Islands Trust develops and presents statistical and trend information related to the people, ecosystems, economies, and communities within the Trust Area.
This data allows for a deeper understanding of the region’s dynamics.
Census data
Island Trust requested that Statistics Canada provide a set of infographics for both the Trust Area, the local trust areas, and Bowen Island.
Statistics Canada undertook geocoding and custom tabulations of past Census years as local trust area Census boundaries have shifted through the decades. This work completes efforts that began in 2016 to identify trends in the Trust Area and improve Census data sets for the Islands Trust Area.
Statistics Canada 2021 Census Infographics
- Comparisons across the Trust Area
- Bowen Island
- Denman Island LTA
- Gabriola Island LTA
- Galiano Island LTA
- Gambier Island LTA
- Hornby Island LTA
- Lasqueti Island LTA
- Mayne Island LTA
- North Pender Island LTA
- Salt Spring Island LTA
- Saturna Island LTA
- South Pender Island LTA
- Thetis Island LTA
Climate Change Indicators
The Islands Trust Council’s Strategic Plan 2018-2022 sets out a strategy for developing:
- a set of climate change, demographic and environmental data and
- performance criteria in order to identify the effects of climate change in the Trust Area and to measure mitigation and adaptation efforts.
In 2020, the Islands Trust contracted two reports to inform its work:
Climate Projections for Islands Trust Area Report, 2020 (4687KB)
State of the Islands Report
In 2019, the Islands Trust finalized a State of the Islands report, which includes information on social, economic and environmental trends.
It includes results of an August 2016 phone-poll of 426 island residents by Forum Research as part of that project.