2023-11-21 Executive Summary

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Historically, Perth-Huron Has One of the Lowest Unemployment Rates in Ontario 10 9 8 Unemployment Rate (%) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Year Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Ontario Unemployment rate in Stratford-Bruce Peninsula and Ontario Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2023. *Data has not been seasonally adjusted Childcare While the workforce in Canada rebounded following the COVID-19 pandemic, reports indicate that workforce gaps between men and women remain and childcare has been identified as a significant contributing factor. During the pandemic, more than 1.6 million women in Canada left the workforce. Women are more likely to work in sectors directly impacted by COVID-19, such as education, childcare, service and tourism. The biggest decline in participation rates was for women who had school-aged children. Even among men, participation gaps exist for those with children and those without. The largest participation gap is 18.4% between men and women with children under the age of six. Among women who are not working, the main reasons they report being out of the workforce are personal and family responsibilities. Women working part-time reported that childcare was the biggest reason they could not work full-time. 1,636 children on waitlist in Perth 265 children on waitlist in Huron The lack of early childhood educators has impacted the delivery of services in Perth- Huron. Licensed daycares, as well as multiple before and after school childcare programs, ceased operating in mid-2023.
A Greater Percentage of People in Perth-Huron are Self-Employed Compared to the Province HURON PERTH 18% Self-Employed 21% 82% Employee 79% Self-Employed workers in Perth and Huron Source: Statistics Canada Housing is a Human Right Housing is generally considered “affordable” if all shelter costs amount to less than 30% of a household’s before-tax income. Shelter costs include rent, mortgage payments and any necessary repairs. In our region, fewer homeowners than renters are living in unaffordable housing. In Perth, 17% of homeowners spend more than 30% of their income on shelter costs, while the number is 16% in Huron. By contrast, almost 33% of renter households in Perth and 31% in Huron are spending 30% or more of their income on shelter costs. Subsidized housing refers to any housing subsidized in a variety of ways to make it financially accessible to low-income individuals and families. It includes rent-geared-to-income housing, co-op housing, social housing, public housing, government-assisted housing, non-profit housing and housing subsidized by rent supplements and housing allowances. In Perth, 14% of tenants are living in subsidized housing, while the number is 15% in Huron. Waitlists for subsidized housing are long and, anecdotally, many individuals will have to wait as much as five years to move into housing. 14% of people in Perth-Huron are experiencing housing poverty 129 people in Perth are experiencing homelessness
Page 1 and 2: QUALITY OF LIFE: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Page 3 and 4: QUALITY OF LIFE Welcome to Quality
Page 5 and 6: Who We Are Located in Southwestern
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Page 16 and 17: Incidence of Chronic Diseases Chron
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Page 25: The Number of Low-Income Households
Page 29 and 30: Some Causes of Homelessness Systemi
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Page 33 and 34: Our Six Largest Industrial Emitters
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Page 38: WRITING Areeba Ahmad Kristin Crane

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