Vital Signs uses community knowledge to measure the vitality of our communities - gathering  data and publishing reports on significant social and economic trends to tell the story of how Canadian communities are faring in key quality-of-life areas.

Vital Signs connects the dots between existing data to dive deep on issues such as poverty, food insecurity and youth unemployment. Community foundations use Vital Signs to start conversations and identify trends to help communities act on local priorities and opportunities.

The communities that released Vital Signs 2015 reports are:

• Calgary, AB
• Centre Wellington, ON
• Edmonton, AB
• Grande Prairie, AB
• Hamilton, ON
• Kelowna, BC
• Kingston, ON
• Kitchener-Waterloo, ON (Waterloo Region) *launching October 15
• Lethbridge, AB
• Medicine Hat, AB
• Mississauga, ON
• Montréal, QC
• Nanaimo, BC
• Napanee, ON
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Oakville, ON
• Peterborough, ON
• Penticton, BC
• Port Alberni, BC
• Powell River, BC
• Regina, SK
• Saskatoon, SK
• Sudbury, ON
• Surrey, BC  *launching November 3
• Toronto, ON
• Victoria, BC
• Windsor, ON