News release
A NEW WEB-BASED TOOL PROVIDING CANADIANS WITH ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 2, 2006 - Community organizations, government policy makers, businesses, research organizations and universities now have access to a new Web-based resource providing them with consistent and accessible community-based information on economic and demographic factors at the community level.
"Having access to reliable and current information is critical in the decision-making process," said Donna Mitchell, Executive Director, Rural and Co-operatives Secretariats. "Canada's new government believes in a grassroots approach to rural development and we are pleased to provide communities with a tool that can play a key role in their development."
The Community Information Database (CID), available online at www.cid-bdc.ca, serves as a complementary data set to what is already provided by individual provinces and territories. One of its key features is the ability to present information in a variety of forms - charts, tables, and by geographic maps, the latter of which allows for analysis at a number of levels.
The free on-line tool has been developed collaboratively by the Rural Secretariat, provinces, territories, other federal departments, and community groups. It provides a common set of data, based primarily on Statistics Canada Census data, and presents it in a range of geographic ways - national, province/territory, Census Division, economic region, Census Sub-Division (or community) level.
The CID includes information on population, age, average personal and family income, employment rate, education, employment by sector, language, resource reliance and economic diversification, so that communities are better equipped to make decisions on their development.
The Community Information Database is part of the Rural Secretariat's ongoing support to rural communities.
The Rural Secretariat is a focal point for the Government of Canada to work in partnership with Canadians in rural and remote areas to build strong, dynamic communities.
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For more information, media may contact:
Kate Humpage
Rural Secretariat, Rural Research and Analysis
(613) 759-7106
or
Valérie Roy
Rural Secretariat, Rural Communications
(506) 851-6566
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