Insights driving change

An open data portal powered by Youthful Cities

State of Housing for Young People in Canada

Youth Chart

July 2024

Explore 1500 youth perspectives on housing affordability, equity, and shared housing alternatives in Canada, gathered from our State of Housing for Young People in Canada survey.

State of Housing for Young People in Canada

Youth Cite

July 2024

Explore what youth across Canada are saying about housing. See their quotes organized into an interactive, theme-based visual.

Urban Work Index 2024

Best City to Work in Canada

2024

Urban Work Index 2024 ranks 30 cities based on youth priorities for ideal living and working. It is the culmination of DEVlab, an investigation to help build dynamic, engaged, and vital workforces in Canada.

Datasets

31 000

Survey Responses

7000

Quantitative Data Points

35 000

What is Youth Data Lab?

Youth Data Lab is an open data portal powered by Youthful Cities. The platform provides valuable, actionable insights for policy makers, organizations, and individuals.

Youth Data Lab amplifies the voices of young people through over 7000 youth survey responses, 31,000 minutes of youth interviews, and 35,000 quantitative data points covering 65 Canadian cities and 23 topics.

The platform offers easy access to reliable data and expertise, enabling data-driven decision-making for effective youth-focused policies, programs, and campaigns. Youthful Cities supports these solutions by encouraging collaboration among and with young people in a think-and-do tank model to analyze data from Youth Data Lab and initiate local projects.