Table 1. Percentage of population reporting strong or somewhat strong sense of community belonging, by province and health region, household population aged 12 or older, Canada excluding territories, January to June, 2005

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Table 1. Percentage of population reporting strong or somewhat strong sense of community belonging, by province and health region¹, household population aged 12 or older, Canada excluding territories, January to June, 2005
Province	Region code	Region name	%	95% confidence interval	Significantly higher or lower (p is less than 0.05) than:
Canada	Province
Canada	No code	Canada total	64.1	63.5, 64.7	Same	Same
Newfoundland and Labrador	No code	Province total	78.8	76.4, 81.1	Higher	Same
1011	Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority	74.9	71.7, 78.1	Higher	Lower
1013	Western Regional Integrated Health Authority	82.6	76.9, 88.3	Higher	Same
1012	Central Regional Integrated Health Authority	83.5	78.1, 88.9	Higher	Same
1014	Labrador-Grenfell Regional Integrated Health Authority	89.3	85.5, 93.2	Higher	Higher
Prince Edward Island	No code	Province total	75.5	71.4, 79.7	Higher	Same
1103	Queens	68.3	60.7, 75.8	Same	Lower
1104	Kings	79.5	71.4, 87.6	Higher	Same
1102	East Prince	82.3	77.8, 86.8	Higher	Higher
1101	West Prince	88.8	83.0, 94.7	Higher	Higher
Nova Scotia	No code	Province total	72.4	70.1, 74.7	Higher	Same
1202	Zone 2	67.6	61.0, 74.1	Same	Same
1206	Zone 6	68.4	63.7, 73.0	Same	Lower
1203	Zone 3	71.8	65.7, 78.0	Higher	Same
1201	Zone 1	75.3	70.9, 79.8	Higher	Same
1204	Zone 4	78.4	72.3, 84.5	Higher	Higher
1205	Zone 5	81.4	77.6, 85.1	Higher	Higher
New Brunswick	No code	Province total	73.4	71.2, 75.6	Higher	Same
1306	Region 6	64.1	56.6, 71.7	Same	Lower
1303	Region 3	70.7	65.6, 75.8	Higher	Same
1304	Region 4	72.3	65.3, 79.3	Higher	Same
1302	Region 2	74.3	69.9, 78.7	Higher	Same
1301	Region 1	75.9	71.6, 80.3	Higher	Same
1307	Region 7	81.2	73.6, 88.8	Higher	Higher
1305	Region 5	81.7	76.6, 86.9	Higher	Higher
Quebec	No code	Province total	54.4	53.1, 55.6	Lower	Same
2413	Région de Laval	44.0	40.7, 47.3	Lower	Lower
2414	Région de Lanaudière	48.6	43.0, 54.1	Lower	Lower
2415	Région des Laurentides	51.0	46.6, 55.4	Lower	Same
2403	Région de la Capitale Nationale	52.5	48.4, 56.6	Lower	Same
2407	Région de l'Outaouais	53.0	47.8, 58.2	Lower	Same
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	53.7	49.1, 58.3	Lower	Same
2408	Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue	53.7	48.1, 59.3	Lower	Same
2416	Région de la Montérégie	54.1	50.0, 58.2	Lower	Same
2406	Région de Montréal	55.0	52.5, 57.5	Lower	Same
2405	Région de l'Estrie	55.6	51.0, 60.1	Lower	Same
2404	Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec	57.4	52.1, 62.7	Lower	Same
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	59.4	54.1, 64.6	Same	Same
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	66.7	63.2, 70.2	Same	Higher
2410	Région du Nord-du-Québec	71.2	64.4, 78.0	Higher	Higher
2411	Région de la Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine	73.6	68.3, 78.9	Higher	Higher
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	74.2	70.0, 78.3	Higher	Higher
