The goal of the Report on the Environment is to inform the public and decision-makers about environmental conditions in the Capital Regional District (CRD) and how conditions have changed over the past decade. Since 1994, the CRD's Roundtable on the Environment has worked with technical experts, the public, and the CRD Board to identify the highest environmental priorities in the region, and a suite of indicators to track the conditions and trends of each priority.

A Monitoring Program for the Greater Vancouver
   Regional District Livable Region Strategic Plan
   (Greater Vancouver Regional District)

The Livable Region Strategic plan is Greater Vancouver's regional growth strategy. Since its adoption by the Greater Vancouver Regional District Board of Directors in 1996, the Strategic Plan has provided the framework for making regional land use and transportation decisions in partnership with the GVRD's member municipalities, the provincial government, and other agencies.

State of Environment Report
   (Richmond, British Columbia)

Richmond City Council and the Advisory Committee on the Environment recognize the value of State of the Environment (SOE) reporting in monitoring Richmond's environmental health. The SOE report consists of various indicators organized into the various categories: green space, water quality, air quality, land use and human settlement, transportation, resource consumption and waste generation, city environmental practices, and noise.

Sustainable Calgary: State of Our City
   (Sustainable Calgary)

The objectives are to create a focal point for discussion of sustainability issues in general and to raise these issues to a higher level of public debate; provide an educational tool that can be used by teachers, private and public decision-makers and community organizations; monitor issues, actions and policies that impact the sustainability and quality of life in Calgary; provide a basis for action and to influence policy, planning and community processes; and demonstrate links among economic, social and ecological indicators. 24 indicators divided into 5 sectors (Economy, Resource Use, Natural Environment, Community, and Health and Education) have been established.

Quality of Life Indicators for the City of Winnipeg
   (International Institute for Sustainable Development)

The objectives of this initiative are to identify and to actively involve key participants and stakeholders to develop community indicators; establish an indicator development process by which an indicator framework and specific indicators can be developed; implement the process and develop a set of indicators to be included in the Plan Winnipeg Review; and develop an implementation plan to establish appropriate administrative systems to support measurement and reporting of progress toward Plan Winnipeg's vision. IISD was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to prepare a report on the strategy of quality of life indicator selection and to map monitoring systems in Winnipeg, whether the monitoring is done by municipal, provincial, federal or other agencies. During the preparation of this process agencies involved with data collection and that would have a role in the process of reporting were consulted. City of Winnipeg initiated a stakeholder consultation process to identify critical quality of life issues.

Brant Community Social Planning Council

The Social Planning Council is a not-for-profit, community-based planning and research organization dedicated to: identifying and addressing issues of social concern in Brant County; and, promoting effective planning and coordination of the social and related services delivered by local agencies. A Quality of Life Report has been produced.

VISION 2020 Sustainability Indicators
   (Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth/City of Hamilton)

The objective of Hamilton-Wentworth's sustainability indicators is to monitor the community's progress towards the goals of VISION 2020. The annual Indicators Report is also designed to promote awareness and understanding of VISION 2020. The indicators were developed to help monitor progress towards the goals of VISION 2020. Some of the targets for the indicators reflect goals set out by the Sustainable Development Taskforce, who developed the community vision. Other targets have been set by other regional departments or outside organizations. The indicators were developed through a community consultation process using workbooks.

Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton-Wentworth

Green Plan Steering Committee's State of Sustainability Report
   (Works Department, Guelph)

Halton Social Planning Council

Through research and planning, the Halton Social Planning Council strives to improve the quality of individual, family and community life in the Regional Municipality of Halton. It has developed a Quality of Life Report.

Community Social Planning Council of Toronto

The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto (CSPC-T) is a not-for-profit community organization with over a hundred years of collective experience in social planning, community development, policy and research, advocacy and coordination of social services. The strength of the new CSPC is rooted in the local connections of the six former organizations to their respective communities.

Healthy Toronto 2000
   (City of Toronto)

Toronto's First State of the City Report
   (City of Toronto)

Toronto Vital Signs

Many organizations in Toronto already gather information about life in the city. Toronto Vital Signs wants to build on this and find indicators that link us together in a common understanding of the state of our city. Taking Toronto's Vital Signs will include all aspects of the city in the list of indicators - how we work, play, relate to and help each other, live and earn, and plan; involve Toronto's diverse communities in defining which indicators are used; collect information from all sectors across the new City of Toronto; and publish and distribute a yearly report.

The Quality of Life Research Unit, University of Toronto

The Quality of Life initiative at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine has conducted quality of life studies on the following groups of individuals: people with developmental disabilities; seniors; communities and adolescents.

• Lawrence Heights Community Report
• Riverdale Community Report

The Lakeshore Community Audit Project

The Lakeshore Community Audit Project aims to improve the quality of life in the Lakeshore (or South Etobicoke area of Toronto) through participatory research and community action. The LCAP was formally launched in January 1998 with the aim of conducting community-led research to help residents understand the strengths and challenges of the Lakeshore; publishing and distributing a Community Report Card on the quality of life in the area; mobilizing citizens and groups, particularly from equity groups, to become leaders in the community; and launching self-help initiatives, co-financed by the project, external partners and the community, to improve the quality of life.

The Challenges Our Children Face:
   Report Card on Child Poverty in Eastern Ontario
   (Regional reports on child poverty in Eastern Ontario)

Includes local reports from five regions including: Ottawa-Carlton, Renfrew, Lanark-Leeds-Grenville, Prescott-Russell, and Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry.

Community Development Council of Quinte

The Community Development Council of Quinte conducts social planning and community development within the context of social justice so as to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families in communities. Since 1996, the Community Development Council of Quinte, in partnership with the Ontario Social Development Council and the Social Planning Network of Ontario, has attempted to monitor the quality of life in Quinte. The Quality of Life Index aims to identify urgent and emerging social issues, monitor and analyze trends that affect community quality of life, and heighten community awareness to the needs of its members.

Ottawa-Carleton Social Planning Council