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2019 SIW Report Highlights

Heritage Saskatchewan and the Community Initiatives Fund have partnered to develop the SIW based on a shared vision that all Saskatchewan citizens enjoy a high quality of life and wellbeing.

Saskatchewan Index of Wellbeing 2019 | 2

The SIW report is a resource that expands our understanding of how well our communities and citizens are faring beyond the economic measures of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).


SIW measures 8 inter-connected domains


Where did this idea come from?

• SIW is based on the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), an initiative that reports on wellbeing at the national level.

• The first CIW report was released in 2011.

www.uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing


http://www.uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing

Why is the SIW important?

Ensures access to reliable, research-based evidence specific to Saskatchewan.


Encourages multi-sectoralplanning & implementation of initiatives.

Informs decision making at a local, regional or provincial level.

SIW’s Definition of Wellbeing

“Wellbeing is achieved when people are physically, emotionally and spiritually healthy; economically secure; have a strong sense of identity, belonging and place; and have the confidence and capacity to engage as citizens.”


Desired outcomes for the SIW

Communities are implementing

holistic approaches

to addressing complex

community issues.


Policy-makers and decision-

makers are making decisions

based on solid, comprehensive

evidence.

Saskatchewan citizens are

empowered to advocate for change that results in the

highest possible quality of life

for all.

A significant gap is shown between Canada’s GDP and wellbeing growth…


-5%

5%

15%

25%

35%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

CIW ↑9.9%

GDP ↑38.0%


-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SIW ↑13.2%

GDP ↑44.1%

… a significant gap is also shown between Saskatchewan’s GDP & wellbeing growth

Progress in wellbeing in the province & across the country fell well short of the growth in GDP


-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SASK GDP ↑44.1%

CAN GDP ↑38.0%

SASK CIW ↑13.2%

CAN CIW ↑9.5%*

*The CIW has been adjusted by removing an indicator in the Environment domain, which is not available for SK, allowing for direct comparison of SIW to CIW.


Trends in SIW’s 8 domains, compared with

GDP (per capita) from 1994 to 2014.


Education

Healthy Populations

Community Vitality

Democratic Engagement

Living Standards

Time Use

Environment

Leisure & Culture

SASK GDP ↑44.1%

-20%

-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SASK CIW ↑13.2%

From 1994 to 2014, Saskatchewan has increased in all indicator areas except Leisure & Culture.


38.4%

31.7%

14.8%

14.3%

7.8%

6.1%

3.1%

-10.7%

Education

Living Standards

Healthy Populations

Democratic Engagement

Time Use

Community Vitality

Environment

Leisure and Culture

Trends in Education has made the greatest progress overall in Saskatchewan from 1994 to 2014


-10%

-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑38.4%

CAN ↑32.8%

Living Standards were the second greatest area of growth in wellbeing in Saskatchewan between 1994 and 2014 with progress almost three times better than Canada overall.


-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑31.7%

CAN ↑11.9%

Saskatchewan’s Healthy Populations domain has seen significant improvement since 2001.


-15%

-10%

-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑14.8%CAN ↑16.2%

Saskatchewan’s Democratic Engagement domain has seen significant fluctuations similar to Canada between 1994 and 2014.


-10%

-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑14.3%CAN ↑13.0%

From 1994 to 2004 Saskatchewanians were feeling the timecrunch to a greater extent than others across Canada but are now seeing a slight improvement overall.


-10%

-5%

0%

5%

10%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑7.8%

CAN ↑3.0%

Saskatchewan lags behind Canada in the Community Vitality domain from 1994 to 2014.


-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑6.1%

CAN ↑14.7%

Canada saw a steady decline from 1994 to 2014 in the Environment domain, Saskatchewan has seen a slight increase over the same time period.


-20%

-15%

-10%

-5%

0%

5%

10%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↑3.1%

CAN ↓6.0%

Of all the domains, Leisure and Culture has seen the most dramatic decline since 1994 for both Canada and Saskatchewan.


-20%

-15%

-10%

-5%

0%

5%

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

SK ↓10.7%CAN ↓9.3%

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Do these findings reflect the

experience in your community?


What domains does your work

align with? How can the index

support your work?


What stands out? What

connections do you see?


What are the top 3 priorities

that we need to work on in

Saskatchewan?


How societies support the improvement of wellbeing is becoming a more common

conversation, a greater focus of study, and a higher priority for governments. What does

this progress look like for Saskatchewan?

The story is explored further in the full report,

available at saskwellbeing.ca


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