Quality of Life Hub

Welcome to Canada's Quality of Life Hub. Learn about Canada's Quality of Life Framework, and find the latest releases, data publications, and reference material on subjective and objective measures of wellbeing.

Canada's Quality of Life Framework

The Quality of Life Framework for Canada brings together data for ninety-one indicators, spread across five domains and three central indicators (as shown in the Quality of Life Framework for Canada infosheet).

The framework also includes two cross-cutting lenses, which are applied across all the domains in the framework:

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Description - Quality of life identifier

This image illustrates the Quality of Life Framework for Canada. It is represented as a circular graphic with the term "Quality of Life" in a circle at its centre. The circular graphic is divided into five segments which represent each of the five domains of the framework: Prosperity, Health, Society, Environment, and Good Governance. Each domain is represented by an icon: Prosperity domain by an image of a line graph, Health by a heart and heartbeat (electrocardiogram) line, Society by a group of people, Environment by trees, and Good Governance by a courthouse. The two lenses of the framework, Fairness and Inclusion and Sustainability and Resilience, encircle the image, represented by curved arrows.

Domains and headline indicators

Consult the latest data on the headline indicators below to gain a snapshot of Canada's quality of life.

Data snapshots

Life satisfaction

% reported high life satisfaction in .

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Source: Table 13-10-0843-01.

Sense of meaning and purpose

% reported high sense of meaning and purpose in .

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Source: Table 13-10-0845-01.

Future outlook

% reported always or often having a hopeful view of the future in .

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Source: Table 13-10-0847-01.

Featured releases

1. Biennial Review of the Quality of Life Indicators

2. Threads of change: Navigating Canada's social fabric in times of transformation

3. Study: Charting change: How time-series data provides insights on Canadian well-being

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