Ontario	No code	Province total	65.5	64.5, 66.5	Higher	Same
3570	York Regional Health Unit	58.4	53.9, 62.8	Lower	Lower
3595	City of Toronto Health Unit	59.1	55.8, 62.4	Lower	Lower
3551	City of Ottawa Health Unit	61.5	57.5, 65.4	Same	Lower
3530	Durham Regional Health Unit	62.3	57.5, 67.1	Same	Same
3558	Eastern Ontario Health Unit	63.8	58.5, 69.0	Same	Same
3566	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit	64.7	59.8, 69.6	Same	Same
3534	Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit	65.9	60.0, 71.8	Same	Same
3560	Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit	66.0	61.9, 70.2	Same	Same
3568	Windsor-Essex County Health Unit	66.2	61.9, 70.5	Same	Same
3536	Halton Regional Health Unit	66.4	61.6, 71.1	Same	Same
3543	Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit	67.2	61.7, 72.7	Same	Same
3553	Peel Regional Health Unit	67.3	64.1, 70.6	Same	Same
3552	Oxford County Health Unit	67.4	61.2, 73.6	Same	Same
3537	City of Hamilton Health Unit	67.5	62.9, 72.0	Same	Same
3544	Middlesex-London Health Unit	67.9	62.8, 72.9	Same	Same
3531	Elgin-St Thomas Health Unit	68.6	62.1, 75.0	Same	Same
3565	Waterloo Health Unit	68.7	64.6, 72.8	Higher	Same
3546	Niagara Regional Area Health Unit	69.9	65.5, 74.4	Higher	Higher
3561	Sudbury and District Health Unit	71.6	66.5, 76.8	Higher	Higher
3535	Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit	71.7	66.2, 77.2	Higher	Higher
3557	Renfrew County and District Health Unit	71.8	65.9, 77.7	Higher	Higher
3541	Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit	72.0	66.8, 77.1	Higher	Higher
3562	Thunder Bay District Health Unit	72.0	67.5, 76.5	Higher	Higher
3563	Timiskaming Health Unit	72.6	66.7, 78.5	Higher	Higher
3547	North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit	72.8	67.1, 78.5	Higher	Higher
3554	Perth District Health Unit	73.2	67.1, 79.3	Higher	Higher
3539	Huron County Health Unit	73.3	67.0, 79.6	Higher	Higher
3527	Brant County Health Unit	73.4	67.4, 79.3	Higher	Higher
3540	Chatham-Kent Health Unit	73.4	68.6, 78.2	Higher	Higher
3556	Porcupine Health Unit	74.9	70.1, 79.8	Higher	Higher
3549	Northwestern Health Unit	75.4	67.9, 82.8	Higher	Higher
3533	Grey Bruce Health Unit	76.1	71.1, 81.1	Higher	Higher
3526	District of Algoma Health Unit	76.5	71.4, 81.5	Higher	Higher
3542	Lambton Health Unit	77.4	72.7, 82.0	Higher	Higher
3538	Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit	78.4	73.4, 83.4	Higher	Higher
3555	Peterborough County-City Health Unit	79.1	73.8, 84.3	Higher	Higher
Manitoba	No code	Province total	66.9	64.3, 69.5	Higher	Same
4610	Winnipeg Regional Health Authority	61.3	57.2, 65.4	Same	Lower
4615	Brandon Regional Health Authority	65.2	57.2, 73.3	Same	Same
4625	South Eastman Regional Health Authority	69.8	63.4, 76.3	Same	Same
4685	Burntwood/Churchill	72.1	65.4, 78.8	Higher	Same
4620	North Eastman Regional Health Authority	73.5	66.7, 80.3	Higher	Same
4640	Central Regional Health Authority	75.7	70.2, 81.1	Higher	Higher
4630	Interlake Regional Health Authority	77.1	70.0, 84.2	Higher	Higher
4645	Assiniboine Regional Health Authority	79.2	73.9, 84.4	Higher	Higher
4660	Parkland Regional Health Authority	83.8	76.7, 90.9	Higher	Higher
