Social vulnerability is one of a series of indicators that are commonly used to assess risk or vulnerability in a geographic population. It is a useful tool for agencies such as Regional Health and Child and Family Services for use in long-term planning, policy development and resource allocation. The Social vulnerability Index is a very specific tool to measure need of a population through highlighting stress and disadvantage as evidenced in the 2001 census. Demographically, the Social vulnerability Index is based on nine census variables. The main purpose of this study is to work with the 2001 Statistics Canada census data at the Dissemination Area (DA) level, and develop a Social vulnerability Index map for the Calgary CMA.
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