Quality of life analysis and reference products

Analysis: Canada's quality of life indicators

The following list is a selection of Statistics Canada's analysis relevant to quality of life in Canada. It is not comprehensive. Additional links to analysis and data may be provided on each of the indicator pages on this hub, as well as at Statistics Canada.

• Canadian Federal Budget 2021, Annex 4 Gender, Diversity, and Quality of Life Statement. Department of Finance Canada, April 2021.
• Younger Canadians experience lower perceived well-being: Insights from the Canadian Social Survey. Statistics Canada, February 2023.
• Survey framing and mode effects in life satisfaction responses on Canadian social surveys. Statistics Canada, January 2023.
• How Survey Mode and Survey Context Affect the Measurement of Self-Perceived Racial Discrimination across Cycles of the General Social Survey. Statistics Canada, August 2022.
• Having someone to count on, January to March 2022. Statistics Canada, August 2022.
• Hopefulness is declining across Canada: having children or strong ties to a local community associated with a more hopeful outlook. Statistics Canada, May 2022.
• Local Environments Lift Life Satisfaction. Statistics Canada, May 2022.
• Sense of meaning and purpose in Canada, October to December 2021. Statistics Canada, March 2022.
• Canadian Social Survey: Loneliness in Canada. Statistics Canada, November 2021.
• Measuring Social Capital at the Neighbourhood Level: Experimental Estimates of Sense of Belonging to the Local Community Measured at the Census Tract Level. Statistics Canada, November 2021.
• The financial resilience and financial well-being of Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada, September 2021.
• Neighbourhood characteristics and life satisfaction of individuals in lower-, middle-, and higher-income families in Canadian metropolitan areas. Statistics Canada, May 2021.
• Canadians' Well-being in Year One of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Statistics Canada, April 2021.
• The COVID-19 pandemic and life satisfaction in Canada. Statistics Canada, December 2020.

Reference: Quality of Life Framework for Canada

The following list is a selection of reference documents relevant to quality of life in Canada published by the Canadian federal government.

• Statistics Canada's Quality of Life Statistics Program: April 2021 to March 2023. Statistics Canada, April 2023.
• Moving Forward on Well-being (Quality of Life) Measures in Canada. Statistics Canada, July 2021.
• Measuring What Matters: Toward a Quality of Life Strategy for Canada. Department of Finance Canada, April 2021.
• Canadian Federal Budget 2021, Annex 4 Gender, Diversity, and Quality of Life Statement. Department of Finance Canada, April 2021.
• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mandate Letter. Office of the Prime Minister, December 2021.
• President of the Treasury Board Mandate Letter. Office of the Prime Minister, December 2021.
• Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mandate Letter. Office of the Prime Minister, December 2019.

Reference: Other Government of Canada frameworks

The following list is a selection of other Government of Canada frameworks.

• Statistics Canada: Canadian Indicator Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and Canadian Indicator Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals Data Hub
• Women and Gender Equality Canada: Canada's Gender Results Framework
• Environment and Climate Change Canada: Indicators supporting the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
• Environment and Climate Change Canada: Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
• Indigenous Services Canada: The Community Well-Being index
• National Defence: Total Health and Wellness Strategic Framework
• Public Health Agency of Canada: Indicator Frameworks
• Statistics Canada: Health Indicators
• Youth Secretariat: Canada's Youth Policy

International perspectives: Quality of life and well-being

The following list is a selection of international approaches to quality of life and well-being measures.

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD Better Life Index
• Wellbeing Economy Alliance: Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership
• Government of New Zealand: Wellbeing Budget 2022
• Government of Scotland: National Performance Framework
• United Kingdom Office for National Statistics: Measures of national well-being
• Government of Iceland: Indicators for Measuring Well-being
• Australian Capital Territory: ACT Wellbeing Framework
• Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: Economy of wellbeing
• Government of Wales: Wellbeing of Wales
• Government of Germany: Well-being in Germany – what matters to us
• Italian National Institute of Statistics: Equitable and sustainable well-being in Italy