Abstracts
Abstract
The geographic proximity of any given community to population centres, services, and facilities can be a key factor for socio-economic outcomes and community growth. To provide accessible information on proximity for community stakeholders and policy development, the Centre for Special Business Projects has worked with Indigenous Services Canada to develop the Index of Remoteness, a continuous index available for all communities in Canada that measures the relative distance to population centres for that community within a set radius, weighted by population size. This review catalogues the development of that index and a set of subsidiary projects based on the index that have expanded the amount of information available on this topic to include specific facility types or additional index options.
Keywords:
- Indigenous communities,
- remoteness,
- community services,
- service delivery,
- population
Appendices
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