The Community Data Program | Enabling communities to measure and track local well-being

Jan 18, 2017 / Feb 1, 2017 - T1FF Data Webinar

Taxfiler data, or T1-derived datasets, are generated from individal tax files from the Canada Revenue Agency from the Income Statistics Division of Statistics Canada. These datasets are published on a yearly basis and are an increasingly important source of Canada-wide income data. What's included and how can we use taxfiler data? A representative from Statistics Canada Income Division will be presenting a webinar on Taxfiler data as part of the CDP Product Profile Webinar Series. The presentation will cover:

Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association

Fall Economic Statement 2016

The Government of Canada tabled its Fall Economic Statement, which proposed:

How are Canadians really doing? New CIW Canadian wellbeing report

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) launched its 3^rdnational report: How are Canadians really doing? The report compared eight domains of wellbeing from 1994 to 2014 and found a massive gap between GDP and our wellbeing.

Report findings include:

A study on new mothers' transition to self-employment

Using data from the 2006 Census of Population and the 2011 National Household Survey, transitions from wage and salary employment to self-employment were examined among new mothers. These new mothers are women who had no children under the age of 6 in 2006 when they were in wage employment, but had such children in 2011.

Aging parents struggle to raise adult children with disabilities

In 2012, there are about 22,000 caregivers in B.C. that are over the age of 60 and looking after children 20 and older with a disability. These aging parents are growing in number and are finding it difficult to provide care for their adult children with developmental disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.

A look at the top 1% Canadian taxfilers, 2014

To be considered part of the top 1% in 2014, a taxfiler must have earned a total income of at least $227,100. Over 268,500 Canadians were in this high-income group. The total average income of the top 1% has remained roughly stable, growing 0.4% from 2009 to 2014, while the average total income of all taxfilers grew 4.2%.

Decline in the standard of living at retirement

Recently, the Federal, provincial and territorial finance ministers have reached an agreement this year to expand the Canadian Pension Plan and address the shortfall in middle-income retirement planning by increasing contribution rates.

2016 Census Geography Products released

The 2016 Census Dissemination Project has released of the first set of 2016 Census geography products. Included are:

The Importance of Data Visualisation

Data visualisation – the visual representation of data in charts and graphs – has grown in popularity as an effective form of communication between media outlets and research organisations to the general public. Data visualisations help attract the attention of a wide audience and speed their understanding on the topic.

Prachi Salve, senior policy analyst for IndiaSpend, India’s first data journalism initiative, explains:

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