Reports Produced by the Quality of Life Reporting System:

:: 2010 -  Mending Canada's Frayed Social Safety Net: The role of municipal governments (PDF)
The #6 theme report from the QOLRS focuses on the growing municipal role in filling the holes in Canada´s fraying social safety net.  This report looks at the growing need for municipal social services, a need made more urgent by the recent recession and the federal and provincial retreat from traditional social supports, which has shifted the burden to municipal governments.

:: 2009 - Immigration & Diversity in Canadian Cities & Communities
Theme report #5 examines how recent immigrants continue to face challenges to settlement; are more likely to experience poverty; and have lower rates of labour market attachment. This is a particularly urban concern as the majority of newcomers to Canada settle in the country´s three largest metropolitan areas.

:: 2008 - Trends & Issues in Affordable Housing & Homelessness
Theme Report #4 focuses on trends related to housing and homelessness in 22 large and medium-sized municipalities and urban regions in Canada. Trend data are provided for the period 2000-2006, with some reference to trends dating back to 1991. A series of statistical charts and local stories from QOLRS member communities illustrate these trends.

:: Annex 1: Working Group Members
:: Annex 2: Chart References      
:: Annex 3: Glossary of Terms
:: Annex 4: Guide to the QOLRS Geography
:: Annex 5: Maps of Each QOLRS Member


:: 2005 - Growth, the Economy and the Urban Environment
Theme Report #3 describes a set of trends occurring between 1991 and 2001 that affected the local economy and the natural environment in the 20 QOLRS member communities. A series of statistical charts and local stories from QOLRS member communities illustrate these trends.

:: Annex 9a: The QOLRS Indicator Charts
:: Annex 9b: Backgrounder

:: 2005 - Ecological Footprints of Canadian Municipalities and Regions
This report presents the first Canadian estimates of the ecological footprint of each of the major Canadian municipalities/regions within the FCM family of member communities contributing to the FCM Quality of Life indicators reporting system.

:: 2005 - Dynamic Societies ans Social Change
Theme Report #2 presents a series of trends that occurred between 1991 and 2001 affecting the workforce, community and social infrastructure, civic engagement, and community health and safety in the 20 QOLRS member communities. A series of statistical charts and local stories from QOLRS member communities illustrate these broader trends.

:: Annex 8a: The QOLRS Indicator Charts
:: Annex 8b: Dynamic Societies and Social Change
          
:: 2004 - Incomes, Shelter and Necessities
Theme Report #1 focuses on a set of trends occurring between 1991 and 2001 related to personal incomes, shelter and the affordability of basic needs. The report provides an in-depth analysis of demographic groups more vulnerable to the effects of falling incomes, high rates of poverty and more severe housing affordability challenges. A series of statistical charts and local stories from QOLRS member communities illustrate these broader trends.

:: Annex 7a: Report 1 Indicators Charts
:: Annex 7b: Report 1
                 
:: 2004 - Highlights Report
The Highlights Report presents selected indicators from the Quality of Life Reporting System to show key changes from 1991 to 2001. The analysis found that quality of life in the 20 QOLRS member communities was at risk and had deteriorated for a significant number of people between 1991 and 2001. The report portrays a roller-coaster period of severe economic decline between 1991 and 1996, followed by a general recovery in levels of income, falling poverty rates and reduced housing affordability problems between 1996 and 2001. A series of statistical charts and local stories from QOLRS member communities illustrate these trends.

:: Annex 1: 2004 Highlights Report Charts
:: Annex 2: 2004 Supplementary Charts

:: 2001 - Second Report - Quality of Life in Canadian Communities

:: 1999 - Quality of Life in Canadian Communities