December 6 – Mapping the Cuts

Posted on 06. Dec, 2011 by Beth in City Budget Watch 2012, SPT News

Mapping the Cuts

As the map below reveals, the proposed cuts to the community in the 2012 City budget are disproportionately located in low income neighbourhoods, where specific sites are known. Of the 75 location-specific cuts, 42 are located in low income neighbourhoods or 56%. Forty-five percent of Toronto neighbourhoods have poverty rates above 24.5% – the poverty rate for the Toronto population.

These location-specific cuts in no way represent all of the service cuts that have been proposed.  For example, TTC bus routes while location-based are not mapped and have a substantial impact on already inadequate service in the inner suburbs. Cuts to student nutrition and community grants will have city-wide and neighbourhood- and community-specific impacts that are not yet clear as particular programs slated for cuts have not been identified.

Map updated December 7, 2011. Check regularly for updates as new information becomes available.