Navigating Saskatoon’s Subsidized Housing Landscape: A Spatial Insights Approach - Presenter: Tayyab Shah, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Community Economic Development Cape Breton University, NS Lead, Community-University Housing Research Lab Research Focus • Examine the socio-demographic characteristics of the neighbourhoods in which subsidized housing is located in Saskatoon and compare these characteristics to the presence of supportive amenities and services. [...] Overview Availability of The geospatial mapping Subsidized approach is used to analyze Housing units the distribution of subsidized housing units Proximity to Social Socio- Services and demographic Amenities characteristics Subsidized Housing Data: Housing Locations 1. [...] Proximity to Amenities and Social Services • After careful consideration of research objectives and availability of locational information, a set of 15 distinct amenities and social services were identified • For each amenity/service, a comprehensive list of all facilities with their locational information was gathered from diverse sources • In cases where geographic coordinates were missing, an i. [...] ‘low,’ those around the mean • The three categories along with the • A combined score for each distance as ‘medium,’ and those cut-off value are neighborhood was computed by with larger mean distance as ‘high,’ Low < 2.37% summing the coded values coded as 1, 2, and 3, respectively Medium ≥ 2.37% and ≤11.4%; associated with all 14 census • A combined score for each variables High > 11.4% with a ma. [...] 2021 Census of Population Navigating Saskatoon’s Subsidized Housing Landscape: A Spatial Insights Approach Research Focus Overview Subsidized Housing Data:Housing Locations Saskatoon Neighbourhood Map Socio-demographic Characteristics Socio-demographic Variables:2021 Census Data Proximity to Amenities and Social Services Proximity to Amenities and Social Services Grouping Data into 3 Categories fo.