Technical Report and Data Supplement to the Saskatchewan Index Report

Trends in the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and GDP (per capita) for Saskatchewan, 1994 to 2014 Trends in Wellbeing in Saskatchewan and Canada In keeping with the CIW’s mission, the Saskatchewan technical report focuses on the question: “how is Saskatchewan doing and how has wellbeing changed over time?” both overall and within each domain of wellbeing. [...] While positive changes in the economy as reflected in GDP per capita were much more consistent in both Canada and Saskatchewan, the more widely varying trends in the domains of the CIW indicate that wellbeing in Saskatchewan has been subject to other forces. [...] 6 How to read the tables and charts Within the sections describing trends in the indicators for each domain, the data are reported in the original units of measure (e.g., percentage of the population, expenditures in constant dollars from a base year, average time in minutes, and so on). [...] With this refinement, the trends in the Environment domain as well as in wellbeing for Canada overall differ very slightly from the trends in the 2016 national report (and summarised in the preceding section, Why Canada Needs the Canadian Index of Wellbeing). [...] The Environment is the basis for our health, our communities, and our Trends in the Environment in Saskatchewan and Canada economy.