What’s Next for Victoria’s Vital Signs
What’s Next for Victoria’s Vital Signs
A retrospective on 20 impactful years!
When Victoria’s Vital Signs was first published in 2006, few people could predict the significance this “annual check-up” would grow to have in identifying the community’s pressing issues. Nor could they have guessed the wide-scale change it would catalyze in the capital region—from a food security network to physical literacy initiatives, and more.
Since its first edition, Vital Signs has become a steadfast watchdog for all areas of community wellbeing. It turns complicated statistics into easy-to-use information. It spotlights the work of courageous organizations who create lasting impact in our community. It’s relied upon by all kinds of civic leaders and the public for a deeper understanding of how Greater Victorians perceive their daily lives.
Vital Signs also brought the Victoria Foundation into focus as a hub for the region’s philanthropy, setting the bar for a new kind of engagement across Canada between the people who care, the causes that matter, and the community foundations that serve them.
Which issues will you take on?
A message from
Victoria Foundation’s CEO
A message from
Victoria Foundation’s CEO
This year marks a milestone for Victoria’s Vital Signs. For 20 years, this remarkable, data-driven checkup has been tracking the pulse of the capital region, through 12 interconnected areas vital to our collective wellbeing. Vital Signs has identified the region’s major concerns, supported action on solutions, and has truly become part of the Victoria Foundation’s DNA. We integrate it into everything we do.
When this initiative came to life in 2006, we had no idea of the influence on our community it would grow to have. Today, Vital Signs is used by organizations, governments, businesses, schools, and the general public. It’s helped amplify the importance of philanthropy and garnered support from all over the region. In the two decades since the first Vital Signs, the Foundation’s annual granting increased from $3.8 million to more than $33 million last year!
Thank you to every supporter who shares a vision for a prosperous capital region we call home. It has been an honour to watch Vital Signs and the community evolve together.
Sandra Richardson
Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Foundation
A message from
Our Presenting Sponsor
A message from our
Presenting Sponsor
Congratulations to the Victoria Foundation on your 20th year of Victoria’s Vital Signs report. Coast Capital is proud to be your partner in this work and in the resulting conversations that the report inspires. Two decades of listening, learning, and sparking action for the community to come together has helped shape a stronger, more connected community. Since the first report 20 years ago, our region has seen tremendous change: a growing population, deepening conversations on equity and inclusion, evolving climate realities, and innovative responses to complex social challenges. Throughout it all, Vital Signs has offered a clear, community-driven snapshot of life in Greater Victoria. Grounded in data and informed by thousands of voices, the report has brought the community together to improve wellbeing for all.
We are excited to continue to collaborate on building a better future together.
Tanya Smith
Senior Manager, Social Purpose Ecosystems, Coast Capital
With Thanks
We would like to express our gratitude to the many businesses that have embraced the opportunity to help create a vibrant, caring community for all, specifically the sponsors whose generosity makes production and promotion of this report possible.
Our thanks also go to all the individuals and organizations that helped to create this report, including those that provided data, took our survey, or helped guide and support the project, including our board and staff at the Victoria Foundation.
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