Vital Signs
Edmonton Vital Signs® helps identify the greatest needs for funding from Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF).
Vital Signs® is a national initiative conducted by participating community foundations across Canada. The Edmonton Vital Signs® Report identifies community needs, which helps us focus our resources on those needs. Vital Signs® is also a valuable teaching tool and resource for policy makers and organizations working on the front-lines. These groups use Vital Signs® to help inform their decision making processes.
We partner with the Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) to ensure the information provided by Vital Signs® is accurate. ESPC is an independent social research and analysis organization. They have been operating in Edmonton for more than 75 years. You can learn more about the ESPC by clicking here. We also work with a committee of community experts to ensure the report is examining the right issues.
This year we’re conducting Vital Signs a little differently. In addition to our annual report we’ll also be focusing on individual issues, Vital Topics, that are timely and important to Edmonton throughout the year.
Watch the 2021 Vital Signs launch and analysis below:
Follow the links below to read our Vital Signs topics and full reports:
- 2022 Vital Topic: Racism
- 2021 Vital Topic: Intersectionality.
- 2021 Vital Signs Report: Making Ends Meet. Sources/Indicators
- 2021 Vital Topic: Small Business & Employment. Sources/Indicators
- 2021 Vital Topic: Gaps in the Safety Net. Sources/Indicators
- 2021 Vital Topic: Primer on Income. Sources/Indicators
- 2021 Vital Topic: COVID-19. Sources/Indicators
- 2020 Vital Signs Report: Millennials. Sources/Indicators
- 2020 Vital Topic: Millennial Technology. Sources/Indicators
- 2020 Vital Topic: Millennial Activism & Engagement. Sources/Indicators
- 2020 Vital Topic: Millennial Finances. Sources/Indicators
- 2019 Vital Signs Report: Full Edition. Sources/Indicators
- 2019 Vital Signs Topic: Sports & Recreation. Sources/Indicators
- 2019 Vital Topic: Green Spaces. Sources/Indicators
- 2019 Vital Topic: Philanthropy. Sources/Indicators
- 2019 Vital Topic: Indigenous Women. Sources/Indicators
- 2019 Vital Topic: Arts in Edmonton. Sources/Indicators
- 2018 Vital Topic: Senior Women in Edmonton. Sources/Indicators
- 2018 Vital Signs Report: Full Edition. Sources/Indicators
- 2018 Vital Topic: Visible Minority Women. Sources/Indicators
- 2018 Vital Topic: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
- 2018 Vital Topic: Women in Edmonton. Sources/Indicators
- 2017 Vital Signs Report on Belonging. Sources/Indicators
- 2016 Vital Signs Report on Newcomers. Sources/Indicators
- 2015 Vital Signs Report on Edmonton’s Aboriginal Communities. Sources/Indicators
- 2014 Vital Signs Report on Edmonton Youth. Sources/Indicators
- 2013 Vital Signs Report on Edmonton Food Security. Sources/Indicators