4670	Norman Regional Health Authority	84.2	78.8, 89.6	Higher	Higher
Saskatchewan	No code	Province total	72.5	70.3, 74.6	Higher	Same
4706	Saskatoon Regional Health Authority	64.6	59.7, 69.6	Same	Lower
4705	Sunrise Regional Health Authority	66.0	57.8, 74.2	Same	Same
4702	Five Hills Regional Health Authority	70.6	64.0, 77.3	Same	Same
4704	Regina Qu'Appelle Regional Health Authority	72.8	68.2, 77.3	Higher	Same
4714	Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca	76.6	69.7, 83.4	Higher	Same
4709	Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority	77.4	71.0, 83.8	Higher	Same
4707	Heartland Regional Health Authority	79.3	74.1, 84.5	Higher	Higher
4710	Prairie North Regional Health Authority	80.9	75.2, 86.7	Higher	Higher
4701	Sun Country Regional Health Authority	81.4	74.3, 88.4	Higher	Higher
4708	Kelsey Trail Regional Health Authority	83.8	77.6, 90.0	Higher	Higher
4703	Cypress Regional Health Authority	85.4	80.7, 90.1	Higher	Higher
Alberta	No code	Province total	65.1	63.2, 66.9	Same	Same
4822	Calgary Health Region	61.2	57.8, 64.6	Same	Lower
4825	Capital Health	62.6	59.1, 66.1	Same	Same
4828	Northern Lights Health Region	69.9	62.6, 77.3	Same	Same
4823	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	70.5	66.0, 74.9	Higher	Higher
4826	Aspen Regional Health Authority	70.9	66.0, 75.7	Higher	Higher
4821	Palliser Health Region	71.5	67.7, 75.3	Higher	Higher
4827	Peace Country Health	72.1	65.6, 78.5	Higher	Higher
4824	East Central Health	75.7	71.2, 80.3	Higher	Higher
4820	Chinook Regional Health Authority	76.6	71.2, 82.0	Higher	Higher
British Columbia	No code	Province total	68.9	67.4, 70.3	Higher	Same
5932	Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area	63.7	59.1, 68.3	Same	Lower
5922	Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area	64.8	60.7, 69.0	Same	Lower
5931	Richmond Health Service Delivery Area	65.9	59.5, 72.3	Same	Same
5923	Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area	66.5	62.3, 70.8	Same	Same
5911	East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area	67.1	60.6, 73.5	Same	Same
5933	North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area	67.5	62.2, 72.8	Same	Same
5952	Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area	68.3	62.3, 74.4	Same	Same
5953	Northeast Health Service Delivery Area	69.3	61.4, 77.2	Same	Same
5943	North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area	70.5	61.6, 79.3	Same	Same
5921	Fraser East Health Service Delivery Area	70.9	65.0, 76.7	Higher	Same
5913	Okanagan Health Service Delivery Area	72.7	67.7, 77.7	Higher	Same
5942	Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area	73.1	68.2, 78.0	Higher	Same
5941	South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area	73.9	69.9, 77.9	Higher	Higher
5912	Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area	75.4	69.8, 81.0	Higher	Higher
5914	Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area	76.2	70.4, 82.1	Higher	Higher
5951	Northwest Health Service Delivery Area	81.9	77.3, 86.5	Higher	Higher
Data source: Canadian Community Health Survey (cycle 3.1), January to June, 2005
1. For more precision on the geographic location of health regions within each province, see map of health regions peer groups.

