Zenaida R. Ravanera University of Western Ontario Developing Baseline Measures and Success Indicators of LIP Initiative Welcoming Communities Initiative.

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Zenaida R. Ravanera University of Western Ontario Developing Baseline Measures and Success Indicators of LIP Initiative Welcoming Communities Initiative Governing Council Discussions and Review of Research Projects Chateau Laurier, November 17, 2011 Slide 2 Index Canadian Index of Well-being: How are Canadians Really Doing Conference Board of Canada: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of Canadian Cities Canadian Council on Learning: Composite Learning Index 2 Slide 3 Project Aim Objective indicators of welcoming community quality of welcome areas in need of attention Specific purposes of baseline data Comparison over time Comparison across LIPs 3 Slide 4 Project Team Faculty and Ph.D. Students Psychology Vicki Esses and Natalia Lapshina Geography Jason Gilliland and Claudia Rangel Sociology/Demography Rod Beaujot, Alexandra Bozheva, and Zenaida Ravanera 4 Slide 5 17 Characteristics of Welcoming Communities Characteristics of a Welcoming Community Victoria M. Esses, Leah K. Hamilton, Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash, and Meyer Burstein, March 2010 RankCommunity CharacteristicsAverage* 10. Use of Public Space and Recreation Facilities 5.68 11. Media Coverage and Representation 5.32 12.Public Transit5.29 13. Links between Main Actors Working toward Welcoming Communities 5.27 14. Relationship with the Police and the Justice System 5.18 15.Political Participation5.00 16.Safety4.95 17. Diversity of Religious Organizations 4.79 *Rating scale: 1 (not at all useful) to 7 (extremely useful) RankCommunity CharacteristicsAverage* 1. Employment6.85 2. Housing6.06 3. Education6.06 4. Social Capital6.05 5. Social Engagement Opportunities,6.05 6. Attitudes toward Immigrants, Cultural Diversity, and the Presence of Newcomers in the Community5.90 7. Municipal Features and Services Sensitive to the Presence and Needs of Newcomers5.84 8. Health and Healthcare5.74 9. Newcomer-Serving Agencies that Can Meet the Needs of Newcomers5.71 5 Slide 6 Data Requirement Relevance Immigrant Status LIP geographic areas Comparability Availability Census 2006, 2011 Surveys General Social Surveys Canadian Community Health Survey Administrative & Other Data Ontario 211 EQAO Landing Data Plans, Policies, etc. (web) 6 Slide 7 Table HS1: Self-Perceived Satisfaction with Life Local Immigration Partnership Satisfaction with Life in General: Dissatisfied / Very Dissatisfied* AllImmigrant Non- immigrant (%) Chatham-Kent3.46.82.9 Durham3.26.12.4 Guelph-Wellington4.14.83.9 Hamilton4.15.73.5 Huron County3.02.02.8 Kingston2.54.82.3 London - Middlesex 2.81.43.3 Niagara3.14.92.6 North Bay 1 3.00.93.0 Ottawa2.51.82.8 Peel Region2.72.92.3 Peterborough2.63.72.5 Sarnia - Lambton3.32.43.2 Sault Ste. Marie 1 2.86.32.5 Sudbury 1 3.12.53.2 Thunder Bay 1 3.61.13.9 Timmins 1 2.00.02.0 Toronto3.73.83.5 Waterloo Region2.74.42.2 Windsor - Essex3.2 York Region2.51.63.0 Ontario3.13.32.9 Source: Statistics Canada, 2008 Community Health Survey 1 Health Unit boundaries cover larger geographic area than corresponding LIP area. * 4 and 5 in five-point scale: 1 - Very Satisfied, 2 - Satisfied, 3 - Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied, 4 - Dissatisfied, 5 - Very