Canadian indexes of social resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards, 2021

The Canadian indexes of social resilience and vulnerability were created to provide area-based information on resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters across Canada. Specifically, the Canadian Index of Social Resilience (CISR) aims to reflect a community’s ability to respond to and recover from natural hazards. In contrast, the Canadian Index of Social Vulnerability (CISV) aims to reflect the social vulnerability of an area based on factors that have the potential to amplify the impact of disasters on populations.

Before the CISR and CISV were built, indicator frameworks were developed for social resilience and social vulnerability, respectively. Indicators were selected because of their demonstrated association with social resilience or social vulnerability. The selection was informed by the theoretical and research literature, existing indexes, availability of relevant data and engagement with subject-matter experts.

The CISR and the CISV were created using data from Dissemination areas (DAs) across the country. The selected indicators were included in a principal component analysis, which is a statistical technique that allows a large number of indicators to be collapsed into a smaller number of interpretable components. Based on the results of the principal component analysis, DA-level scores were calculated for each index. Higher CISR scores correspond to DAs that are more resilient and higher CISV scores correspond to DAs that are more vulnerable.

These indexes can be used to better understand areas which may experience the largest disproportional social impacts from natural hazards.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-05
Date ( RI_366 )
2025-05-27
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  Government of Canada;Statistics Canada - ( )
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0T6 , Canada
1-800-263-1136
1-514-283-9350
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
Hours of service
Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • society
  • economy
  • statistics
  • health
  • natural disasters
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Socioeconomic data
  • Statistics
  • Economy
  • Geographic data
  • Natural disasters
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Society
  • Health
  • Economy
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  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

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  Government of Canada;Statistics Canada - ( )
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0T6 , Canada
1-800-263-1136
1-514-283-9350
Hours of service
Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
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Canadian indexes of social resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards, 2021 ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

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Canadian indexes of social resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards, 2021 ( HTTPS )

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Canadian indexes of social resilience and vulnerability to natural hazards, 2021 ( HTTPS )

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Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 - Dissemination area (DA) ( HTTPS )

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Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 - Dissemination area (DA) ( HTTPS )

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ESRI Geodatabase File ( HTTPS )

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ESRI Geodatabase File ( HTTPS )

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fra; CAN
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utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-05-27T09:01:16
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Statistics Canada - ( )
150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0T6 , Canada
1-800-263-1136
1-514-283-9350
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
Hours of service
Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
 
 

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