Table 1. Percentage of population reporting strong or somewhat strong sense of community belonging, by province and health region¹, household population aged 12 or older, Canada excluding territories, January to June, 2005

Province

Region code

Region name

95% confidence interval

Significantly higher or lower (p is less than 0.05) than:

Canada

Province

Canada

No code

Canada total

64.1

63.5, 64.7

Same

Newfoundland and Labrador

No code

Province total

78.8

76.4, 81.1

Higher

Same

1011

Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority

74.9

71.7, 78.1

Higher

Lower

1013

Western Regional Integrated Health Authority

82.6

76.9, 88.3

Higher

Same

1012

Central Regional Integrated Health Authority

83.5

78.1, 88.9

Higher

Same

1014

Labrador-Grenfell Regional Integrated Health Authority

89.3

85.5, 93.2

Higher

Prince Edward Island

No code

Province total

75.5

71.4, 79.7

Higher

Same

1103

Queens

68.3

60.7, 75.8

Same

Lower

1104

Kings

79.5

71.4, 87.6

Higher

Same

1102

East Prince

82.3

77.8, 86.8

Higher

1101

West Prince

88.8

83.0, 94.7

Higher

Nova Scotia

No code

Province total

72.4

70.1, 74.7

Higher

Same

1202

Zone 2

67.6

61.0, 74.1

Same

1206

Zone 6

68.4

63.7, 73.0

Same

Lower

1203

Zone 3

71.8

65.7, 78.0

Higher

Same

1201

Zone 1

75.3

70.9, 79.8

Higher

Same

1204

Zone 4

78.4

72.3, 84.5

Higher

1205

Zone 5

81.4

77.6, 85.1

Higher

New Brunswick

No code

Province total

73.4

71.2, 75.6

Higher

Same

1306

Region 6

64.1

56.6, 71.7

Same

Lower

1303

Region 3

70.7

65.6, 75.8

Higher

Same

1304

Region 4

72.3

65.3, 79.3

Higher

Same

1302

Region 2

74.3

69.9, 78.7

Higher

Same

1301

Region 1

75.9

71.6, 80.3

Higher

Same

1307

Region 7

81.2

73.6, 88.8

Higher

1305

Region 5

81.7

76.6, 86.9

Higher

Quebec

No code

Province total

54.4

53.1, 55.6

Lower

Same

2413

Région de Laval

44.0

40.7, 47.3

Lower

2414

Région de Lanaudière

48.6

43.0, 54.1

Lower

2415

Région des Laurentides

51.0

46.6, 55.4

Lower

Same

2403

Région de la Capitale Nationale

52.5

48.4, 56.6

Lower

Same

2407

Région de l'Outaouais

53.0

47.8, 58.2

Lower

Same

2412

Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches

53.7

49.1, 58.3

Lower

Same

2408

Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue

53.7

48.1, 59.3

Lower

Same

2416

Région de la Montérégie

54.1

50.0, 58.2

Lower

Same

2406

Région de Montréal

55.0

52.5, 57.5

Lower

Same

2405

Région de l'Estrie

55.6

51.0, 60.1

Lower

Same

2404

Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec

57.4

52.1, 62.7

Lower

Same

2402

Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean

59.4

54.1, 64.6

Same

2401

Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent

66.7

63.2, 70.2

Same

Higher

2410

Région du Nord-du-Québec

71.2

64.4, 78.0

Higher

2411

Région de la Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine

73.6

68.3, 78.9

Higher

2409

Région de la Côte-Nord

74.2

70.0, 78.3

Higher

Ontario

No code

Province total

65.5

64.5, 66.5

Higher

Same

3570

York Regional Health Unit

58.4

53.9, 62.8

Lower

3595

City of Toronto Health Unit

59.1

55.8, 62.4

Lower

3551

City of Ottawa Health Unit

61.5

57.5, 65.4

Same

Lower

3530

Durham Regional Health Unit

62.3

57.5, 67.1

Same

3558

Eastern Ontario Health Unit

63.8

58.5, 69.0

Same

3566

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit

64.7

59.8, 69.6

Same

3534

Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit

65.9

60.0, 71.8

Same

3560

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

66.0

61.9, 70.2

Same

3568

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit

66.2

61.9, 70.5

Same

3536

Halton Regional Health Unit

66.4

61.6, 71.1

Same

3543

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

67.2

61.7, 72.7

Same

3553

Peel Regional Health Unit

67.3

64.1, 70.6

Same

3552

Oxford County Health Unit

67.4

61.2, 73.6

Same

3537

City of Hamilton Health Unit

67.5

62.9, 72.0

Same

3544

Middlesex-London Health Unit

67.9

62.8, 72.9

Same

3531

Elgin-St Thomas Health Unit

68.6

62.1, 75.0

Same

3565

Waterloo Health Unit

68.7

64.6, 72.8

Higher

Same

3546

Niagara Regional Area Health Unit

69.9

65.5, 74.4

Higher

3561

Sudbury and District Health Unit

71.6

66.5, 76.8

Higher

3535

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

71.7

66.2, 77.2

Higher

3557

Renfrew County and District Health Unit

71.8

65.9, 77.7

Higher

3541

Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit

72.0

66.8, 77.1

Higher

3562

Thunder Bay District Health Unit

72.0

67.5, 76.5

Higher

3563

