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Life satisfaction in Canada:
resources from the Happiness Economics Group at McGill University

What is life satisfaction? Visit the F.A.Q. pages.

How happy is my community?
How has happiness changed over time in my region?
How does Canada compare to the world?
How have countries' happiness changed each year since 2005?
See our zoomable Map of life satisfaction in Canada (in English ou en français).
See separate plots of trends over time.

What survey data are available from Statistics Canada? See our compendium of Statistics Canada data on happiness

Can I download data for Canada? See resources from our 2019 PLoS ONE paper

Blog and opinion:

You can read Prof Barringon-Leigh's column "The Economics of Happiness" on Psychology Today or his responses on the World Wellbeing Panel.