Explore a Focus Area:

Welcome to the Growing Futures Vital Signs© Report 2023

A new approach to bridging the funding gap through Vital Signs.

Explore the Focus Areas

The report reveals the following focus areas as the most pressing needs facing our community. By addressing these focus areas, we can work towards equitable and sustainable support for the well-being of our community.

Choose a focus area to explore further and see how you can impact your community today.

Supporting Safe and Affordable Housing
Increasing Food Security
Improving Mental Health Services for Substance Use and Suicide Prevention
Sustaining Community Infrastructure
Community Funding Gaps

The rising cost of living is impacting everyone in our community.

We’re exploring the impacts that the rising cost of living is having within each focus area and we aim to help you find ways to be inspired and engage in positive change.

* Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. August 17, 2023. Average Monthly Payments for New Mortgage Loans.
** Canada’s Food Price Report 2023.
*** See Table 5: Overdose Death Locations in Saskatchewan Communities, 2020 – 2022.

The rising cost of living is impacting everyone in our community.

Average Sask. mortgage payments rose by $4,032/year from Q1 2020 to Q1 2023.*
People are choosing between paying for food and shelter.
Annual grocery spending for the average Canadian family of four is predicted to rise by $1,065 from 2022 to 2023.**
Rising costs of food decrease nutrition and increase mental health stresses.
1,180 people have died because of drug overdose and suicide since 2020.***
Rising costs of housing and homelessness increase mental health stresses.
Aging infrastructure is hindering organizations’ ability to focus on supporting the community.
Funding gaps are limiting organizations’ capacity to address immediate community needs.
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We’re exploring the impacts that the rising cost of living is having within each focus area and we aim to help you find ways to be inspired and engage in positive change.

* Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. August 17, 2023. Average Monthly Payments for New Mortgage Loans.
** Canada’s Food Price Report 2023.
*** See Table 5: Overdose Death Locations in Saskatchewan Communities, 2020 – 2022.