Timiskaming Health Unit

72.6

66.7, 78.5

Higher

3547

North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

72.8

67.1, 78.5

Higher

3554

Perth District Health Unit

73.2

67.1, 79.3

Higher

3539

Huron County Health Unit

73.3

67.0, 79.6

Higher

3527

Brant County Health Unit

73.4

67.4, 79.3

Higher

3540

Chatham-Kent Health Unit

73.4

68.6, 78.2

Higher

3556

Porcupine Health Unit

74.9

70.1, 79.8

Higher

3549

Northwestern Health Unit

75.4

67.9, 82.8

Higher

3533

Grey Bruce Health Unit

76.1

71.1, 81.1

Higher

3526

District of Algoma Health Unit

76.5

71.4, 81.5

Higher

3542

Lambton Health Unit

77.4

72.7, 82.0

Higher

3538

Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit

78.4

73.4, 83.4

Higher

3555

Peterborough County-City Health Unit

79.1

73.8, 84.3

Higher

Manitoba

No code

Province total

66.9

64.3, 69.5

Higher

Same

4610

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

61.3

57.2, 65.4

Same

Lower

4615

Brandon Regional Health Authority

65.2

57.2, 73.3

Same

4625

South Eastman Regional Health Authority

69.8

63.4, 76.3

Same

4685

Burntwood/Churchill

72.1

65.4, 78.8

Higher

Same

4620

North Eastman Regional Health Authority

73.5

66.7, 80.3

Higher

Same

4640

Central Regional Health Authority

75.7

70.2, 81.1

Higher

4630

Interlake Regional Health Authority

77.1

70.0, 84.2

Higher

4645

Assiniboine Regional Health Authority

79.2

73.9, 84.4

Higher

4660

Parkland Regional Health Authority

83.8

76.7, 90.9

Higher

4670

Norman Regional Health Authority

84.2

78.8, 89.6

Higher

Saskatchewan

No code

Province total

72.5

70.3, 74.6

Higher

Same

4706

Saskatoon Regional Health Authority

64.6

59.7, 69.6

Same

Lower

4705

Sunrise Regional Health Authority

66.0

57.8, 74.2

Same

4702

Five Hills Regional Health Authority

70.6

64.0, 77.3

Same

4704

Regina Qu'Appelle Regional Health Authority

72.8

68.2, 77.3

Higher

Same

4714

Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca

76.6

69.7, 83.4

Higher

Same

4709

Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority

77.4

71.0, 83.8

Higher

Same

4707

Heartland Regional Health Authority

79.3

74.1, 84.5

Higher

4710

Prairie North Regional Health Authority

80.9

75.2, 86.7

Higher

4701

Sun Country Regional Health Authority

81.4

74.3, 88.4

Higher

4708

Kelsey Trail Regional Health Authority

83.8

77.6, 90.0

Higher

4703

Cypress Regional Health Authority

85.4

80.7, 90.1

Higher

Alberta

No code

Province total

65.1

63.2, 66.9

Same

4822

Calgary Health Region

61.2

57.8, 64.6

Same

Lower

4825

Capital Health

62.6

59.1, 66.1

Same

4828

Northern Lights Health Region

69.9

62.6, 77.3

Same

4823

David Thompson Regional Health Authority

70.5

66.0, 74.9

Higher

4826

Aspen Regional Health Authority

70.9

66.0, 75.7

Higher

4821

Palliser Health Region

71.5

67.7, 75.3

Higher

4827

Peace Country Health

72.1

65.6, 78.5

Higher

4824

East Central Health

75.7

71.2, 80.3

Higher

4820

Chinook Regional Health Authority

76.6

71.2, 82.0

Higher

British Columbia

No code

Province total

68.9

67.4, 70.3

Higher

Same

5932

Vancouver Health Service Delivery Area

63.7

59.1, 68.3

Same

Lower

5922

Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area

64.8

60.7, 69.0

Same

Lower

5931

Richmond Health Service Delivery Area

65.9

59.5, 72.3

Same

5923

Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area

66.5

62.3, 70.8

Same

5911

East Kootenay Health Service Delivery Area

67.1

60.6, 73.5

Same

5933

North Shore/Coast Garibaldi Health Service Delivery Area

67.5

62.2, 72.8

Same

5952

Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area

68.3

62.3, 74.4

Same

5953

Northeast Health Service Delivery Area

69.3

61.4, 77.2

Same

5943

North Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area

70.5

61.6, 79.3

Same

5921

Fraser East Health Service Delivery Area

70.9

65.0, 76.7

Higher

Same

5913

Okanagan Health Service Delivery Area

72.7

67.7, 77.7

Higher

Same

5942

Central Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area

73.1

68.2, 78.0

Higher

Same

5941

South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area

73.9

69.9, 77.9

Higher

5912

Kootenay-Boundary Health Service Delivery Area

75.4

69.8, 81.0

Higher

5914

Thompson/Cariboo Health Service Delivery Area

76.2

70.4, 82.1

Higher

5951

Northwest Health Service Delivery Area

81.9

77.3, 86.5

Higher

Data source: Canadian Community Health Survey (cycle 3.1), January to June, 2005

1. For more precision on the geographic location of health regions within each province, see map of health regions peer groups.