Setting out on the right foot is extremely important for the future success of our community's newcomers, children, and youth.  Their accomplishments are reliant on our combined power to welcome and integrate them into our community and our workforce.

• Net Migration
• Licensed Child Care Spaces
• Child Care Investment
• The Unemployment Rate for Youth
  

Supplementary Local and National Comparison Information

6-1 Net Migration is an indication of how attractive our community is to others.

	2001	2006
Waterloo Region	6.2	5.92
Ontario	7.14	6.63
Canada	6.74	6.81

Source: Statistics Canada. Annual Migration Estimates by Census Division/Census Metropolitan Area.  Table 111-0029.

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6-2 Licensed Child Care Spaces is an indicator of how adequately our community is providing supervised child care.

	2006	2007
Waterloo Region	103	104
Ontario Median	128	136

Source: OMBI 2007

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6-3 Child Care Investment is an indication of how well governments are doing at providing subsidized child care in our community.

  

 

	2006	2007
Waterloo Region	406	416
Ontario Median	422	530

Source: OMBI 2007

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6-4 The Unemployment Rate for Youth is an indicator of how well we are doing at getting our young people started on their working lives. 

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Waterloo Region	14.6	12.3	11	12.2	11.9	10.2	11	11.2	11	9.8	11	10.9
Ontario	16.4	14.5	13.2	11.9	12.5	13.9	14.4	14.1	13.9	13.1	13	13.8
Canada	16.2	15.2	14	12.7	13.6	12.9	13.6	13.4	12.4	11.6	11.2	11.6

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