Written by United Housing Director, Kathy Vassilakos and research intern, Maria Erb (and endorsed by the SRPC), this report finds that municipalities have increasingly turned to temporary shelters as a […]
Research
In a 2023 report, United Way Perth-Huron’s Social Research and Planning Council found that there was little information about 2SLGBTQ+ populations in the area. A gap in research and understanding […]
Discrimination and Community Integration Experienced by 2SLGBTQ+ in Perth-Huron
Our Stories of the Housing Crisis shows how over 700 local households, mostly working families with children, have been affected by rising housing costs. Homeowners suffered from rate hikes, while […]
Our Stories of the Housing Crisis: Findings from the Cost ...
This series of reports provides a holistic look at quality of life in Perth and Huron Counties. We present findings we can celebrate and issues we can work on. We […]
Quality of Life: Executive Summary
This report provides demographic statistics from the most recent Census of Canada (2021) and a few estimators from Environics Analytics. Understanding the demographics of a community is like having a […]
Quality of Life: Who We Are
Economic factors have a critical impact on quality of life. Employment is a significant contributor to overall quality of life. Together, income, financial security and employment directly impact one’s ability […]
Quality of Life: A Strong Economy
A community can be diverse in many ways. It might be home to people from a range of ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds. Community members may have different lifestyles, interests, […]
Quality of Life: A Diverse Community
The environment around us is key to our existence. Our forests, rivers, lakes and soil provide us with the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we […]
Quality of Life: A Clean Environment
Our physical and mental health and the quality of our social environment all play into our quality of life. As social creatures, we are intimately affected by our social ties. […]
Quality of Life: A Healthy Well-Being
PDF: Municipal Accommodation Tax Prior to the 1960s, tourism-specific taxes did not exist. However, worldwide there are now over forty different types of taxes levied on tourism. Accommodation […]
Municipal Accommodation Tax – White Paper
PDF: Household Food Insecurity Read online: Household Food Insecurity In November 2022, United Way Perth-Huron’s Social Research & Planning Council designed and implemented a survey to capture the characteristics […]
Household Food Insecurity – Perth-Huron
PDF: Progressing Beyond Covid Read online: Progressing Beyond Covid In the spring of 2022, the Research and Data Advisory Consortium through the Social Research and Planning Council reviewed the […]
Progressing Beyond COVID-19
Read a downloadable PDF: Future of Housing Read online as magazine: Future of Housing In one year, the average price for a detached home in Perth and Huron Counties increased […]
The Future of Housing
Download the full report (pdf) [13 pages] Download the Summay (pdf) [2 pages] The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 advising all countries to implement […]
Mental Health Across Perth-Huron (2021)
Download the full report (PDF) This report provides a snapshot of the economic development-related results. Economic Development is widely recognized as one the most important indicators of vulnerability and COVID-19 […]
Impacts Across Perth & Huron Counties
Download the full report (PDF) This report provides a snapshot of the gender-related results. Gender is widely recognized as one of the most important indicators of vulnerability and COVID-19 has […]
The Impacts on Gender Across Perth and Huron Counties
Download the full report (PDF) This report provides a snapshot of the housing-related results. Housing-related concerns have received a considerable amount of attention since the start of COVID-19. Secure housing […]
Housing Across Perth & Huron Counties
Perth Homelessness Presentation (PDF) Find out more about the #UNIGNORABLE issue of homelessness in Perth County; reasons for homelessness, the challenges faced by those experiencing homelessness, myths vs. reality, the […]