Ontario Marginalization Index (ON-Marg) — 2011 update is now available!INTRODUCTION
The Ontario Marginalization Index
The 2011 Ontario Marginalization Index was created jointly by researchers at the Public Health Ontario and Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital.
ON-Marg is a data tool that combines a wide range of demographic indicators into four distinct dimensions of marginalization. As a multifaceted index, ON-Marg measures multiple axes of deprivation in Ontario, including:
• residential instability: indicators such as "% renters" and "% living alone"
• material deprivation: indicators such as "% low income" and "% lone parent families"
• dependency: indicators such as "% seniors" and "% employment"
• ethnic concentration: indicators such as "% recent immigrants" and "% visible minority"
The 2011 update to ON-Marg update combines data from several sources including: Statistics Canada Taxfiler data, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation data, the Registered Persons Database, and the Immigration Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Permanent Resident Database.
Data is available at the local and neighbourhood-level as well as larger geographies such as public health units and Local Health Integration Networks.
How to cite this document:
Matheson, FI; Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). 2011 Ontario marginalization index. Toronto, ON: St. Michael’s Hospital; 2017. Joint publication with Public Health Ontario.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
User GuideOutlines everything you need to know about using ON-Marg to complete your own analyses.
Technical DocumentBackground information on ON-Marg methodology, data sources and how the different dimensions were calculated.
ON-Marg FAQsReferences the most common questions asked to help you use ON-Marg.
CONTACT US
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How to cite this website:
Ontario Community Health Profiles Partnership; www.ontariohealthprofiles.ca; Accessed on: April 23, 2018
Ontario Marginalization Index (ON-Marg) — 2001 and 2006INTRODUCTION
The Ontario Marginalization Index
How can researchers, community agencies and policy-makers find out more about the relationship between our neighbourhoods and our health?
The Ontario Marginalization index allows you to explore how factors like residential instability and material deprivation are concentrated at local level and how this is affecting health outcomes.
ON-Marg was created by researchers at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael's (C-UHS).
Citation:
Matheson et al. "Development of the Canadian Marginalization Index: a new tool for the study of inequality." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2012;103(Suppl. 2):S12-S16.
USER GUIDES and DATA
ON-Marg User GuideDownload the ON-Marg data and Geographic Crosswalk:
DA & CT ON-Marg Data, 2006
DA & CT ON-Marg Data, 2001 Geographic Crosswalk, 2006
Geographic Crosswalk, 2001
CAN-Marg User Guide.Download the CAN-Marg data:
DA CAN-Marg Data, 2006
DA CAN-Marg Data, 2001 CT CAN-Marg Data, 2006
CT CAN-Marg Data, 2001
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City of Toronto ON-Marg maps and data
ON-Marg Toronto Maps
Download the ON-Marg Toronto data:
Toronto Neighbourhoods, ON-Marg Data, 2006 Toronto Primary Sub-LHINs, ON-Marg Data, 2006 Toronto Secondary Sub-LHINs, ON-Marg Data, 2006
WHO'S USING ON-Marg
For more about the impact the Ontario Marginalization Index (On-Marg) is having on program design and policy development in Ontario, read case studies from:
Hospital for Sick Children
Peel Public Health
Public Health Ontario
ON-Marg FAQs
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Matheson et al. "Development of the Canadian Marginalization Index: a new tool for the study of inequality." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2012;103(Suppl. 2):S12-S16. Abstract