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Reflections of a UWHH Fundraising Participant What is Sleepless for Our Community? On Friday February 20 I took part in a fundraiser by United Way of Halton & Hamilton called Sleepless for our Community. Each year, volunteers nation-wide sleep in their vehicle for an evening to both raise money for United Way programming and to raise awareness of homelessness (especially hidden homelessness) in our communities. Proceeds from the event support United Way programming related to housing and...

Story by Richard Lau, Senior Social Planner with CDH Understanding population change at the municipal level requires a different approach than the one typically used for province or the country. For this analysis, we draw on Statistics Canada’s newest community-level population projections [1] , [2] , produced for Census Subdivision (CSD) such as Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills in Halton Region. This is the first time Statistics Canada has released official, nationally...

Statistics Canada has just released new data from the 2023 Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (SGVP) [1] that provides a deeper look at volunteering among racialized Canadians. This release builds on earlier survey results and, for the first time, offers detailed national data on how racialized population contribute their time, skills, and expertise to communities across Canada. These findings are particularly relevant for Halton Region, where the population has become...