A global directory to indicator initiatives Search IISDnet City of Winnipeg, Canada Metrozone Guadalajara, Mexico North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan City of Winnipeg, Canada Manitoba's Prairie Ecozone, Canada IISD was contracted by the administration of the City of Winnipeg to help elaborate a framework for the city's quality of life reporting and to identify key indicators to be measured. Plan Winnipeg, the long-term strategic plan for the City of Winnipeg, identifies high quality of life as the key element in the community's vision for the future. To make this vision a reality, it is essential to identify and monitor key measurable elements of the vision. Establishing a measurement system for quality of life requires a process to identify the key quality of life issues and indicators, to collect and organize data, and to publicize the information. As well as providing answers to these questions, IISD reviewed data sources necessary for indicator design.
Data collection is usually one of the most difficult aspects to establish a measurement system.
To facilitate this an assessment of data availability was included, providing a map of most data streams available for the city. The scope of this assessment extended to all quality of life categories and all data collection mechanisms, whether governmental, non-governmental or academic. IISD's team also defined a sample set of indicators for Winnipeg. Although these indicators are preliminary, they can help guide the indicator selection process.