Canadian Index of Wellbeing National Report

The CIW National Index Report: How are Canadians Really Doing? 

Is our overall quality of life getting better or worse? Are we getting closer or moving farther away from realizing the kind of Canada we want to live in? The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) national report compares trends in Canadian wellbeing, showing that the gap between economic growth and wellbeing is widening. 

CIW National Index Report: How are Canadians Really Doing? (PDF)

Click on the links below to access the full report online:

• Executive summary
• What is wellbeing
• Why we need the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW)
• Trends and statistical highlights
• Policy directions
• Appendix A: GDP: What you need to know
• Appendix B: The CIW: Methods 
• Acknowledgements 
• Key messages
• National report raw data
• List of data sources