This data showcase presents a regional analysis of the offer and demand for French-language long-term care services in Ontario, based on institutional capacity and the demographic weight of the Francophone population aged 65 and over. This beta version offers interactive data visualization to support geographic analysis and better understand the needs of Francophone communities, with a perspective of equitable access to services.
Produced by P. Duong, P. Timony, C Belanger, N. Glaude, C Pelbois, and L. Bouchard, Observatoire FORCES-Santé (2026).
The Older Francophone Adults in Ontario Atlas is the result of a collaboration between the Official Languages Branch of Canadian Heritage and the University of Ottawa/Institut du Savoir Montfort Joint Chair on the Health of Francophones in Ontario. It presents the main indicators for identifying trends associated with the vulnerability of Ontario’s older francophone population, based on the Canadian Census data, according to 11 economic regions in the province.
The OLMC Dashboard was created by the research team of the Official Languages Branch of Canadian Heritage. It presents numerous demo-linguistic, socio-economic, and socio-cultural indicators, developed from the Canadian Census data, for 76 economic regions in the country.