Housing, Hunger and
Health Statistics:
What’s Available and Where
to Find It
In response to
community requests, the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto assembled
this resource list on housing, hunger and health statistics.
·
Housing
Affordability, Census 2001
·
Average
Rental Housing Costs and Vacancy Rate for Toronto Census Metropolitan Area,
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, October 2003 (most recently released
annual rental market survey):
è Bachelor $731 1-Bedroom $884
è 2-Bedroom $1,040 3-Bedroom $1,211
è 3.8% vacancy rate
·
Population
Living in Shelters, Census 2001
·
Statistics on
Toronto’s Housing and Homelessness Status, City of Toronto
Websites:
è
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/index.cfm
è Centre for Equality
Rights in Accommodation:
è Housing Again: http://www.housingagain.web.net/
è
·
Child
Hunger, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
·
Cost of
Nutritious Food in Toronto, Toronto Public Health
·
Food Bank Use, Canadian Association
of Food Banks
·
Food Insecurity,
National Population Health Survey
è Canadian Association of Food Banks:
è Centre for Studies in Food Security,
è Daily Bread Food Bank: www.dailybread.ca
è Food and Hunger Action Committee, City of
www.toronto.ca/food_hunger/index.htm
è
www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm
è Oxfam
·
Health Indicators,
Canadian Community Health Survey
·
More Health
Indicators, Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada
·
Toronto’s Health Status,
Toronto Public Health
Websites:
è Canadian Institute for
Health Information: www.cihi.ca
è
è Toronto District Health Council: www.tdhc.org
è
Research Tip The Canadian Social Research Links website
is an excellent resource for a wide range of social research and statistics: www.canadiansocialresearch.net
Do you have a link
to add to this resource list? Please let
us know.
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