Stories about community, loneliness, and belonging in Canada
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In 1986, nearly half of Canadians saw a friend on any given day. By 2022, that number had collapsed to one in five. The decline did not happen suddenly. It crept in, one small optimization at a...
37% of Torontonians feel lonely at least three or four days a week, and two thirds know only a few of their neighbours or none at all. What the data actually says.
One in three Metro Vancouver residents say it is difficult to make new friends. The phenomenon has a name, a reputation, and research behind it.
Run club participation rose 59% in a single year. Gen Z say they are four times more likely to want to meet people working out than at a bar. Something is shifting.
Nearly half a million people arrive in Canada each year. 57% of immigrants report being lonely. Settlement services focus on employment and documents, not friendship.
The 2023 U.S. Surgeon General's advisory put poor social connection on a par with smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Canada's first clinical guidelines came in 2024.
One-third of Canada's 27,000 faith buildings are expected to close within a decade. With them goes the community infrastructure that held neighbourhoods together.
1.54 million Canadians are playing pickleball, up 57 percent in three years. What the numbers say about how adults find community.
Six in ten Canadians feel disconnected from their community. Sixteen percent say they never feel a sense of community at all.
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