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Someone to count on

Domain

Society

Subdomain

Social cohesion and connections

Indicator

Someone to count on

Note: This indicator is a headline indicator. Headline indicators are intended to provide a high-level assessment of overall quality of life in Canada.

Someone to count on data snapshot
Description - Someone to count on data snapshot

73.1% of the population reported that they often or always have people they can depend on when they really need it.

Someone to count on
  Often or always have people to depend on
Q3 2021 75.6%
Q4 2021 73.4%
Q1 2022 75.5%
Q2 2022 76.3%
Q3 2022 75.4%
Q4 2022 72.1%
Q1 2023 ..
Q2 2023 71.2%
Q3 2023 ..
Q4 2023 ..
Q1 2024 75.8%
Q2 2024 73.1%
.. Not available for this reference period

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Social Survey, 2021-2024.


Definition

Proportion of the population by frequency with which they have people they can depend on to help them when they really need it.


Measurement

This indicator is measured in the Canadian Social Survey (CSS), the Survey Series on People and their Communities (SSPC), and in the General Social Survey (GSS) - Canadians at Work and Home.

In the CSS and the SSPC, survey respondents are asked:

How often would you say you have people you can depend on to help you when you really need it?

  • Always
  • Often
  • Sometimes
  • Rarely
  • Never

The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) asks a similar question to determine whether or not respondents have someone they can count on in an emergency:

There are people I can count on in an emergency:

  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree

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Frameworks

This indicator aligns with the following framework:

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