Toronto is by several measures the least happy city in Canada

The 2019 Toronto's Vital Signs report reveals a city experiencing unprecedented growth, but increasingly at the cost of the most marginalized.

Health is influenced by a broad array of factors, ranging from income, social status, and education to personal health practices, the environment, genetics, and numerous other social determinants. But income is one of the most critical factors associated with health. A 2015 report by Toronto Public Health found that in 20 of the 34 health indicators they tracked, those with low income had worse outcomes.

• Toronto is physically healthier than the rest of the country and province, and many physical health metrics have been improving over time.
• Hospitalized strokes, heart attacks, and avoidable deaths have all been decreasing signifcantly over the last decade.
• Despite strong physical health, Toronto is by several measures the least happy city in the country, with our young people the least happy of all.
• Emergency room visits for mental health are increasing extremely rapidly among young adults, as are hospitalizations for eating disorders.
• Opioid deaths and alcohol poisonings are also increasing rapidly.
• Lower income is broadly associated with worse health outcomes across most major indicators available in this chapter.

Read the full report here: https://torontofoundation.ca/w...0/VitalSigns2019.pdf