1. Simcoe County’s VitalSigns Highlights October 2014 VitalSigns® is a community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada.

2. VitalSigns Project Team

3. YOUTH  Graduation Rates  Simcoe County District School Board  Aboriginal youth  Living in the parental home  Proportion of youth

4. HEALTH  Residents with access to a doctor  Obesity  Heavy drinking  Food security

5. GAP BETWEEN RICH & POOR  Overall poverty  Child poverty  Elderly poverty  Single-parent families

6. HOUSING  Housing affordability  2013 Emergency homelessness shelter findings  Housing stability  Vacancy rate

7. CRIME  Violent crime  Overall crime severity  Property crime  Barrie – Canada’s Safest City

8. BELONGING & LEADERSHIP  Voter turnout  Life satisfaction  Volunteer rate  Charitable donations

9. COMMUNITY PROFILES  Midland:  Lowest average donation across both age categories and the lowest median donation.  Midland, Orillia and Collingwood have the highest rates in Simcoe County in regards to total violent criminal code violations, property crime violations and overall crime severity index  Single-parent poverty rate is highest in Midland and Collingwood (in Simcoe County), and ranks higher than provincial and national rates.  Collingwood :  Collingwood ranks highest in Simcoe County, and higher than national and provincial rates, in average donation across both age categories and is tied with Orillia for highest median charitable donation.  Collingwood has the lowest vacancy rate in Simcoe County (total private apartment vacancy rates)  Orillia:  Orillia, Midland and Collingwood all rank higher than the provincial and national child poverty rate (children 18 years and under in Simcoe County who were classified as low income)  Orillia and Midland rank higher than provincial and national overall poverty rate (individuals in Simcoe County who were classified as low income)  Highest vacancy rate in Simcoe County (total private apartment vacancy rates)

10. COMMUNITY PROFILES  South Simcoe:  Total violent criminal code violations, property crime violations and overall crime severity index rates are lowest in South Simcoe (as compared to other regions in Simcoe County)  Bradford West Gwillimbury, Essa Township and Midland all rank higher than the provincial rate but still fall below the national elderly poverty rate (seniors 65+ in Simcoe County who were classified as low income)  Barrie:  Barrie’s youth unemployment rate for ages 15-24 was higher than the 2006 rate and in 2011 was higher than the provincial and national rates  Barrie is the safest city in Canada in 2014. Barrie's community is engaged in keeping the public safety.  Single-parent poverty in Barrie is lower than provincial and national rates.  Barrie Aboriginal students who graduated with a certificate, diploma or degree at a rate of 75% in 2006, seeing a huge increase to 81% by 2011 outpacing provincial and national standards.

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