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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 8, 2005--5 Region continues to enjoyDivoAaTdaIiVolNw ~~~AAiv I.vva&II Toda InI~~ Youp Ne * fram HALTON'S on page 1 The document also sliowed extrcmely low levels Of sv0tcr partîcipation ni munici- pal clections, wiih only about 30) per cent of Halton voter', iakting part. This number was considcrcd average amnofgst the other areas sut veyed. On a more positive note. Halion demon- strated the lowest illiteracy level out otf the 20 municipalities. Only ihree per cent rtf the population aged 15 or over had less than a grade 9 educatton in 2001, down from the approximate 5.5 per cent in 199 1. Overali, the report indicated Halton resi- dents continue toi enjoy a high qualtty rtf life with low unemployment. high educa- tional attainiment. gond health and low crime rates. Quatity otf Life Techuteat Tram Chair Brenda Hogg explained the purpose of the research is to provtde cttizens and policy miakers with objective data on the quality -T'hei region's populatiotn inceeased by 20 per cent feom 1991 tu 2001. gotng fromn 313,135 peopte to 375.229. * New immgrants acriving in Hatton frotn 1 9t tu 2001 grew by 20 per cent. Compared tu uther surveyed conîmunittes and the GTA, this chatnge in growth is retatively tow. * Hatton residents shoîw iucreasing num- bers wiîh universiity degrees. from 16 per cent in 1991 toi22 percent in2001 - The employment rate for Haltn woumen ruse by one per cent 10 63.5 per cent. math more participation (by per cent) from womnen with ehildren 0to 12 years oId. * In constant 1990 dollars, median famity ol- lite i Canadian communties. -We hope that this information wilI lnelp persuade pîîliîic.îl leaders and policy rnak- ers in aIl orders ol govemneni of the uirgent need to wuerk tîîgether across jurîs- dictiiital tunes to respond to aîl changing Canada,- she said. Last year, FCM îeleascd isso reports ti the Quatity of Lite series -a bîghlights report in April artd the 'Incorne. Sînelter aînd Necessities Report' in November. The latter showed the trîctme gap beisceen higher and lower income house- holds in Halton încreased over the 10-year study pertod and that homelessness is very much a reality tn the region. For more information on the 'Dynamic Societies and Social Change Report.' vtstt www.fcm.ca. Mvelaîîio l-eie.evoevicaoî lit in'avled or incume mas among the highesî ini Canada, ai $64,374 in 1991 and $68.518 by 2001. mark- ing a 6.4 per cent increase. * For single mates homever. median income dectitrd stightty. from $35.722 in 1991 to $35,374 by 2001t a dropuof une per cent. *More peuple became home uwncrs uver the decade fruat 1991 lu 2001. frumn 74 per cent tu, 79 per cent. while renter househiolds declined, fromn 26 pet cenýto 21 pet cent. » Thirty-nine pet cent of renters paid more than 30 pet cent of theit househntd incmv on shetter in 2000, white 16 pet cent paid more than 50 per cent. TO A SPECIAL GIFT FROM DOWNTOWN MILTON! 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