Aging with Confidence: Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors
The number of seniors in Ontario is forecast to double to 4.6 million within the next 25 years - and [...]
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11, 2017
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11, 2017
Age-Friendly Housing Forum: Opportunities for the Future
Eighty-five percent of Canadians have made it clear – they want to age in place and continue to live (and [...]
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10, 2017
Housing in Canada: Key results from the 2016 Census
The housing landscape in Canada has changed over the past decade, against a backdrop of record low-interest rates since the 2008-2009 recession, [...]
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08, 2017
Lifelong Learning Niagara: Age-Friendly Principles in Action
Over the past decade, the global movement toward age-friendly communities has demonstrated that quality of life is influenced as much [...]
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08, 2017
Niagara Age-Friendly Community Initiative: Year 1 2010-2011 Evaluation Summary Report
In late 2009, the Niagara Age-Friendly Community Initiative (NAFCI) was awarded a three-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). [...]
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07, 2017
Housing a Senior Population: The Economic and Social Benefits of Seniors in Your Community
When communities attract and retain older residents in a diverse population mix, they gain the economic benefits as well as [...]
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07, 2017
Housing a Senior Population: The Economic and Social Benefits of Seniors in Your Community
When communities attract and retain older residents in a diverse population mix, they gain the economic benefits as well as [...]
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07, 2017
Getting Ready for a New Generation of Active Seniors: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
This report makes four recommendations to respond to Canada’s demographic shift – all seemingly simple and all a familiar tune [...]
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07, 2017
The Corporation of the City of Port Colborne Age-Friendly Needs Assessment
Port Colborne's age-friendly needs assessment builds upon the existing needs assessment and action plan developed by Age-Friendly Niagara Community Network. [...]
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07, 2017
Age-Friendly Needs Assessment Surveys Report: City of Thorold
The goal of this report is to provide the Thorold City Council with the direct feedback from the members within [...]
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05, 2017
Census Profile – 2016 Census
This profile presents information from the 2016 Census of Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census [...]
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01, 2017
Growing Niagara: A Closer Look at Niagara’s Aging Population (Policy Brief #26)
An aging population has become of great policy concern as more people leave the workforce due to retirement than those [...]
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12, 2016
2017: Opportunities Ahead
2017 marks 12 years since the Niagara-wide community began building Niagara Connects. We are a network of people focused on: [...]
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11, 2016
Strengthening Age-Friendly Communities and Seniors’ Services for 21st Century Ontario
The municipal sector in Ontario is increasingly at the forefront of developing age-friendly communities and providing vital services to seniors. [...]
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09, 2016
A Case for the Need for Standards for Older Adult Recreation Programs: A Literature Review
For the first time in Canadian history, people over the age of 65 outnumber those under the age of 15. Governments, [...]
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08, 2016
Atlas of the Aging Population of Canada
The Atlas of the Aging Population of Canada is an interactive atlas that anyone from the community, researchers, undergraduate and [...]
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09, 2015
Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit: A Guide for Rural Municipalities
This tool kit is intended for use by municipal planners, health unit staff and elected officials in rural communities. It [...]
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08, 2015
Lifelong Learning Niagara
Established in 2015, Lifelong Learning Niagara is a non-profit, independent organization closely modelled on other lifelong learning groups in Ontario. [...]
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07, 2015
The Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan Officially Launched
The Niagara Age-Friendly Community (AFC) Network officially launched the Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan on June 5, 2015 in [...]
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06, 2015
Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan: Booklet
The Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan is dedicated to advancing the vision of a "caring community that optimizes opportunities [...]