Dissatisfied 7 Slide 8 Table HS2: Self-Perceived Sense of Belonging Local Immigration Partnership Sense of Belonging to Local Community: Weak* AllImmigrant Non- immigrant (%) Chatham-Kent27.540.026.4 Durham35.438.334.2 Guelph-Wellington35.242.633.9 Hamilton30.9 31.3 Huron County25.128.425.2 Kingston30.128.129.7 London - Middlesex31.035.030.0 Niagara28.130.527.8 North Bay 1 27.220.327.9 Ottawa36.839.236.3 Peel Region31.128.932.9 Peterborough23.728.322.8 Sarnia - Lambton22.423.722.3 Sault Ste. Marie124.518.725.9 Sudbury 1 28.031.228.0 Thunder Bay 1 25.222.425.9 Timmins 1 24.626.424.2 Toronto40.443.338.0 Waterloo Region32.731.233.5 Windsor - Essex31.136.530.3 York Region37.640.435.7 Ontario33.337.231.9 Source: Statistics Canada, 2008 Community Health Survey 1 Health Unit boundaries cover larger geographic area than corresponding LIP area. * 3 and 4 in four-point scale: 1 - Very Strong, 2 - Somewhat Strong, 3 - Somewhat Weak, 4 - Very Weak 8 Slide 9 Table HP1: Self-Perceived General Health Local Immigration Partnership Self-perceived Health: Fair/Poor* AllImmigrant Non- immigrant (%) Chatham-Kent9.07.49.2 Durham12.919.011.1 Guelph-Wellington8.912.98.0 Hamilton12.716.211.5 Huron County10.614.010.0 Kingston11.711.8 London - Middlesex9.411.38.9 Niagara14.316.313.6 North Bay 1 15.814.515.8 Ottawa10.111.99.4 Peel Region10.913.58.2 Peterborough10.815.310.3 Sarnia - Lambton11.714.711.5 Sault Ste. Marie 1 15.623.714.7 Sudbury 1 13.922.513.2 Thunder Bay 1 15.725.314.6 Timmins 1 17.016.316.2 Toronto9.310.87.7 Waterloo Region10.212.19.4 Windsor - Essex13.413.513.4 York Region9.511.77.8 Ontario11.112.410.4 Source: Statistics Canada, 2008 Community Health Survey 1 Health Unit boundaries cover larger geographic area than corresponding LIP area. * 4 and 5 in five- point scale: 1 - Excellent, 2 - Very Good, 3 - Good, 4 - Fair, 5 - Poor 9 Slide 10 Table HU1: Use of Health Care Facilities - Medical Doctor Local Immigration Partnership Has no regular medical doctor AllImmigrant Non- immigrant (%) Chatham-Kent6.46.85.9 Durham6.78.66.1 Guelph-Wellington7.210.26.7 Hamilton5.87.35.2 Huron County10.56.510.9 Kingston9.1 8.3 London - Middlesex11.511.910.8 Niagara7.510.96.7 North Bay 1 12.85.813.2 Ottawa11.112.610.8 Peel Region7.97.78.3 Peterborough14.818.413.5 Sarnia - Lambton6.2 6.3 Sault Ste. Marie 1 12.410.812.1 Sudbury 1 9.06.49.0 Thunder Bay 1 12.35.113.2 Timmins 1 21.717.722.3 Toronto9.48.410.9 Waterloo Region7.69.07.3 Windsor - Essex12.216.610.5 York Region5.65.35.9 Ontario8.88.59.0 Source: Statistics Canada, 2008 Community Health Survey 1 Health Unit boundaries cover larger geographic area than corresponding LIP area. 10 Slide 11 Table E1: Employment Local Immigration Partnership Partici- pation rate Employ ment rate Unem- ploy- ment rate Chatham-Kent65.861.17.2 Durham71.066.56.3 Guelph - Wellington71.668.34.5 Hamilton64.760.46.5 Huron County67.564.54.4 Kingston64.159.67.0 London - Middlesex67.563.46.1 Niagara64.660.76.1 North Bay61.356.67.7 Ottawa69.365.25.9 Peel Region71.667.06.4 Peterborough62.057.67.1 Sarnia - Lambton64.360.16.5 Sault Ste. Marie59.554.78.1 Sudbury63.058.17.8 Thunder Bay63.258.67.2 Timmins65.560.97.1 Region71.567.65.5 Windsor - Essex64.859.67.9 York Region70.566.75.4 City of Toronto65.060.17.6 Bathurst-Finch62.556.98.9 Black Creek60.755.29.0 Central South Etobicoke64.159.96.5 Don Valley62.557.57.9 East Downtown Toronto70.464.68.2 East Toronto67.862.97.3 Eglinton