityMatters Survey Results

How Are We Doing - From Year to Year?

Are Halifax residents … happy?

Quality of Life

Quality of life- Top 3 Scores -

20%

33%

36%

38%

48%

67%

69%

56%

15%

37%

45%

38%

50%

70%

69%

58%

23%

37%

47%

51%

52%

63%

70%

64%

Affordable housing

Traffic and navigation

Indoor recreationalfacilities

Outdoor recreationalfacilities

Arts and Cultural events

Good place to raise afamily

Restaurants and cafés

Overall quality*

2014

2013

2012

How would you rate the Mayor and its Council?

Mayor and Council

Performance

Mayor Performance (Top 3 Scores)

39% 40%25% 25%

2014MichaelSavage

2013MichaelSavage

2012Peter Kelly

2011Peter Kelly*

Municipal Council Performance

20% 20%

35% 42%

30% 24%

2014 2013

Score 1-5Score 6-7Score 8-10

What Makes Us Different?

Are municipal services meeting residents’ expectations?

Municipal Services

Municipal Service - Top 3 Satisfaction Scores -

21%

28%

35%

47%

40%

59%

55%

41%

19%

28%

29%

36%

35%

42%

45%

49%

18%

23%

33%

41%

32%

51%

56%

62%

Road maintenance

The cost of municipalwater services

Public transportation

Recreation facilities

Snow clearing

Green spaces

Police services

Garbage collection

Halifax

Toronto

Ottawa

Do Residents Feel Safe in Halifax?

Halifax Safety

Safety- % who feel Very Safe or Mostly Safe

61%

41%50%

64%

47%54%

70%

51% 53%

How safe do you considerdowntown?

How safe would you feelwalking alone at night in

downtown?

How safe would you feeltaking public transit home

after 10pm?

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Crime Indicators- % indicating Yes -

10%

33%

77%

7%

31%

72%

10%

33%

59%

Personally been a victim ofa serious crime in the city

Know someone who hasbeen a victim of a serious

crime

Areas of the city you avoidfor safety reasons

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Carrying Personal Protection

82%

25%

6% 3% 3%

80%

23%

9% 7% 6%

81%

23%

5% 4% 4%

Charged cellphone

Flashlight Whistle Pepper spray Personal alarm

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Which one is more of a Safety Hazard …?

48% 45%42%53%56%

40%

A bicyclist who does not obey signsor traffic lights

A speeding car in a School Zone

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

How active are Halifax residents?

Active Transportation

Activity Level of Residents– More or Less Active than a Year Ago –

16%

68%

8% 8%15%

57%

16% 12%12%

70%

8% 10%

More Active About the Same Less Active Not sure

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

14% 4%17%14% 4%

17%14% 4%17%

Ride a bike to getsomewhere

Walk to getsomewhere

Take publictransportation

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Incidence: Use Active Transportation (in a typical week)

Thoughts on Cyclists & Public Transit- % indicating Yes -

43%

26%

46%

26%

39% 38%

Cyclists should be required to have alicence to ride their bicycles

The City is doing enough to encouragepeople to use public transit

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

How “NICE” are Halifax residents?

Bullying andTolerance

Perceived Tolerance (Top 3 Scores) of Residents Towards…

54%45%

39% 39%

58%53% 51% 51%

65%

52% 48%53%

Gays andLesbians

People fromnon-Christian

religions

Immigrantsfrom another

country

Immigrantsworking in your

city

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Importance of Bullying as an Issue

51%35%

6% 2% 5%

70%

25%4% 0% 1%

Veryimportant

Important Unimportant Veryunimportant

Don't know

2014 2013

5% 4%14%

4%

Victim of bullying Being a bully

2014 2013

2.6 times7.9 times7.9 times 2.6 times

Incidence: Bullying Among Adults (past year)

Seeking Opinions for the First Time

Do you support suggested Halifax development projects?

Halifax Development

75%

46%

The new Halifax Central Library The Roy Building on BarringtonStreet

69% 64% 63%

38%

Changes to theCogswell

Interchange

Plans for one ortwo four-rink

surfaces

A new artscentre

Plans to build anew CFL stadium

Support for Projects Under Consideration

Support for Projects Under Development

Halifax Development Policies …

29%36%

20%

Place too much emphasison heritage preservation

Appropriately balance theinterests of heritage

preservation

Place insufficientemphasis on heritage

preservation

29%

50%

10% 5%

Very Important Important Unimportant VeryUnimportant

Importance of Heritage Trust

How would you rate Halifax drivers?

City Driving Habits

Quality of Drivers in Our City

2%9%

28%

47%43%

29%26%

10%

City Drivers Halifax Transit Drivers

Excellent Good Fair Poor

City Drivers – More Aggressive or Less Aggressive

36%

22%

58%65%

2% 5%

City Drivers Halifax Transit Drivers

More aggressive About the same Less aggressive

22%

29%

29%

29%

34%

36%

38%

39%

41%

51%

71%

76%

Driving without lights

Running red lights

Ignoring stop signs

Road rage

Eating while driving

Drinking and driving

Weaving in and out

Tailgating

Excessive speeding

Failing to yield to pedestrians

Talking on a cell phone

Texting on a cell phone

Unsafe Driving Behaviours% indicating these behaviours are a serious problem (Top 3 scores)

Unsafe Driving Behaviours – Transit Drivers% indicating these behaviours are a serious problem (Top 3 scores)

12%

15%

15%

16%

16%

18%

18%

19%

27%

37%

Making stops at non-designated areas

Ignoring stop signs

Weaving in and out

Running red lights

Excessive speeding

Tailgating

Failing to yield to pedestrians

Late braking

Not waiting for passengers to sit beforeleaving the stop

Cutting off other vehicles

How would you rate Halifax’s Economy?

Halifax Economy

Halifax’s Economy

4%

34%

44%

14%

Excellent Good Fair Poor

Expectations for the Economy (this time next year)

16%

69%

11%

Better About the same Worse

Rating Halifax as a Place to …

2% 3% 3%

21%30%

15%

49%45%

39%

20%13%

39%

Start a new business Grow an existingbusiness

Find work in the field forwhich you are trained

Excellent Good Fair Poor