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

·         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  Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 

      www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/index.cfm

è  Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation:

      www.equalityrights.org/cera/

è  Housing Again: http://www.housingagain.web.net/

è  Toronto Disaster Relief Committee:  www.tdrc.net

 

Food Insecurity and Hunger

·         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

·         Profile of Food Bank Recipients in Four Ontario Communities, Ontario Association of Food Banks and CSPC-T 

 
Websites:

è  Canadian Association of Food Banks:

      www.cafb-acba.ca

è  Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson U.: 

      www.ryerson.ca/%7Efoodsec

è  Daily Bread Food Bank: www.dailybread.ca

è  Food and Hunger Action Committee, City of Toronto: 

      www.toronto.ca/food_hunger/index.htm

è  Toronto Food Policy Council: 

      www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/tfpc_index.htm

è  Oxfam Canada:  www.oxfam.ca

 

Health

·         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  Ontario Health Communities Coalition:

      www.healthycommunities.on.ca

è  Toronto District Health Council:  www.tdhc.org

è  Toronto Public Health: http://www.toronto.ca/health

 

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. 

Contact: Beth Wilson at bwilson@cspc.toronto.on.ca