East - Kennedy Park61.555.010.5 Lawrence Heights58.054.36.4 North Etobicoke63.758.48.3 North West Scarborough60.555.09.1 North York East62.857.28.9 South Scarborough64.758.79.4 South West Scarborough63.057.58.7 West Downtown Toronto69.764.96.9 York South- Weston63.257.98.5 Ontario67.162.86.4 Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population 11 Slide 12 Table H1: Availability of Housing Local Immigration Partnership Apartment buildings (% of dwellings) Rented dwellings (% of dwellings) Newly constructed housing, 1986-2006 (% of dwellings) Chatham-Kent15.327.017.3 Durham13.717.945.9 Guelph - Wellington18.024.336.6 Hamilton25.831.722.6 Huron County8.821.518.8 Kingston31.737.828.1 London - Middlesex27.034.428.0 Niagara16.724.423.7 North Bay27.238.718.4 Ottawa29.634.032.6 Peel Region24.421.949.5 Peterborough15.725.126.5 Sarnia - Lambton14.324.019.6 Sault Ste. Marie22.230.713.7 Sudbury23.133.020.5 Thunder Bay22.029.216.7 Timmins16.531.415.6 Waterloo Region23.029.336.6 Windsor - Essex17.124.529.5 York Region10.511.762.6 City of Toronto55.345.618.8 Bathurst-Finch 79.361.816.0 Black Creek 50.650.89.2 Central South Etobicoke 48.437.414.6 Don Valley 61.351.115.6 East Downtown Toronto 92.373.425.9 East Toronto 52.346.48.9 Eglinton East - Kennedy Park 61.750.120.3 Lawrence Heights 55.751.321.4 North Etobicoke 43.240.314.8 North West Scarborough 41.227.411.9 North York East 50.938.56.0 South Scarborough 49.637.527.6 South West Scarborough 46.745.212.8 West Downtown Toronto 73.355.320.8 York South-Weston 53.547.618.0 Ontario26.428.831.4 Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population 12 Slide 13 Table T1: Transportation to Work Local Immigration Partnership Public transit users (% of commuters) Chatham-Kent0.9 Durham9.1 Guelph - Wellington4.3 Hamilton9.3 Huron County0.3 Kingston5.1 London - Middlesex7.2 Niagara2.4 North Bay5.3 Ottawa21.9 Peel Region13.0 Peterborough2.3 Sarnia - Lambton1.5 Sault Ste. Marie4.2 Sudbury5.2 Thunder Bay3.5 Timmins4.1 Waterloo Region4.6 Windsor - Essex2.4 York Region10.4 City of Toronto34.4 Bathurst-Finch34.8 Black Creek30.7 Central South Etobicoke25.7 Don Valley31.1 East Downtown Toronto40.3 East Toronto40.3 Eglinton East - Kennedy Park45.4 Lawrence Heights37.0 North Etobicoke26.0 North West Scarborough27.9 North York East34.6 South Scarborough35.1 South West Scarborough40.1 West Downtown Toronto39.4 York South-Weston34.6 Ontario12.9 Source: Statistics, 2006 Census of Population 13 Slide 14 211 Ontario Search terms Immigr* Diversity Newcomer Settlement Cross cultural Refugee ESL http://www.211ontario.ca/ 14 Slide 15 211 services within LIPS in Toronto Census 2006 dataNumber Immigrants per service unit # of services Immigrants Recent immigrants: 2001 to 2006 Immigrants Recent immigrants: 2001 to 2006 1 Bathurst-Finch117400584517,4005,845 2 Black Creek2285845172703,902785 3 Central South Etobicoke14102105192407,2931,374 4 Don Valley1576160223555,0771,490 5 East Downtown Toronto3234325198101,073619 6 East Toronto18102025229305,6681,274 7 Eglinton East & Kennedy Park32181045807,2701,527 8 Lawrence Heights31795029355,983978 9 North Etobicoke2380470197403,499858 10 North West Scarborough18121330276756,7411,538 11 North York East1254815168454,5681,404 12 South Scarborough61458536552,431609 13 South West Scarborough63976596506,6281,608 14 West Downtown Toronto91139740559551,536615 15 York South-Weston1664260101904,016637 