Ontario Regional Services: More LMI

This page provides detailed information such as population statistics, educational institutions and major industries. This information can be helpful for workers who are thinking of moving to a new community, as well as for employers who are looking for a place to re-locate or build a new facility.

Provincial

Community Profiles

• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profiles 
  These profiles contain free information for all Canadian communities (cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves and Indian settlements, etc.), counties or their equivalents and for metropolitan areas.

• Ontario Census Data
  Pyramid graphs using Statistics Canada's 1996 and 2001 Census data, by age and sex, for Ontario's Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs), Census Divisions (CDs), Census Agglomeration (CAs), and Census Subdivisions (CSDs).

• Ontario Investment Service - Community Profiles 
  The information is provided to the Ontario Investment Service for communities across Ontario.

• Quality of Life in Ontario 
  The purpose of the Quality of Life Index (QLI) is to provide a tool for community development which can be used to monitor key indicators that encompass the social, health, environmental and economic dimensions of the quality of life.

Other Provincial Links

• Government of Ontario Ministry of Finance 
  The principal functions of the Ministry are to recommend taxation, fiscal and economic policies, manage provincial finances, develop and allocate the provincial budget, and administer the Province's major tax statutes and tax assistance programs.

• Occupational Licensing and Educational Accreditation in Ontario
  A number of occupations are regulated within Ontario by provincial public and private statute for purposes of ensuring competence and protecting the public interest with respect to health, safety and welfare. The following links point to sites which discuss and clarify occupational licensing procedures, the nature and roles of regulatory bodies in qualification recognition and processes of educational accreditation within the province.

• Apprenticeable Trades and Apprenticeship
  Apprenticeship is a proven industry used learning system which combines the job experience with technical training. Apprenticeship in Ontario is the responsibility of the provincial government.

Local

• More LMI for your Local Area
  This link provides information prepared by labour market analysts working in local offices across Ontario.