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Future outlook
Domain
Prosperity
Subdomain
Skills and opportunity
Indicator
Future outlook
Definition
Proportion of the population by frequency of having a hopeful view of the future.
Measurement
This indicator is measured in selected iterations of the Canadian Social Survey (CSS) and in the General Social Survey (GSS) - Canadians at Work and Home.
In the CSS, survey respondents are asked:
Thinking about your life in general, how often would you say you have a hopeful view of the future?
- Always
- Often
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Never
In the GSS on Canadians at Work and Home, survey respondents are asked:
(How often would you say you:) have a hopeful view of the future?
- Always
- Often
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Never
Data sources
Data visualizations
- Interact with the latest estimates of sense of belonging to local community in the data visualization product Selected indicators of quality of life in Canada (Statistics Canada – Data Visualization Products)
- Hopefulness in Canada (Statistics Canada – Infographics, May 17, 2022)
Data analysis
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