16 City of Toronto33512377202678553,695800 15 Slide 16 211 services within LIPS in Toronto Adjusted (+500m buffer) Census 2006 data (no adjustment) Adjusted Number Immigrants per service unit #of services Immigrants Recent immigrants: 2001 to 2006 Immigrants Recent immigrants: 2001 to 2006 1 Bathurst-Finch41740058454,3501,461 2 Black Creek2685845172703,302664 3 Central South Etobicoke18102105192405,6731,069 4 Don Valley2076160223553,8081,118 5 East Downtown Toronto413432519810837483 6 East Toronto31102025229303,291740 7 Eglinton East & Kennedy Park32181045807,2701,527 8 Lawrence Heights51795029353,590587 9 North Etobicoke2680470197403,095759 10 North West Scarborough31121330276753,914893 11 North York East1454815168453,9151,203 12 South Scarborough91458536551,621406 13 South West Scarborough123976596503,314804 14 West Downtown Toronto112139740559551,248500 15 York South-Weston2364260101902,794443 16 City of Toronto34112377202678553,630785 16 Slide 17 211 services within LIPS outside Toronto Census 2006 data Number Immigrants per service unit #of services Immigrants Recent immigrants: 2001 to 2006 Immigrants Recent immigrants: 2001 to 2006 Chatham-Kent71080510251,544146 County of Huron246652802,333140 Durham11113390989010,308899 Greater Sudbury City4104506602,613165 Guelph - Wellington43374046958,4351,174 Hamilton78126485165651,622212 Kingston141620520501,158146 London & Middlesex1283450125306,9541,044 Niagara297583578902,615272 North Bay232102701,605135 Ottawa47178545296453,799631 Peel Region5556124011822010,2042,149 Peterborough5124509502,490190 Sarnia - Lambton61470010102,450168 Sault Ste. Marie380501802,68360 Thunder Bay8116206601,45383 Timmins11765751,76575 Waterloo Region21105375170205,018810 Windsor (Essex)4087170151652,179379 York Region55380530464656,919845 17 Slide 18 Other Data with Possibility Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) Schools Students Link files? Landing data City Websites - Plans & Policies 18 Slide 19 Plans Analysis and Interpretation Longer-Term Data: Census, Administrative Data, Survey Integration Measures 19 Slide 20 Dialectic of Democracy Character of the relation/ Spheres of Activity FormalSubstantial EconomicInclusion/ Exclusion Equality/ Inequality PoliticalLegitimacy/ Illegitimacy Participation / Passivity Socio- Cultural Recognition /Rejection Belonging/ Isolation Bernard, Paul. 1999. Social Cohesion: A Critique, CPRN Discussion Paper No. F09. Lien social et politiques RIAC #41. Group level: Social Cohesion Individual level: Integration 20 Slide 21 Domains/ Types of Dimensions EconomicSocio-Cultural Political Formal Inclusion Paid Work Recognition Trust in people Legitimacy Voted in last election Substantial Equality Personal income Belonging Sense of belonging Participation Member or participant in organization Total Weight 21 13.3%23.3%10.0%5.0%10.0%5.0% 26.7%46.7%20.0%10.0% 40.0%70.0%30.0%15.0% 20.0%10.0% 15.0%30.0% Integration Score 3 40-30-30 Integration Score 4 70-15-15 Slide 22 Immigration Status WorkIncomeTrustBelongVoted Partici- pation Integ. Score 3 Integ. Score 4 Born in Canada 0.740.820.490.700.870.690.730.77 Immigrated before 1985 0.760.810.500.710.810.680.730.76 Immigrated 1985-2008 0.720.750.460.580.520.500.610.67 22 Ethnicity Visible Minority 0.730.760.460.650.630.530.650.70 Non-Visible Minority 0.740.820.490.690.860.690.730.76 Economic Socio-Cultural PoliticalIntegration Slide 23 Thank you!